Hawaiian superstar sends his 400k followers into battle against budget airline…
Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but a pro surfer with a large social following might come close.
Today it was revealed by @john_john_florence that the budget airline @jetblue had had treated his board bag poorly.
The post currently has over 24,000 likes and 2500 comments from John John’s almost half a million followers. Very few were in favour of New York-based JetBlue.
The three comments, below, sum up, I think, an overwhelming sentiment.
ryanswiss@JetBlue you suck! I still remember when my board inexplicably turn up with a hammer strike through the deck when it came off the plane, and how you broke the nose off @pauldozier ‘s Webber when we flew you for our trip to Rincon, PR. Lame.
paulmrandolphWon’t be flying @JetBlue anymore. “Fly with us where you’ll get #jetscrewed ”
jeffbortonAre you serious @JetBlue ? Hope your $500 saving was worth the hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue! That’s super lame. Sorry bro.
CJ Hobgood and Peter King, maker of Hurley’s Tour Notes, meanwhile, added their flavour.
peterkinglajollaNow that is social justice! @john_john_florence gets treated like junk by @JetBlue after THEY destroy his surfboard…they said it was his fault…he paid $500 for luggage fees and THIS IS HOW HIS BOARD SHOWS UP!!! Well, one post about it by him on Insta and already 25,000 people have seen it and 2500 comments and growing…@jetblue getting written off on their own Insta feed too and probably gonna lose SO MUCH business because of this! Hahahaha… #InstagramIsTheNewYelp #JetBlueLosingThousand$$$ #JetBlueTombstoneModel
cjhobgood#socialjustice or maybe airlines will never care about surfers and our boards…so be it. But for now let’s not go down without a fight, because I know how respectful and humble this kid @john_john_florence is and I can see someone @jetblue treating our boy like crap and I’m happy to put a little gas on that injustice fire that has been going on forever. @dakine_surf Johnny also needs new board bags.
What do you think?
Do airlines treat you poorly too? Or is John John a cry-baby who shouldn’t fly such shitty airlines?
CJ Hobgood has a rather skewed view of social justice. Everyone knows that since Steinbeck’s days the ol’ SJ movement fought hard for shaken-not-stirred beverages and properly presented foie gras.
I heard he’s not so good with numbers lower than 10, either.
Shouldn’t Slater buy him a new one? I mean thats what dads are for right?
Zero chance that JJF opened his wallet anywhere near those surfboards, board bags, or ticket counter.
Cmon nike, 3 million on his flick & you make him fly on a 30 year old plane? Just be happy that POS didn’t crash… if a plane has an ashtray stay away…..
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someone in baggage control was unhappy with the way their fantasy spread played out.
Fuck jet blue
You have to really try to fuck up a board bag like that. They are almost indestructible these days. No Jet Blue for me, even without surfboards.
Kinda looks like an Herbie Fletcher artwork, no?
i can understand why JJ is upset, not quite sure how this in any way impacts the lives of his hoards of social media followers who have taken it upon themselves to seek out social media justice. some airline they probably don’t fly broke the boards of some guy they don’t know, better go on their instagram and call them a bunch of fucking kooks and threaten to not fly with them anymore
…a reasonable voice! But the mob do love a cause.
I’d love if the mainstream media took up this story and gave the whole airline industry a little shake up.
yeah, that’d do it.
yes beachgrit, hear that?? substandard non mainstream. !!!
What the fuck is he trying to smuggle Chewbacca back to Hawaii for?
i think its dan bilzerians cat, smushball. I loath myslef for knowing that useless piece of knowledge.
maybe the airline destroyed his luggage to stop the smuggling of wigs back to Hawaii!!!