WSL CEO Paul Speaker: “It’s incredible fun!”

Are you ready for a dance hall remix of WSL CEO Paul Speaker's most banging quotes?

When ever I get a little down I just Google WSL CEO Paul Speaker then click on his Bloomberg interview and read and suddenly my frown turns upside down!

The co-owner of professional surfing says many transformative things and I’ve shared some before but since he is too big a pansy to talk with me in person I feel like sharing some again but like a remix. Like I’m a fantastic DJ. Like we are all in an Ibiza dance hall. Ready?

Drop the beat Paul Speaker!

“I was an economics major. I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“I worked on Super Mario Bros. for 18 months. It was a game changer for me.”

“I saw that the surf tour needed help, so I flew to Australia to meet with the board of the Association of Surfing Professionals. It was almost a year of negotiation.”

“I was an economics major. I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“I was an economics major. I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“Could not wait to go make money.”

“I worked on Super Mario Bros. for 18 months. It was a game changer for me.”

“We’re the governing body of professional surfing—we changed the name to WSL last year—from junior programs up to our world championship tour. It’s incredible fun.”

“Showing up is really important: for family, for negotiations, for difficult conversations.”

“I worked on Super Mario Bros. for 18 months. It was a game changer for me.”

“They’d done some official Olympic winter sports videos. I wrote them letters saying I could ski backward and hold a camera.”

“I was an economics major. I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“I worked on Super Mario Bros. for 18 months. It was a game changer for me.”

“We’re the governing body of professional surfing—we changed the name to WSL last year—from junior programs up to our world championship tour. It’s incredible fun.”

“I was an economics major. I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“Showing up is really important: for family, for negotiations, for difficult conversations.”

“I was an economics major. I loved the people but could not wait to go make money.”

“I worked on Super Mario Bros. for 18 months. It was a game changer for me.”

“I was class vice president, editor of the yearbook and newspaper, and head of the float and prom committees.”

“We’re the governing body of professional surfing—we changed the name to WSL last year—from junior programs up to our world championship tour. It’s incredible fun.”

“It’s incredible fun.”

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samwaters
samwaters
9 years ago

Since you brought up Mr. Speaker. What do you think Paul Speaker, Terry Harder and the WSl boys are taking ‘off the top’ of the 30 million a year– from Dirk and Natasha Ziff? Do you know when the 3 years are up?–that Dirk and Natasha committed to–to fund the WSL? (It’s been at least 2 years already–I think). Will Dirk and Natasha pop another 90 million for another 3 years–or maybe pop another 30 million for the 4th year? Or is Paul Speaker making a profit yet–and can dump the Ziffs? Inquiring minds want to know……

Rodrigo Guerra
Rodrigo Guerra
9 years ago

what a dork!
whats going on man? the surf are managed by non surfers! The only support i gave to surfing is to my shaper, fuck off the rest

dickie toledo
dickie toledo
9 years ago

O’doyle Rules!

Kook of the Day
Kook of the Day
9 years ago

The execution and construction here was flawless Chas. Best quote by far, “since he is too “big a pansy to talk with me in person”

Sincerely,

Ken

Head of the Beach Grit Float and Prom committees.

Limbless Jack
Limbless Jack
9 years ago

Was this article inceptioned?

Wardo's PO
Wardo's PO
9 years ago

The real tragedy of all this is learning Nintendo let Paul go for trying to revamp Super Mario as, ‘Damsel in distress: saved by Italian stereotype’. The new name was easier to understand, really served the fans and would have grown the game.

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
9 years ago

What what in the butt!

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

He’s that bad at platforming video games? While difficult, Super Mario Bro’s can easily be mastered in less than four months. Donkey Kong Country must have taken him at least 25 months, based on his aforementioned gaming skills.

Otto
Otto
9 years ago
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Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago
Reply to  Otto

Best movie ever…Lambda Lamda Lamda!

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
9 years ago
Reply to  Neal Kearney

You ever get to the bottom of that Chaz Michael Michael Michael Michael scandal?

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

Hahaha naw, I get my conspiracy theory fill watching “Ancient Aliens” on the History Channel. But, imagine…”What if Chazz Michael Michaels was in fact the alter ego of the boring J.P. Currie of the Inertia? Beach Grit theorists say yes…”

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
9 years ago
Reply to  Neal Kearney

Nah dude , let’s bring him out of the shadows, I demand to see a birth certificate! Chaz Michael chazzles must be exposed!

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
9 years ago

DRAIN THE SWAMP!!! He must be hiding somewhere!

Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
9 years ago
Reply to  Neal Kearney

Mike Tyson punch out all you had to do was time the camera flashes and you could walk thru the game. Ijs

throwing disqus
throwing disqus
9 years ago

Rave time speaker of the house!

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Dumb Florida Redneck
Dumb Florida Redneck
9 years ago

My ex looks like she’s doing well.

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
9 years ago

By the way from the WSL press release at the World Juniors today:

Location: Kiama, NSW, Australia

Event:World Junior Championship

Conditions:Shifty 1-2 Foot

for a moment there I thought they’d written “shitty”

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
9 years ago

Is there truly nothing he can’t do

Otto
Otto
9 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

According to Speaker, there’s only one thing he can’t do.

“I can’t be stopped”

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
9 years ago
Reply to  Otto

Jesus christ imagine actually saying that in public.

Otto
Otto
9 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

to quote CEO Paul Speaker, “Our strategy has been, since the beginning, let’s remove all stop signs and turn them into welcome mats.” – excerpt from Chas Smith BG article dated approximately 2 years ago.

Hell, I’ve never met a welcome mat I didn’t want to wipe my feet on.

Brutus
Brutus
9 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

make money for the WSL? maybe he is making the money for himself …Audit , audit

Otto
Otto
9 years ago

I like this quote of Speaker:

“My favorite surfer is the Miami Dolphins”


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