"It’s pathetic, it really is."
Yesterday you were treated to a rare interview with Stab magazine’s co-founder Sam McIntosh pulled from new website The Business of Surf in which he became very publicly angry with BeachGrit for its general tone.
He felt it is a “shitty look” to talk about an ex in business, that Derek and his “little biz partner mate” get “giddy” poking holes in Stab, that we get more pleasure from veteran surf writer Nick Carroll rolling in and throwing punches than we do making money, that Derek is not saving the environment or following John John Florence’s each and every move but rather “fixated” on the business he sold a decade ago.
So super nuclear!
But there was a giant chunk right in the middle of the interview that I missed because it was a pull quote. I generally pass pull quotes over, assuming they are in the text somewhere, but this one was not and so Derek gets a bonus thumping in the question:
Are you and him (Derek Rielly) still mates? Theres often a few digs at STAB via Beachgrit but is it all fair in love and war?
Let’s read!
The stories about Stab whirred back to life almost immediately, however, and it hasn’t really stopped since. So it’d be strange if I were close to someone whose biz was publishing so many stories about my business so, no, we’re definitely not friends. It’s pathetic, it really is.
Right in the gut!
Oh of course it goes without saying that Derek has never written a negative word about Stab on BeachGrit. Sure he covers the demise of Stab’s parent company SurfStitch but his work on that matter is cool and detached. He also regularly asks me to tone it down on the Stab matter but I don’t listen because, and again, I long for the yellow journalism days when Pulitzer fought Hearst and the world was entertained while whole wars were accidentally kick started.
But maybe I am wrong.
Maybe it is not fun at all. Maybe it is truly pathetic to joke about Stab, The Inertia, etc.
Is it pathetic?
Am I the only one having fun?
I’m actually asking seriously!
And Nick Carroll…. could you please stop rolling in and throwing punches and give me some money instead?
Thank you!
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i went to postsurf. com the other day. the site is completely taken down. dont be a pussy like Lewis Samuels. he could of been a hero, but wasn’t. never heard a Jew that didn’t back down, until i met him. dont ever delete this site chas.
I don’t know what games they made you play when you visited… Sorry bud!
This is getting so bitchy, I love it! Reminds of the time 2 senior girls were having a cat fight when I was in High School and one of their blouses got ripped, It was the first time i’d seen a titty in the wild…ahh good times….what was my point?
nah fuck it I’ll save it up, you gotta make people pay to read that kind of story. ps five penises. that sounds like a brand of wax.
you’d be surprised. no hang on, you wouldn’t.
I just want to thank you all for the greatest two days of comments in internet history. If any of you bastards/bastardettes are in Huntington tomorrow for the glorious U.S. Open of Surfing I’ll buy you a drink!
damn. missed ya by a few days.
I think that pounding on stab and the inertia is somewhat overcooked. Now pounding on Joeljitsu, that’s worth it! He will eventually come unglued, and expose his true colors. Keep a knocking Chas! I’m loving it.
Just punch the cunt already. Stop pussyfooting about you big pansy
If i had a little league highlight reel to show. Y’all would love it..
nice.
Nuck!?! haha good one!
I find that hard to believe. Mine is made from recycled hemp tampons. It’s called tamptex, and when you are done, it dissolves into fish bait.
Does it fit in your pocket on the way to the beach then expand into a 5’11 on contact with water?
It ain’t all about velocity. You can learn about that and more in my award-winning book: “The Pitching Edge,” available on amazon for the low-low price of: $You couldn’t even hit my worst fastball
I like that the man in the story who is trying to make a lot of money with his web site is so serious and hurt, but the other man in the story who has no hope of making any money with his web site is so frivolous and free. Aint money the weightiest yoke around one’s neck!
did you hear him refer to a buyout as a “liquidity event”? not sure he’s getting in the water much these days.
I wish I had one SurfStich share for every shady corporate phrase that butt fucks its way into the wider lexicon. Or a Billabong share. Or Quik share. For poverty is the new affluence.
Chas, Stab creeping on Beachgrit again???
http://stabmag.com/news/the…
Sounds like 5 (More) Surf Media Lies
For the record neither Chas or Derek have ever asked me to ban someone or delete a comment…
How did you become a moderator? Just curious.
My guess is he woo’d Chas with copious amounts of Sauvigon Blanc
I emailed Derek with my hand up and said you need someone to moderate BeachGrit…
so he hired you cause you can type with one hand up in the air? that seems fitting.
It’s not in the air that’s the trick, it’s keeping the jerking motion steady while the other hand still types. Kind of a pat your head, rub your belly kind of skill that is tough to find.
Was just wondering for the small reasons one wonders about anything on the internet. Thanks 🙂
I think you’re safe. No jury could ever figure out what to do with a BeachGrit record.
It would be easy to find it pathetic. That was until Sam addressed his frustration in a manner that reminds me of the numerous times I got called to the Principal’s office in high school to discuss my objectionable behavior. I was asked every time why I sought attention in such manners. My response was always, my antics would stop if you all simply allowed it to linger in the air and die without the intended effect of a response from you. It’s matter without form or function. I am not to blame. You are because you give life to my objectionable behavior. Anything else? The Principal always rresponded nope, return to class and stop being a squeeky wheel. On the way out the door I always left the Principal with this thought, “put down your grease can and my wheel will fall off. It’s up to you.” Too bad I didn’t have the chance to say, “Don’t be Sam and you’d see I couldn’t be a Chas.”
Did you really say that dw?
Yes. I got good grades in school but i think i have high functioning asperger syndrome which may explain why the oddity of me shines some days. Except the time I got accused of trying to run over the marching band in the parking lot. I had to draw a diagram of the incident for the benefit of the cop whom the band teacher had summoned to effectuate what he thought was good cause for my arrest and criminal prosecution. I was let go that time as well but felt being a smart ass was pushing my luck.
and what line of work did you end up in?
I’d rather not divulge that here. Why do you ask?
natural curiosity, don’t worry, too lazy to stalk.
It’s all good. I don’t see you being the stalking sort. If I ever did have to confront a stalker, they’d be met with a level of violence that would deter such behavior forever. Out of curiosity, what do you think I do for work?
Customer relations?
Tried that once. They didn’t change my job but they moved my desk to the customer complaints department to streamline work.
Vice Principal or former educator..
Do you mean “vice” in the traditional business structure sense?
I had nothing to do with Dane’s company’s education. I can’t even formulate a guess as to what the curriculum would be for that.
porn director? You realize you’re going to have to write a BG article now and spill the beans.
Physics Professor.
or an artificial inseminator…..one of those guys who jerks off bulls and freezes the sperm.
ha! I was jerking off so much in high school I can see how that could have been a career option. I don’t think I could handle the schooling for that though, let alone the job itself.
Aren’t we all physics professors? How else could we thoroughly analyze a pro’s turns and airs?
It is a bit East/West Coast beef. Lil’ Bizz versus M Willy versus Del the Fifty-Something versus Mac Tosh. It’s entertaining, but I wouldn’t want to wake to a headline that someone got hurt. Those convertibles you drive don’t offer much cover Lil’ Bizz.
Stab wants a Circle Jerk but Chas just wants to be a Jerk (but he’s OUR lovable Jerk).
To be fair, Chas’ reasoning is often circular.
What? Tell! I want to remember!