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Can I shoot straight with you for one brief moment? It takes a lot to shock me these days. Aside from Stab laughing giddily at a poor boy who lost his penis and then his life there is almost nothing that turns my head. Click bait headlines have become such a commonplace component of all of our lives that I imagine it takes a lot to shock you too. Plus, someone’s always saying something crazy. From Rodrigo Duterte to Recep Tayipp to King Donald outlandish has become the parlance of our times.
And so today found me enjoying a moment of awe and appreciation for the World Surf League when I stopped by its official mouthpiece worldsurfleague.com earlier today. Awe and appreciation because the normally staid League succeeded in stopping me in my tracks with a headline so… fabulously inappropriate that I am still tickled.
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Watch: Mick Fanning Soaks Up “Infectious Grom Froth”
And one more time.
Watch: Mick Fanning Soaks Up “Infectious Grom Froth”
The beat writers who covered Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch escapades must be kicking themselves right now for not using the verb “soak” with the phrase “infectious grom froth” and fronting the whole thing with a command. “Watch.”
In truth, the story is the sweetest thing ever and you should soak it up too.
Watch: Mick Fanning Soaks Up “Infectious Grom Froth”
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Whoever has taken over the WSL Insta feed is out of control. Every single surf clip regurgitated on their feed, be they comp surfers or the Rastas of our fine world.
In her defense , the king of fake news “Mondy “ makes her look very good .His latest gem was claiming Keanu won the Quik Pro France in his rookie year even though it was his second year on tour ?
Whoever wrote that headline deserves a raise! Or a Job. A chance for overtime, etc.
Get on the job Mr Prodan.
I just clicked to see the “Load Comments”.
… and the sub-head: ‘A challenge from Glenn Hall turns into a dream session with the newly retired Aussie Champ’ only creepier.
MJ was good but Whitney is better. Pre-surf music just does not get any more exceptional. Whitney should be the face of surfing. I think.
I totally support this.
We could all learn so much from Whitney.
Not to mention, she and AI both died from cocaine and hardened arteries. Thanks Cocaine + Surfing!
She was definitely drawing interesting lines .
Headlines can be tricky. The first time i read your story “Tales of a Fucking Jew,” I thought it was about a Jew who gets laid on the regular.
The subhead on that one is “The Wild Times of Harv Weinstein!”
It looks like it might say “infectious”, Chozzlos. I first thought you might have to brush up on your comprehension skills but then I realised the Freudian undertones of your article. I didn’t know Mick Fanning liked to soak in young childrens bodily fluids but this might explain why his wife left him for that suave silver tongued fat cunt Iain Hewitson.
Oh damn it I have to edit now. Infectious, Infections…. potato, potato.
You knew what you were doing mate. Just leave it. It’s a sentence Mick should never have said regardless of semantics. Save the groms from a life of burpees, shit pale ales and peroxide.
You’re kidding me, this guy?
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Reckon he minds a sip?