“Florida’s HB 1557, also known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed into law. Disney, which happens to have many theme parks and hotels near Orlando, was initially silent but after receiving pressure from its employees vowed to help repeal the bill, issuing a statement that read: Well, the bill was seen as a rigid slap across the face of the LGBTQ community and protested against in many corners of the nation. Commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents, the text reads that it is an attempt to “reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their children.” Namely, it prohibits “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through the third grade. The troubles all began when the Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis signed house bill 1557, or the Parental Rights in Education bill, into law. Only those currently living under rocks are unaware of the hot water entertainment giant has gotten into in Florida.
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Make or Break premieres tomoz on Apple TV. “Yeah, nah, ain’t going out…”Įpisode shifts to Kelly and John John at Pipe. Personally, as an individual, no, I don’t want to go and surf Pipe… I’m happy not to go out just now,” she says. We sit on the deck of the Rip Curl house as Wright examines a four-to-six-foot day and admits she wouldn’t want to surf it recreationally. Her coach is Kekoa Bacalso – the Hawaiian-born 2009 ASP Rookie of the Year shaper is the wizard behind John John Florence’s boards, Jon Pyzel.
At the same time, fuck, it’s Pipe.”Ĭameras follow Wright’s prep for Pipe final with Hawaiian Carissa Moore. It’s a moment in women’s surfing history.
“It’s an opportunity missed if we don’t show up. “I believe in the women on tour,” she says at a meeting to discuss the shift. Wright’s wish for a Pipe showdown is granted when a man is killed by a shark at Honolua Bay during the event’s waiting period forcing tour organisers to shift the final from Maui to Oahu. Boys are at Pipe, women are at Maui… historically, the women haven’t been allowed to have a permit at Pipe.” Wright, often combative, is curiously tranquil here, eyes with a new placid look, sheepish even, although she lights up when it comes to men etc. Tyler Wright is the hub upon which the episode revolves.
In the first episode of the seven-part Apple TV series Make or Break, we are transported back to December 2020, to the commencement of the 2021 tour. Mikey? Hot and salty and greasy (like a sunbathing German) and a sometime wildcard.Īnd, all three of ‘em swindled for a total of $1.5 million after a family friend turned bookkeeper salted agambling addiction with the storied surfers’ cash. Owen? Returns from a catastrophic brain injury, bleeding on the brain, paralysis and (temporary) inability to speak to win his first event back on tour one year later and return to his normal position as a world title contender, although this year’s mid-year cut is proving troublesome.
There is no more compelling story within pro surfing than the Wright family.Įven the most cursory examination reveals myriad story lines: the two-time world champ Tyler who won a tour event at fourteen, qualified at sixteen and who threw it in briefly before returning to the tour and carving and plating her two titles. Personally, as an individual, no, I don’t want to go and surf Pipe."