Opinion: It could have been way way worse!

Limp Bizkit was certainly also available.

I feel that the World Surf League is really getting strung up for booking blink-182 as the featured musical act. That “Backward Fin” Beth is sitting in her Santa Monica office right now, pointing at her computer and shouting, “See! Surfers are grumpy bastards! They don’t like anything… anything at all I tells ya!”

And in this one particular instance she is correct because, let’s be honest, it could have been way way worse than blink-182. It could have been:

-Imagine Dragons

-Jason Mraz

-Jack Johnston

–Eddie Vedder

-Creed

-Dakota Motor Company

-the onetime cast of Glee (minus pedophiles and the departed)

-Dave Matthews Band

-Spin Doctors

-Nickleback

-Limp Bizkit

-Drake

Just kidding on that last one. The World Surf League could never afford Drake but shouldn’t we be thankful for once? I am and have just decided to attend Saturday.

Won’t you join me?

 

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Snowbored
Snowbored
8 years ago

Or……
The local Grateful Dead cover band.

Neal Kearney
Neal Kearney
8 years ago

Jamiroquai

Phat-wan kerr
Phat-wan kerr
8 years ago

tina turner was kind of a pinnacle for the NRL.

in tubo veritas
in tubo veritas
8 years ago

you are going…after all you are indeed going..well well instagram has definitely destroyed you

$68 Outerknown t-shirt
$68 Outerknown t-shirt
8 years ago

I did it all for the nookie!

Ami Lost
Ami Lost
8 years ago

No matter the band, we’ll all be amused by who of the WSL credentialed cool crowd will be allowed to stage dive and pogo around the certain to be orchastrated official WSL hardcore surf punk mosh pit.

Steezus Christ
Steezus Christ
8 years ago

Man, imagine dragons really is awful. Really needed that reminder – 🙏

Phat-wan kerr
Phat-wan kerr
8 years ago
Reply to  Steezus Christ

I am still gagging after seeing the word Ni????back. many of those mention, while still extremely awful, don’t deserve to pigeonholed in the same list.

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
8 years ago

Jesus fucking christ this is a wretched prospect really isn’t it. Just ghastly. Blink fucking 182. And I have already bought the air ticket. I’m gonna stay in Visalia just to avoid everything.

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

You could disguise a pair of Industrial Strength Ear Muffs as high fashion head phones for the audio battle you are about to engage in ?

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

How bout staying in Newport NSW? That’ll solve your dilemma.

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
8 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

Too curious. I have a weird feeling about this event. It might be the thing that cures me of pro surfing forever.

Phat-wan kerr
Phat-wan kerr
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

just dress up as chas make a cunt of yourself.

Jen See
Jen See
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

Visalia has alright food, because it’s the, uh, higher end town out there. Fresno has a Whole Foods, which is useful if something other than tequila interests you.

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
8 years ago
Reply to  Jen See

This is the sort of useful tip I come back to Beachgrit for Jen!

Jen See
Jen See
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

I should write a handy guide, maybe!

But uh, the other for reals tip I have? Because I actually failed hard on this, myself! Shoes. Like, decent ones for walking forever and ever. I walked so far and ruined my favorite flip flops. This made me super sad.

StarJamma
StarJamma
8 years ago
Reply to  Nick Carroll

Well, being in the Central Valley in August is like visiting the second ring of Hell in Dante’s Inferno. Heat plus shitty air plus bizarre surf event equals the new dystopia. Then you can go to the Tachi Palace casino and wonder why you haven’t bought a house yet in Fresno.

belchfire
belchfire
8 years ago

They should book Alien Weponary

Manuka
Manuka
8 years ago

What about Social Distortion?!
https://www.zerohedge.com/n…

Walter Pepekay
Walter Pepekay
8 years ago

Good Charlotte! My daughter inflicted me this thing 20 years ago, it would definitely fit! And I just see on wikipedia that their last single is called “actual pain”! Perfectly in tune with Mr Slater’s pool.

Waterman of the year
Waterman of the year
8 years ago

Backward fin Beth just destroyed the dreams of all these musical artists. Ranch dreams crushed and destroyed. Time to drown your sorrows with some Michelob

Steezus Christ
Steezus Christ
8 years ago

Waiiitt is backward fin Beth really a codename for Jen See of “opinion: I hate your surfboard” fame?”

Jen See
Jen See
8 years ago
Reply to  Steezus Christ

hi, no.

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  Jen See

Ha!

Steezus Christ
Steezus Christ
8 years ago
Reply to  Jen See

Not convinced.

Jen See
Jen See
8 years ago
Reply to  Steezus Christ

you’re just going to have to live over there with your lack of conviction! sorry!

Steezus Christ
Steezus Christ
8 years ago
Reply to  Jen See

Fine. Just know I hate your surfboard.

Lorlac
Lorlac
8 years ago

Jokes aside, the actual band of Limp Bizquite can play pretty tight though

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago
Reply to  Lorlac

Metinks ‘Limp Business’ would be more fitting for the current Ziffaroids.

m0rt
m0rt
8 years ago

Dammit was released before Griffin Colapinto was born….way to keep it fresh Woozle!

Paulo De Tarso Duarte
Paulo De Tarso Duarte
8 years ago

I’ll win now…
Hootie and The Blowfish

Jimmy the Saint
Jimmy the Saint
8 years ago

I’ll see your Hootie and the Blowfish, and raise you a James Blunt!

Paulo De Tarso Duarte
Paulo De Tarso Duarte
8 years ago

Maaan… his voice came right now… the only thing that tops this, is The Tarzan Song by Whitney Huston…

Phat-wan kerr
Phat-wan kerr
8 years ago

not so fast fellas, alien ant farm.

Paulo De Tarso Duarte
Paulo De Tarso Duarte
8 years ago
Reply to  Phat-wan kerr

This is dirty game!!! Unfaire!
Never, never, go to the “Netherlands”!!! Never!!!

surfmom
surfmom
8 years ago

Crazy Town performing their hit track ‘Butterfly’

Student8888
Student8888
8 years ago

Blues Travelers.

Paulo De Tarso Duarte
Paulo De Tarso Duarte
8 years ago
Reply to  Student8888

Fuuuuck man this is a heavy counter attack!!!

Student8888
Student8888
8 years ago

Lol. I know you obviously know your music. Creed or Nickleback will win for lamest non-1-hit-wonders. At least those guys made money. But the one hit wonders are hard to top for lameness. Lol. That being said.. I may have to end this entire debate with one band… Hanson. Hmmmm Bop.

paulo de tarso
paulo de tarso
8 years ago
Reply to  Student8888

Hahahahaha Hands down!!!
I will say one last thing
MMMMbop!!!

ps: exists a acoustic version for this “hit” hahahahaah

Student8888
Student8888
8 years ago

or Blind Melon

throwing disqus
throwing disqus
8 years ago

Clearly Iggy Pops foray into surf was enough to scratch that itch for him.

Paulo De Tarso Duarte
Paulo De Tarso Duarte
8 years ago

Limp Bizkit, Blink 182, Linkin Park…
See the bond between?…
Man… even the their names are siblings…
Bleeaaargh three times!!!
That Limp 182, Blink Bizkit, Linkin Bizkit, Blink Park, Limp Park… whatever, kill, murdered the song “I Would For You” from Jane’s Addiction…

janeausten
janeausten
8 years ago

Counting Crows…

Paulo De Tarso Duarte
Paulo De Tarso Duarte
8 years ago
Reply to  janeausten

Shalalalalalalala
Bleeeeearghhhhh

Steezus Christ
Steezus Christ
8 years ago

… Uh hhuuuuuuuhhhhhh! CUT UHP MAH-REEEA

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
8 years ago
Reply to  janeausten

I believe they have been incarcerated for crimes against humanity ? As blood drips from my ears…….

Superworm
Superworm
8 years ago
Reply to  janeausten

Sublime!!!

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago
Reply to  Superworm

Babylon Zoo!!!

Superworm
Superworm
8 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

A flock of seagulls!

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago
Reply to  Superworm

Right Said Fred!!!

Superworm
Superworm
8 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

Chumbawumba!

Otto
Otto
8 years ago
Reply to  Superworm

Silverchair

channelbottom
channelbottom
8 years ago
Reply to  Otto

That time Princess Leia sang a duet with a wookie on the 1978 Christmas Special!

surfmom
surfmom
8 years ago
Reply to  Superworm

Papa Roach

?uzzled
?uzzled
8 years ago
Reply to  janeausten

Mass suicide would ensue.

Building The Revolution
Building The Revolution
8 years ago

LOL the Spin Doctors. Haven’t heard that in a minute.

They should get that band Live. The Band Live, playing Live, on a Live webcast. BOOM!

Keith Grace
Keith Grace
8 years ago

Sleep would’ve been the right choice.

The guru
The guru
8 years ago
Reply to  Keith Grace

Not sure if you’re being sarcastic there Keith but I reckon Sleep at full volume would be an awesome choice, esp if they played Dopesmoker in full…would love to see Sophie’s face at about the 35min mark

Keith Grace
Keith Grace
8 years ago
Reply to  The guru

Absolutely guru… and then in a tribute to the 80’s, 90’s, and 00’s ASP tour lineups and Chas’s new book Sleep could close with their legendary cover of Snowblind.


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