Do you hate your teeth? The World Surf League has a contest for you!
Do you remember, some ten years ago, when the film Bustin’ Down the Door was released and we all watched Rabbit Bartholomew, Ian Cairns, Mark Richards and Shaun Tomson tell their wonderful story about surfing on Oahu’s North Shore?
I, for one, loved every moment. It had drama, it had action, it had personality, fear and charm.
Oh I can’t believe if you haven’t seen it and would scold you very much if you told me so but just in case… just in case… you lack taste let me give a truncated summary right here.
A pack of brash Australians and a few more genteel but equally radical South Africans descended upon the North Shore in the early 1970s and terrorized the poor Hawaiians by dropping in, shredding, ripping etc. then they went home and published magazine stories about how much better they were than the Hawaiians.
The poor Hawaiians.
Well… the poor Hawaiians didn’t like that and actually weren’t “poor” but rather “way more terrorizing than any before or after” and formed a group called Da Hui to kick the shit out of the offending bastards.
Somehow Eddie Aikau made peace and an uneasy truce between locals and bastards has reigned in the land for many years.
Until now.
The World Surf League has decided to exacerbate the situation, much like Kim Jong Un, and is wanting to make you party to the demise plus a bunch of missing teeth by collaborating with the Turtle Bay Resort (where the brash Australians hid out in order to not get their door bustin’ down) for a special prize package.
Let’s see what you win!
5 Night Stay at Turtle Bay Resort – located on the famous North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Relax, hangout and rest up at Turtle Bay Resort with an epic ocean view room.
Round Trip Shuttle Transportation – You don’t have to worry about finding parking for the event of the year, we’ll shuttle you to and from the Billabong Pipe Masters.
VIP Event Access – Take in the best surf of the year with VIP-access and seating at the Billabong Pipe Masters.
Surf Board Rentals – Four-day board rental from the renowned Hans Hedemann Surf Center, just steps from your room and the beach.
Bar Passes & Swag – You’ll have VIP Back Door Pass which grants you access to any non-ticketed events at Surfer, The Bar along with your Triple Crown of Surfing swag bag.
How hyped are the Pipeline locals going to be when you drop in on a Surf Board rental with the pros?
Enter here and find out!
Shaun Tomson came to my sleepy coastal town for a premier, we went, met the guy, he said he has a fear of being underwater, it was awesome, the film rocked, I bought the DVD, got a signed poster, it hangs on my office wall, I watch it regularly!
This prize sounds like Rory’s last gig for the Grit.
Still want to hear the story of that flame-out.
Like about his amazing North Shore coverage or just in general?
I want a precise hour by hour timeline of the last 24 hours ………
All we know is that at some point in the last 24, whilst staying at the Turtle Bay, Rory decided not to file, and things went nuclear.
A phone was smashed Rusty Crowe style….
Oh yeah me too! Only Derek and Rory know! How beautiful would a he said he said of the final 24 be?
I thought you made the call and threw the phone?
There was no contact at all?
In the post speaker WSL is chas now spruiking WSL promotions?
Gotta be a seppo to enter.
Read those damn rental agreements carefully. Especially when the small print is in pidgin. Four-day rental of a board from Hanstco, subject to sudden inexplicable, maybe south of super violent, or north (crossing fingers not), confiscation days 1 through 23:59 on the third day. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you no win.
As long as my hire board is a 7’6″ Bulkley and the locals happily call me into any wave I want, I’m not playing.
I’m pretty sure that the answer to all this jumps out of the pages of your book Welcome to Paradise. At least it does for me. Some N. Shore thugs are seeing the results of throwing their weight around a little too much.
Got kicked out of that dump turtle Bay. Place sucks, my maitai was all Meyers and my blow was mostly meth.
me too! went there on a wednesday with a gut-full of rum and decided to sing karaoke with my comrades. we destroyed the karaoke machine and managed to offend these super vanilla office kinds in the bar on a business trip (so, basically everyone). i got wrapped up like a burrito in the welcome mat. didn’t get my head caved in. 8.4/10 would spew up everything including my spinal fluid again.