Richie Porta interview
The good folk over at Surfcareers.com have just published an interview with ASP Mens Head Judge, Richie Porta. Ordinarily I wouldn't direct people off Swellnet but Porta doesn't give too many interviews to the surf media. The wily old devils at Surf Careers jagged it by asking the obligatory questions about career paths and then laying a couple of prime ones on Porta. Handling criticism, subjective scoring, and Jordy Smith's 10 point wave that wasn't, are some of the issues broached.
It's also worth keeping in mind blindboy's last article when Porta says, "Last year out of the 510 heats, 96 of them were decided by less than three-quarters of a point." BB's proposal for a 20 point scale just got a hit of credibility from within.