The WSL and Airbnb ink a monster deal!
Or maybe not $$$$. Maybe just a unique travel experience at a market driven price point. That’s right the World Surf League is proud to announce its partnership with Airbnb! Of course, the partnership was never announced anywhere except on the step-and-repeat behind the Bells winners but still. $$$$! I mean Zzzz!
And what do you think WSL CEO Paul Speaker received from this new union? Do you think Ronnie, Joe, Ross, Pottz, Raspberry and The Condor joined the millions of guests in Airbnb’s trusted community? Do you think they shared the bed in a hippie home?
Or maybe did some twilight glamping along the Great Ocean Road?
What about a beautiful room in oceanside Jan Juc just a few minutes drive from the event site? The host asks for only two but the boys work in shifts so maybe they sleep in shifts as well?
Whatever the situation do you think they got their deposit back? Do you think they were given a five star rating and do you think they gave one in return?
It’ll be exciting to see if Airbnb is only a one event sponsor or if they are so thrilled by the partnership that the boys will also rent in Margaret River? If yes, this zen yoga house looks very cute and the masseuse/yogi looks cute too!
It’s only $189 a night and those are savings the WSL can put straight back into jersey manufacturing. Wins all around!
Bring the Search contest back to San Francisco. Airbnb can house everyone in the Tenderloin during the event.
Did you know that the WSL requires around 300 jerseys per event?? This includes the men’s and women’s full color range per competitor. And that the factory where they are produced (in Ghangzhou, China) can produce a special wildcard’s jerseys and get them on site within two days? Man! They’re gonna have to see a fuck load of “Fanning 07” to cover that cost.
Nick prob made for $5 sold for $80 though – some pretty big margins!! How many did you see down at Bells on the punters?
ah I personally saw? Maybe 20? mostly on people under 18 years of age, and quite a few girls, more girls than boys I think. It seemed as if there were more Young Adults wearing them on the Goldie. I don’t get it but then again I don’t wear football jerseys, or even think of it, so I am not a good barometer.
yeah cool probably Pete Mel gave half of those away
That’s pretty incredible! I thought they were mental when they started putting numbers or even names on the jerseys. They should really just have two red two blue one yellow and swap in the water (I forgot about three man heats but fuck it). Then you would have the pleasure of tracking down the man reluctant to hand over his yellow jersey in his hotel room and tearing it from his grips as he weeps, perched up upon the toilet bowl.
I’m Mc!
I demand a new article by Chastity Boner correlating Kelly Slater’s competitive demise with the appearance and subsequent mysterious death at the hands of Negan.
Hair is always a good topic, no?
Beachgrit – some weird shit is going on with your site. Only shows new stuff if you go to news, otherwise your homepage is displaying nothing after the shark attack story. Might want to check it out. I assumed you’d taken a hiatus, perhaps in an airbnb listed teepee somewhere, body wracked with the effects of an all night Ayahuasca session.
You should check things at your end Cap!
all good here, normal site as usual
Same deal here – been stuck with Jalian Johnston for a week now. Even news not showing new stuff now
It was fucking purgatory. The refresh thing works though.
You have to refresh the home screen at least once or twice. A clever scam perfected a decade ago by HuffPo and the ilk to get more “views” and thereby, attract advertisers. One must do, as they say, what another is too ashamed to do.
I wish we were that smart! Our backend is just always getting hammered. Get it? But true!
It’s a caching issue. Browsers, esp chrome do this to save loading more shit. Running the site on wordpress doesn’t help either… So basically without a double refresh you’ll see the site as it was the last time you visited.
Had to switch to porn browsing to refresh the site
“Savings the WSL can put straight back into jersey manufacturing”
This has always been my problem with BeachGrit. I would of literally wrote that but you’re too fucking witty. Back to Stab, Morgan is about as witty as a bread stick, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel over there, I can safely feed my insecure ego at Stab.
so classic hahaha
“Savings the WSL can put straight back into jersey manufacturing,” which will, as a supplement to Carolina Panthers Super Bowl Champion T-Shirts, help clothe children in third world countries. It’s the WSL’s largest humanitarian effort… only to be surpassed should they fire Turpel.
im done reading your book Chas. In summary, i’ve never been to the north shore, never had much intentions on going, and this reconfirmed that i really dont ever want to go. Thanks for the entertainment
If you are purely a spectator it can be a glorious shit show (my 20 minute conversation with JOB’s cleaning lady when she locked herself out of his house among the highlights) but if you want to surf then I agree…probably not worth it. Lots of other places to go without the traffic and crowds.
Go in Summer when it’s dormant and you have no idea what you are looking at.
My exact experience. Got good waves in town though
I thought it was going to be the KS Collection by Pottery Barn. Boooooring!