Shane Beschen announces Arizona wavepool made with tech from Minnesota; promises an experience, “like something you’ve never seen!”
Hot-as-hell Mesa, Arizona, to be home of new wave tank to rival Waco, Palm Springs etc.
Prima Nocta: Scotland’s first wave tank inches closer to reality with planning permission approved by authorities!
Coming soon!
Leaked images: Former high-end surf brand Hurley pivots to inflatable pool floats and “performance” bodyboards!
Not recommended for use in the ocean etc.
“Bad Grandpa” Joe Biden picks “Top Cop” Kamala Harris as his running mate creating 1988 Republican dream ticket!
"Dems never forget to really bore their base."
Skateboard legends share their surf VAL experience: “A couple of times I punched my steering wheel hard with watery eyes like, ‘Why can’t I do this?'”
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Shock: Major literary website publishes kind review for new Chas Smith book Reports from Hell; describes as “Howlingly funny… a journey into dangerous territory!”
"Gonzo meets Hezbollah in this unlikely—and delightful—work of journalism."
World surfing champion Kelly Slater opens new front on Instagram; opines on noted LA shaper-artist, “Must be great to be in your mid-late 60’s, on drugs, sexually confused and dying for any kind of attention.”
"Wonderful example to promote," says world champ in latest instalment of multi-year blood feud.
Pat Curren’s second most-famous son Joe responds to claims he abandoned surf icon Daddy to the caprices of market forces: “We have always run into a major road block.”
"It’s sad to see the negative comments being said from people who don’t know the whole story."
Don’t go chasing waterfalls: Plans for “indoor beach and interactive wave pool” to be built in Niagara scrapped due to Covid-19!
But a possible silver lining?
Listen: Longtom and Chas Smith talk Rumble at the Ranch “Two seconds of Joe Turpel and I felt such disgust” and Pat Curren: “The only shame in this story is I didn’t know he was living so close to me. I should be down there pouring out a bottle of vodka with old Pat right now!”
Dirty, dirty water.
Breaking: World Surf League robs young man his rightful wager winnings, maybe life, by swapping previously advertised bracket at last second!
Deep, deep shame.
Longtom on Rumble at the Ranch: “The gap between the rhetoric, that tubs were going to loose a tsunami of radical innovative surfing, and the reality, conservative surfing, is becoming clearer every day”
Niggling boredom, jarring resentment…
