Not good for the events or the community!
Last year, the World Surf League’s newly appointed CEO Sophie Goldschmidt flew to Honolulu at the last minute in order to petition the city government. The grand hope was a shifted Championship Tour season which would begin at the iconic Pipeline instead of ending at the iconic Pipeline. The reason? Officially to launch with much excitement but really, maybe, to de-emphasize Pipeline’s importance and pave the way for an eventual Surf Ranch finale.
Anyhow, I would imagine Sophie sitting there in her business class Hawaiian Airlines seat, sipping a green tea with mint, thinking to herself, “What a grand adventure I’m on.”
Then she landed and things went to hell. The city government rejected the WSL’s proposal and fighting and crying and much posturing combined with gnashing of teeth.
Well, things are still moving and yesterday a new plan was announced. Was everyone very happy? Let’s see!
A revamped North Shore surf calendar that now runs on a three-year cycle rather than a one-year cycle has been decried by some North Shore surf meet organizers. Some North Shore surf meet organizers and supporters are unhappy with new rules that went into effect Monday for the granting of permits for North Shore events. Key to the new rules is a revamped North Shore surf calendar that now runs on a three-year cycle rather than the old one-year cycle.
The current calendar schedule has been slotted through Aug. 31, 2019, and those who want to hold surf meets between Sept. 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2021, will need to submit applications by Sept. 28 this year. Another major change is that applicants for permits will no longer have an appeal process. Mahina Chillingworth, who organizes Da Hui Backdoor Shootout for Hui o He‘e Nalu, said both the new three-year cycle and elimination of an appeal process aren’t good for her event or others in the community. “It doesn’t give an applicant who was denied a permit due process to question and go through an appeal process to fight for their permit and to prove the city wrong,” Chillingworth said.
The three year cycle and zero appeal does seem custom made for the very strong (read fascist) arm of the World Surf League.
And do you think Ms. Goldschmidt is very pleased? Do you think she’s sipping an English breakfast with milk nodding subtly?
Sophie’s hairline is receding quick.
Sophie and I are enjoying lunch together after a morning of tennis. She dazzles in her white tennis dress, tiny diamond studs sparkle against the faint remains of the sweat on her neck. She exhibits a subtle smile while sipping mimosa thinking of sensual pleasures.
Lick her pussy after the mimosa?
Don’t cheapen it, what we have is special!
Cue Eddie for a little straight talking – today ? Tomorrow ?
Soon.
I’m all for a two or three year moratorium on NS surf contests.
It would give the locals an idea of what life is like without the contest crowds and the economic effects.
You can theorize or work the numbers anyway you want but the only way to prove it is to shut it down.
If that happens I suspect you’d never see another contest in Hawaii (even the now on-life-support Eddie) again.
strongly agree – all this self-serving talk about “economic benefits” to the local community has never been properly calculated… maybe the guy selling acai bowls makes a little more money one day. but then subtract the costs of OT for police/fire. Just to pick one random example.
its not as if the north shore beaches are empty and begging for tourist traffic when the contests aren’t happening
As a fan I LOVE watching the Pipe Masters and the Pipe Pro so I would be disappointed to lose that entertainment but some of the best surfing that I witnessed in person was non-contest surfing.
And even on those days I had to leave Waikiki at 5am-ish to get up there and get a decent parking spot or avoid sitting in traffic just past Haleiwa.
So yes, the North Shore will be just fine.
Well who would of thought that to have a contest in the best location in the world for spectators would come to this…well there you have it! We’ll get our contest but at some increased $$$$$. To the state leaders. Although can’t imagine living there now with traffic and transplants and endless amounts of wanta bes.
Well locals you got your home values up now here comes Hoover your local leaders sucking from you 6 days from Sunday. Surfing is now a rich man sport thanks to socializim
Hawaii has the 20th lowest effective state/local tax rate in the country i.e. 30 states have higher tax rates on median incomes, including noted socialist havens: Texas, Virginia, and Oklahoma.
https://wallethub.com/edu/b…
What about sales and property tax? There’s more than one way to skin a cat…hinden tax.
Effective tax rate includes real-estate tax, vehicle property tax, income tax, sales and excise tax. No one doubts Hawaii is expensive to live, or that the state government wants to make money from contests if they can. But taxes are not particularly high compared to most of the U.S., aren’t even close to what they’d be under socialism, and definitely aren’t the reason why only rich people can afford to surf.
She probably kicked open the door to the permit adjudication office, bearing a board-bag full of used $20 notes and a box of Leonard’s malasadas. “Hey bitches, lets make this happen!”
Rookie error. Should have gone with spam masubi.
Well whatever she did, it seems to have worked in her favour.
Is surf meet American for surf comp? Maybe that’s why Americans (other than master slater) don’t win surf comps, they go to surf meets to meet people and hug it out.
It’s all economics….. everything!
Check it out!
That’s why some of us surfed…to break away.😕
Taxed to death!
Who knew that Jeremy Piven’s words would be as true today and when he uttered them in 1989 in an uncredited role.
I can imagine they’ll still miss the deadline.
There counting the Benjamin Franklins…get ready for the new tax.
After seeing the image of Gordon Gekko I can’t remember if he said »greed is good or greed is god « ?
Greed is good….but what he meant to say is Ego is Good.
That sick cunt would put milk in her tea. That’s so fucked up. Probably sugar too.
Tea without milk isn’t tea!
We could never get married mate. Go back to Cornwall!
What kind of Coffee is Tea?
Corrected, I’m a coffee fiend, in the evenings tea is akin to methodone for me.
Careful on that stuff.
We can still be friends, I think you might be confusing me with Tom Lowe! I’m Irish, and I’m very particular about my tea!
To be sure, all is forgiven, also apologies for the cunts next door, my only saving grace is my Prussian heritage on the other side.