And Surfing, too! Come read What Youth's universal contempt for everyone!
Oh happy day! The sun is shining and the birds are singing.
What about the blood, you ask? Oh it is gloriously feuding!
Surfer magazine, the grand ol’ dame, most notable today for stealing artwork from others, posted a nondescript photograph of the surfer Asher Pacey on their Instagram account. Surfer‘s one million and one hundred thousand followers rewarded the image with twenty thousand likes.
You are the “Bible of the sport,” and have a storied legacy of editors and photographers who are probably shitting themselves at seeing this. Please, we all deserve better from you. Surfers, editors, photographers, followers. This is our lives and just because you’re trying to appease a mil worth of followers, remember when you post something like this you make us all look like kooks. So please, stop it.
Sincerely, What Youth ❤️ PS: And for God’s sake people, stop “liking” this shit.”
What Youth, the magazine started five years ago by former Surfing editor Travis Ferré, among others, was enraged by this photo, reposted a screen grab, and publicly labelled it as a shameful abuse of Surfer‘s position as the “Bible of the sport.”
Let’s examine.
“Dear @surfer_magazine,
@asher_pacey and your million+ followers deserve better than this photo and caption. You are the “Bible of the sport,” and have a storied legacy of editors and photographers who are probably shitting themselves at seeing this. Please, we all deserve better from you. Surfers, editors, photographers, followers. This is our lives and just because you’re trying to appease a mil worth of followers, remember when you post something like this you make us all look like kooks. So please, stop it.
Sincerely, What Youth ❤️ PS: And for God’s sake people, stop “liking” this shit.”
Apart from the earnestness of “this is our lives etc”, I like the way Travis isn’t afraid to spit a basinful of blood at Surfer. Who has passion like this? Who else cares enough to do such a thing? I run out of energy just liking photos.
Australian minnows Surfing Life, joined the feud. The editor, Wade Gravy, wrote:
wade gravy Meow! 🐯 That’s the lamest tirade on the internet today. “This is our lives”. Wait, what? I’d hate to be working at @surfer_magazine or @surfingmagazine having to endure this barrage of wet-fish slap downs. Was this attempt at feud starting a decision made by the team, or the petulant elitism of one intern? Whatever it is, it sucks the most, but probably has the more pugnacious of your teenage fanboys busting with rigidity, hoping that by jumping into your corner might get them an invite to your next circle jerk. Focus on doing you and get that right, before you expend the effort required to rag on someone else.
But What Youth wasn’t finished! Now Surfing was in their sites!
Do you like What Youth‘s role as self-appointed guardians of surfing’s credibility?
Are you part of their radical class (What Youth) or do you see yourself more on the docile, pious side of the game (Surfer, Surfing etc)?
What side you guys choosing??
Beach Grit should start a feud with the mags on IG also! If you pick up 10% of their collective 2.1 million followers you can charge more for the shitty pop up ads all over the site now!! Also that probably what WhatYouth is doing. Social is everything now…didn’t you hear?
What were they pissed about??
As editors of one of the most prestigious surfing magazines in the world, we ask for your help and support.
Today it seems your magazine is running on a large quantity of photos of lesser known surfers. False images are being created out of second-rate surfers at the expense of high-ranked professionals. We are being hurt by these misrepresentations.
The professional surfers of the world urge the magazines to portray the sport a bit more realistically. Sure, there’s room to expose local talent, but not excessively. The readers lose sight of who the world’s best really are. What happened to the magazines that read like a Who’s Who of the surfing world? When it meant if you were hot, you were published.
The magazines need to expose the best surfers and the rookies moving through the World Tour rankings; the ones who are performing at the highest level. In this way, the readers can identify with the champions.
Take tennis, for example: The top guys are featured on the covers as well as on the inside. If an unknown places well in a tournament he gets credit in the magazines. They use a system of coverage based on performance.
We professionals would like to see more of this in your magazine. It’s quite unfair to dedicate yourself to the sport, train hard and travel around the world, only to pick up a magazine and see a guy who spent his summer at Trestles on the cover and centerspread.
Please send the photographers on the Tour with us. They could take photo trips with the best, not the unknowns. Market value of a pro is based on the amout of coverage a surfer gets in the magazines. For the majority, competing for photos with the unknowns while on the Tour is next-to-impossible. We all need the value and exposure in your magazine, and look forward to your support.
Yours,
What Youth
Jeff Booth? Is that really you??
Yes. Yes it is. But sometimes I’m Gary Green.
I did laugh out loud… You think the joke may be lost on What Youth’s teenage fanbase?
Co-signed by Barton, Graham Wilson, Dooma, Hans, TC, Mitch Thorson, Kong, Richard Marsh, Pottz, Nicky Wood, Mr X, Ted Robinson, Dave MacAulay, Greg Anderson, Bainy, Shimmo, Ger, Vetea, Marty T, Micheal Barry, Shaun Thomson, Rodd Kerr, Sunny, Mike Rommelse, Todd Holland and Mike Parsons. Still brings a tear to my eye reading that!
Ah, just reading those names…
Totally.
This.
Bobby’s hatred for tennis runs deep.
Who buys surf magazines anyway?
Is this…Wade? Very tall, very handsome at certain angles?
The back and from a distance?
Delighted eyes? Protruding eyebrows? And Storm boy is your nom de plume?
I’d say “stronzo bue” is more fitting for Wade…
Not him, unless he’s changed his handle recently.
Blood Feud: Beach grit Vs Stab Mag
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hahahaha!
Cruel but true! Ultimate minnows!
Who doesn’t love an underdog?
What about the Inertia??
Off topic, but I spent a hard won three minutes tonight coming up with some headline pitches for that Inertia market dollar.
1: This u-lock could save your session.
2: Sunsets. Why we still ride.
3: Hey look, this sea lion did something or died or whatever.
4. The Quinoa Commute: Go with the grain
5: Man one time my friends and I drove down into Baja for an overnighter and really learned a lot about ourselves, surf culture and the good hearted people of San Miguel but hey don’t forget, stay safe and careful. Also, here’s some bottled water advice.
The Inertia Mountain (bonus):
1. This dude totally fell.
They still use MySpace
Right on cue I see that corny headline on my feed “That Wilko sure knows how to party!” about his bar tab some 4 days after the comp has ended and it’s already made the rounds on all other surf media..
I choose the safe sidelines. Team Beach Grit.
I feel like Tom Hanks in “Big.” Meaning…I don’t get it.
Stab just stole your article, almost word for word, you should sue the bastards!
I haven’t seen What Youth it hasn’t been exported across the Pacific. Is it as good as the Grit?
I’d never thought of “deserving better” from the surf media. Actually thats not true, I think it all the time. Sometimes I’m so angry after I read an article in the newsagent I go kick a homeless persons cat over a fence.
From 1971 or so. Same line but heavier.
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The line of Zion
Hahahah
I believe for a thing to be a “feud” it has to have two concerned entities. Otherwise it is simply a “whine.”
Believe you me, both Surfer and Surfing care lots!
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get it on
Hi Charles, I am familiar with your body of work. It may be the time, but it certainly isn’t the place to post links to your website and get your personal beliefs onto the web. Cheers in advance!
Just like the other bible, Surfer is for old people and out of touch weirdos.
And btw, Chas’ article in the newest WY was great.
The Bible is a beautiful book actually take sometime to read it before you make such ignorant statements about it
I like how Chas gets tagged in these posts, the guy doesn’t even have to do his job anymore
Whats the beef with the surfing shot? Could someone translate?
It’s the dribble they put as the caption I believe
its both, think about the submissions these guys get all day long. Think about how hard Asher actually shreds…and this is the pic they run?
I know what What Youth is, but don’t care. On a related note, does anyone else wonder if Travis’ relationship with Chris Cote’s sister is what gets him access to their pages now and again? A quid-pro-baningmysister-quo?
I agree with all of them!