It's a feel-good story!
Now if this ain’t a feel good story I don’t know what is. In the very second that businessmen, male politicians, actors, producers are getting felled by the Lincoln Continental-load for being improperly sexually aggressive/generally very rude, a brand-new surf contest in Florida is serving up more than double the prize money to the women over the men. 25k for the men. 55k for the women. The largest purse in U.S. history for a women’s event!
Oh I know that it’s a men’s 1500 and a women’s 6000 but still 55k ain’t nothing to sneeze at. And let’s read a little from Florida Today:
The Florida Pro Surf event will be unusual, in that the women’s prize money will be significantly higher than the men’s prize. The winner of the men’s competition will receive $4,000 to $5,000, with a total prize pool of $25,000.
Fifteen-year-old surfer Rachel Presti of Melbourne Beach says she’s excited about competing in the event.
“This is my home break,” Rachel said as she joined Hobgood and other surfers at Sebastian Inlet on Wednesday to film promotional videos for the event and to surf the waves. “It’s a good wave. I surf here almost every day. I think it’s great, because we’re having a huge competition here.”
Rachel, who has been surfing competitively since age 9, says she is looking forward to competing in the Florida Pro Surf event against some of the top competitors in women’s surfing.
“It pushes me to do better,” she said.
And, noting the unusually high prize purse for a women’s event, she added: “As long as you can make it through a couple of rounds, you make a lot of money.”
Do you want to know who is surfing in the men’s side? CJ Hobgood and Cory Lopez! Between that and women getting rich I think I want to go to the Florida Pro. I think it might be the best surf contest ever.
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The port Stephens pro held in NSW this weekend was QS1000 men and QS6000 for the chicks!
$80k to fucking surf Florida. That should be a story in it’s self.
Biggest women’s money in US history? What the fuck are you talking about Smith. The Swatch Pro six weeks ago at Lowers gave away $60gs just to the people who came last. Ms Conlogue and Ms Gilmore split $90gs in the final. I think these Gators are taking you for a ride.
I wonder if the Florida wave pool is going to be as gnarly as the Cali one Chas??!!
The winner can buy back their stolen goods from the nearby pawn shop. Yay Florida !
Or they can buy a board from Kelly Slater’s brother shaped like a beer can. That place rocks!
I love google.
“Money from Brevard County’s 5 percent Tourist Development Tax on hotel rooms and other short-term rentals is being used to help pay for event costs, with the goal of using the event to promote the Space Coast as a surfing tourism destination.
The biggest corporate sponsor is expected to be Florida Beer Co. at $50,000. The event will be designated as “presented by Sunshine State Florida Lager,”
Joel Tudor will be PISSED
A hunch based solely upon the event name itself. It’s government funded. Mayoral election coming soon? County Supervisor elections? I could be wrong, maybe there’s some surf company named “Florida Pro Surf”. Who’s the main sponsor?