www.iksurfmag.com/issue25/

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ooohhhh! Andy Yates seems to cop it a bit

Interesting article. Makes sense to me, happens in all sports. People are always gonna get compared to the "greats".

And i agree with the guy who wrote it. Hope aaron comes back n just fkn owns it!

PS.

Dear euros... can you please stop writing about every sweet spot we have in WA, that you had the privilege of being shown, in your silly magazines which in turn will let all the other silly euros know of their whereabouts?

who is Aaron Hadlow ?

Andy has won the tour after only being on the PKRA for the 2nd year.
This was hard work and a big achievement for Andy and shows is outstanding talent!
He hasn't even unfolded his full potential yet!

I think its a pommy sydrome to say it would have been different if Hadlow was on tour. He wasn't so whats the point? Aaron was goofing around with Lenten.

Andy would have won anyways, doesnt matter who was there because he is the best and most consistent rider atm.

Is Yates a deserving winner of the title? answer is yes, and why because you have to be in it to win it, you don't have to be the best to win. So how and why did Yates win that has so many people getting upset?

Lets look back to his first win, Yates vs Kevin, Kevin breaks his foot and hands Yates the win, but not only the win but because he has taken out kevin becomes seeded no 1 on the tour. This has a snowball affect which sees Yates getting some of the easiest draws on the tour, where as Zoon and Pastor have to battle there way all the way through and would come up against each other in the semifinals where one would be eliminated and one would go up against Andy. Because of this there was Better riders than Andy getting knocked out due to the draw which was preventing them from getting good point scores.

Will Yates win another world title? simple No, there are just to many riders better than him he had a lot of luck to win the first title and to get that lucky twice would have to be a miracle.

I'm not saying he is not a good rider or undeserving of the title, and as i have said you have to be in it to win it. Comparing it to other sport look at V8 Supercars, does anyone think that James Courtny is the best driver in the series, NO but he did win the championship.

This years tour should be interesting and lets hope we can give them some good wind when they head back to Australia, cant wait.

INTHELOOP said...

who is Aaron Hadlow ?

Andy has won the tour after only being on the PKRA for the 2nd year.

Hadlow also won the tour on his second year, he was 15 years old. He came 6th place in his rookie year at 14 years of age. Not a bad record for a teenage kid, who should of been at school!!!

The fact that Yates is being compared to Hadlow, shows how far he has come; He is now in the league of the greats. I know I'd take it as a compliment being compared to a 5 times World Champ!!!