The $99 general admission price just got a lot sweeter...
From the desk of World Surf League Chief-Marketing-Officer Beth Greve:
blink-182 is Headlining the Surf Ranch Pro.
But, let’s have a difficult and frank discussion here. blink-182, the one you know, the one I know, consisted of three magical components. Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker. They wove their particular DNAs into a sub-genre of punk and landed squarely in the hearts of teenagers everywhere.
Though the band never won a Grammy, it did win some MTV Video Music awards and multiple Teen Choice Awards.
Now, and here is the problem, Tom DeLonge decided to leave the band in 2005 over creative differences. They reformed in 2009 only to break-up again in 2014.
In 2015 Hoppus and Barker added Alkaline Trio’s singer/guitarist Matt Skiba (pictured above shooting gun fingers at you).
So. Is Hoppus, Barker and Skiba really blink-182 or… what?
Should Tom DeLonge also be given a night to play Surf Ranch or… should he go and play Waco during the same window?
I see Tom DeLonge at my local Starbucks from time to time and want to give him a hug but have so far refrained.
Much to discuss.
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is he a flatty?
Yup, heard he has a kid by that flat chick from Baywatch.
you should hug him, he might need it at the moment. he is probably pretty torn up about missing out on the WSL gig. talk about dizzy heights. you could ice the cake by grabbing his junk. good luck.
a sub genre of punk? Hardly.
More like a sub genre of “Pop”
You tell ’em.
Now CKY on the other hand…
Bleeeearrrgh…
I loved Blink 182 in high school. I’m 41 now. Can I be the target demo the WSL is targeting? I wish there was still a Bud Tour, at least you had Mike Lambresi then…
No, they’re still singing about prom and being creepy
This is so appropriate. Will there be a booth to buy Outerknown cargo shorts?
What, are the same 50 year old grumpy surfers that are designing surfwear now picking bands for the WSL? Embrace failure!
Inaugurals have musical difficulties
Weezer would have been a real good fit. Could see Switchfoot playing too.
I just learned way more about Blink 182 than I wanted to know.
You’d think something new and fresh like a tubing pool would require a new and fresh musical accompaniment?
Backwards fin Beth just can’t look forward.
Blink sucks.
40+ year old men masquerading as a relevant punk band for a 40+ year old man masquerading as a relevant surfer. Two prime examples of why you should hang it up while you’re ahead, embarrassing.
throwing beers at them was great fun 20+ years ago. perhaps the WSL is looking for a more consumer friendly way to use all the muchelob ultras
In my day it was a cup of piss.
Matt made me appreciate Tom so much more, thats his greatest contribution. I can/will look past the alien/conspiracy bullshit.
Their last summer tour brought in an average 400K per show in revenue. What does that equate to in Surf Ranch credit?
3 waves and 4 Michelob Ultras brewed with organic grains. Or several kilos of cocaine (buy here for US! Buy here for Australia!)
So given blink 182 appealed to a segment of the surf audience 20 -30 years ago should we assume wsl is trying to attract junior grumpy old men to the event?
What is this!? Are they trying to revive the late 90s again!?
Now I’m convinced the WSL are taking the piss. We’ve been played, absolutely brilliantly. I dips me lid.
I take it black and burnt.
Hey chas when is the shop gonna be open???
Ha ha is this in the context of “pegging”?
Like your men.
That clip showed a fat man in the pool?
Can anyone confirm if they let people in the pool to swim?
That was definitely not a thing at Founders because if it had been? I would have been like, first in line, beating the fat men out of the way.
Imagine. Then they could go all “Fatboy Slim Live at Lemoore Beach”
Or cutrate with “Fatboy Swim”.
I wouldn’t go even if they gave me free VIP tix…