Welcome to @surferfilms!
A previous rumor suggesting that Surfing magazine’s Instagram had been sold for $3.5 million has come under scrutiny and is now likely discredited. Jimmy Wilson, the great Surfing photo editor, responded just moments ago:
This is incorrect. They changed the @surfing account to @surferfilms (it had more followers than surfer by the way) and during the switch grabbed the @surfing handle before anyone else could take it. Lamest shit I’ve ever seen.
Questions remain. Will @surfing’s younger, larger ex-audience thrill at the slow-mo longboarding videos @surferfilms posts or will they revolt en masse, smashing expletives into iPhone screens on their way out? Will the new @surfing be allowed to grow or kept at 1 follower and private in order to make @surfer feel better about itself? Will @surferfilms delete all the images of Surfing‘s staff from the feed and all the images of progressive surfing? Will Surfer‘s staff look at the pictures of progressive surfing and wonder, “What’re these darn kids doing on their surfboards? Why do their surfboards have three fins in them?”
Most pressing, will Surfer officially change its tagline from “The Bible of the Sport” to “The Inertia of Print” next week or the week after that?
We will be sure to keep you updated.
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You guys always joke about the inertia… the funny thing is I actually fucking hate them. They are such a joke. Hopefully you rightfully agree
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Fourth Horseman on the ad banners
Just about the 11th hour
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Huh? Why not just drop the surfing account? It was kept for some reason. Anyways, the Surfing name has a lot of cache so why get rid of it? Legal reasons? BTW, what happened to all of the old stories, pictures, vids, etc…There’s a treasure trove there that could be monitized in a lot of different ways. Hmmm…
im so confused @ all of this…
fast eddie force them to buy it?
Jimmicane, dude you come from Jacksonville! We KNOW you have seen lamer shit than that.
Joel Tudor is getting SO excited.