The World Surf League vindictive and thin-skinned!
Are you watching Pipeline right now? The Pipeline presented by Billabong in Loving Memory of Andy Irons? Oh it looks so fun! The storylines unfolding rivet! Favorites winning, favorites losing, favorites getting pushed through because they are favorites and surf for Billabong. The Rosy interviews at heat’s end…
But…wait…wait just one second. The camera. Something is funny about the framing of the shots. Oh I am far too dumb to pick up on this myself, I must admit. A wonderful friend sent a text but I am dumb enough to go through the heat analyzer and… yes! It’s true!
The World Surf League purposefully frames Red Bull hats out of every single post-heat interview, zooming awkwardly in on handsome, saltwater dusted faces.
And you might say, “Well… Red Bull is not the sponsor.”
And I would respond, “Oh. You got me.”
Except, neither is Oakley, Rip Curl, Meo, Hang Loose, etc. etc. etc. and the camera lets those hats shine.
The only hats that get cut out of the frame belong to Red Bull.
Doesn’t this strike you as super catty? Like, unnecessarily vindictive? Like, mean girl? Like, passive-aggressive hurt feelings? Like, wah-wah-wah? Like, bitchy?
Is the World Surf League super catty, unnecessarily vindictive, mean girl, passive-aggressive hurt feelings, wah-wah-wah bitchy? Could this be considered online bullying?
If the hat fits!
But why the cattiness? Maybe because the WSL sent Red Bull an absurd “sponsor me” tape and Red Bull said, “No.” Maybe?
has this guy ever been seen at the beach? or let alone at an event?
Holly Smokes your right. Just cropped Jordy and not Alex Reberio. I mean Energy Drinks suck but whats up with the cropping. Personally, I want a coffee sponsor. Maybe Green World Farm will take care of me
maybe he just has bad acid reflux.
they also made conor take off his monster hat
WSL is brilliant to do so. Why don’t RedBull sponsor a WSL event? REdBull has a huge midia budget and should put some on tour. Fuck Red Bull that shit kills like cigarette
Pot kettle black Mr Speaker..
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It could be because they don’t want to zoom in on those hideous Brazzos.
Julian does shine in close up. It’s true.
Red Bull is poison, keep it out of any shot with Rosy in it.