"Rip Curl takes its duty as a good corporate citizen seriously"…
April 1, Costa Mesa, California: In a surprise press release issued April 1, Rip Curl has announced it will donate all proceeds from its winter 2015 line to Amnesty International after a small batch was produced by what the Sydney Morning Herald described as North Korean “slave labour”…
From the release:
Since its creation, Rip Curl has strived to produce the finest in athletic sportswear, while ensuring profits enable the brand to continue expansion. Unfortunately, in their quest to lower the bottom line, certain sub-contractors engaged in conduct which we cannot sanction.
Therefore, Rip Curl has recently hired an independent team to evaluate all current production facilities, as well as the working conditions experienced by our sub-contracted manufacturers.
Rip Curl takes its duty as a good corporate citizen seriously, and we apologize for failing in our responsibility to conduct some of our operations in a manner consistent with the bare minimum of human decency.
Finally, in an effort to demonstrate that there was no intentional wrongdoing, Rip Curl will be donating the net profits from its 2015 Winter apparel line, some of which was produced in North Korea, to Amnesty International. We hope you will bear with us as we endeavor to repair the damage caused by a very small number of unscrupulous sub-contracters.
BeachGrit will deliver more news as the situation develops…
Mick Fanning has also recently announced that the actual reason he is not doing the tour this year is to take time to battle his alcohol addiction. Of one of his major sponsor’s he was quoted as saying – ” I mean they put a fucking bottle opener in the bottom of my shoe! What the fuck did they think would happen?” No news yet as to whether he will step back from his interests in newly formed beer co, Balter.
baiter sounds like his in for the 15 year old women..
oh u said Balter. wow I’m drunk
Such a loss for the consumer. There’s a distinct attention to detail found in the work of disciplined hands.
Love the pic choice. I hope everyone who shat all over Medina for his claiming last year is going to level the same abuse at Wilko. I don’t mind claims generally, but that was a fucking embarrassment.
I’m still blushing for him!
Good to see he’s being called out in plenty of places. I was fearing the Chris Rock phenomenon of if it’s all white, it’s all right where he wouldnt be criticized for claiming – being non brazzo and all.
It was the mid-wave claim that really got me – what the fuck was that all about? He did 3 Wilko-standard-backside-hacks and he’s claiming mid wave like he’s just blown his load?! Is this the sort of wanky gamesmanship that midget micro is teaching? I miss the old Wilko already…
Finally a funny April Fools joke that had me going, well played Mr Parker!
And in other news Kelly Slater announces a collab with Monsanto for his new spring line with Monsanto providing their patented hyper-gm-tech-stretch cotton for the 90’s inspired range of t-shirts, polos and casual pantaloons.
…oh god, that’s a good one…