World number 2 Jordy Smith buys a bar! Or maybe three!
Jordy Smith had a very wonderful finish to his 2016 World Surf League campaign. Oh sure, John John won it all but second place ain’t half bad. And how would you celebrate such a monumental achievement? Would you buy a car? What about a bar?
That’s what Jordy did! He bought a bar! Three of them (I think)!
The new place is called #SurfHarD (I think) and appears to be very high concept. One building with three different zones for three different types of person. There is District, which is a nightclub, Harringtons, which is a cocktail bar, and Surfer Rosa, which is a punk bar. (Maybe)
Here…I am clearly a little confused. Let’s have Jordy walk us through!
And does that clear it up for you? Good! So which would you most like to spend your time? Are you a bottle service kind of man or a martini with bird on glass sort? Or do you, to, wanna let your hair down and bang away to some Motörhead?
You’re all three?
Well then #SurfHarD brother!
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Was that a BG TV clip, the sound track sounded familiar?
How to make a small fortune with a “punk rock” bar: start with a large fortune and give up early.
1) Would help to know where the fuck this bar is? LA? ZAF? 2) What happens at closing time when the Jack Daniels slugging, Motörhead tee wearing “punk rockers” spill out their side of the bar right into a bunch of clowns wearing suits who were poppin bottles and doing blow in the bathroom? Kook fights!
It’s pathetic that today’s young adults are so culturally devoid that they celebrate the music and social movements of their parents or grandparents as if it were their own or it’s something that you decided to try from the supermarket. Why aren’t kids creating their own scenes and music today? Worthless generations, our future as a society is fucked.
Those damn hippy kids nowadays, with their long hair, progressive ideas and rock and roll music!
They are. Not a fan but Hip Hop created their own scene. And if you talk specifically of Rock music have a bunch of decent indie rock bands. You just have to look harder. You are just as lazy as the ”gerneration” you criticize. It worth mention that when the likes of Motohead, Ramones among other were at their pick they didn’t have half of their success they have today. At the time people were prasing older bands like Beatles or Neil Young. It’s very common in our culture to praise what was produced in the past. Nostalgia sells big time
Hip hop was 1980, my generation. Jordy was born in 1988 wearing the bogus tour shirt with 1986 on it. Tribute to his dad’s music? I was a part of an awesome music scene in the mid 80s before I was old enough to drive. I saw now iconic bands at clubs that maxed out at 200 people. Wake the fuck up.
I was born in 1980 and, as I said, I couldn’t care less about Hip Hop. We are talking about appropriation. And in that sense who cares, besides you, if a surfer wears a shirt of a band that now is cool? 10 years ago would be another band like Strokes. Now Models, for some reason, wears Heavy Metal shirts that a couple of years ago were uncool. His just selling his shitty bar, It’s just fashion BS. Are you for real couting on Jordy Smith to save the ”Punk movement”? lol Btw there was never a ”punk movement” it was created as a fashion/commercial business by Malcon Mcclaren.
Can’t imagine Jordy actually, you know, like, working. He’ll hire a manager to deal with the little people. And if he’s smart, a good accountant to keep an eye on the manager. And another accountancy firm to audit his accountant. Trust not
Mmmm, bathrooms and blow. Memories for days.
your blow isn’t good enough if you have memories
I’m thirsty, but not for beer. Only for justice!
Jordy should get his facts straight – Motorhead were never a punk band, more of a thrashy metal sought of thing! But I’ll tell you one fact, they were by far the loudest band I’ve ever heard. Ringing ears and a sore chest!
Yeah, but the punks went to the shows because they were a bit more authentic than what passed for metal at the time. “We’re a rock n roll band”.
Who said Motorhead was a Punk band? lol he said it´s a RnR bar. For sure Jordy doesn’t look a bit convincing in a Motohead shirt but what is your point? It had to be literal? Like a Ramones shirt??
Well Danny BG is about being picky! Personally a Radio Birdman t-shirt would have been seriously cool!
And that’s just the Sunday Funday crowd.
Jordy “Cryin’ Jordy” Smith in a Motörhead tshirt is about as convincing as Adriano in a Motörhead tshirt.
I think it says punks not dead on the wall next to him too. Saffas.
Punk died the second the interior decorator/stylist wrote that on the wall.
Punks not dead. It always smelled like that.
…correct grammar is also dead.
Ironic?
The mis-placed apostrophe. The death of punktuation, maybe.
“I really like Lemmy, hopefully he wants to play in my punk bar one day soon.”
– Jordy Smith.
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The end is nigh! Diversify! Invest in beer! Towels! Beer towels! Go back to school! etc