Hopefully the World Surf League's next hire!
I’m on day… four I think it is of fever induced sobriety and have never been so clear headed. It’s like the future is stretching out before me and I can see with my blistered but not bloodshot eyes the moves that need to be made. Can smell with my raw but not from cocaine nose all the right measures.
The future of surfing is now.
But we need other true visionaries to help tug this thing along. To help us reach our bliss and, as you know, the governing body of professional surfing has made an grand new hire recently, pulling Erik Logan away from Oprah Winfrey and setting him up as the President of Content, Media and WSL Studios elect.
He’s a step in the proper direction and we’ve have fun getting to know Elo but his Instagram feed has gone a bit quiet lately because I think he’s traveling to Fiji for a 385 day surf trip so I’ve been navigating around the social media application, searching for fellow travelers.
Today I found one.
His name is Dan Price. He is the co-founder of a credit card slider thing company and could not be better.
Dan likes himself…
Burning Man…
himself…
long hair…
…but most importantly…. Yacht Surfing.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl8To2Bnvr6/?taken-by=danpriceseattle
I’ll show myself out.
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hey, hang on – chuck a beard on the surf stich guy and….
I am obliged to say it again . Beware of false prophets ( profits ) !
No one said a bad word about Skase or Bond until they were in jail or hiding out in Mallorca ? As they say « if you owe a bank $100 it’s your problem but if you owe them a $100 million it’s their problem « .
…and throw in some Graham Greene [any one will do], for a real deliberate self harm festival.
I really miss the 80s
Who will be the first Surfing Egames World Champion?
Anti-depressive it is not.
I felt like my own knee was gonna pop out watching that. Bend ya fucking knee Richie Rich, fa fucks sake.
CEO material. Clearly.
Douchebaggery, by definition, can not minor.
Carrot surfing is the next big thing man.
Holy shit he walks on water too – its the messiah no?
Especially paying his staff 70K min which is close to $2.5Mill AUD.
Since I am jobless maybe I can apply to change the fins on his yacht board?
Why does he need the surfboard?
70k USD = 98k AUD
I wouldn’t mind a raise.
BTW does anyone in Newy want a free fridge? (Not a funny)
/BeechTree.
Hat and scarf, meh. That nip slip is next level! This guy is truly evolved. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
I don’t know if I could trust a man with a ton a facial hair and no nipple hair.
i didn’t realise he was brazilian
Looks like Gimli son of Gloin… sans axe.
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…and no, you don’t look like Clint.
Have you read “Under the Volcano”?
Edit: also bend yer fucking knees Dan Price
pompous fat white alcoholic gets fucked up in the colonies is my favorite genre of novel
Is that what it’s about? I’m in
How glad are you that the Fabio-internet guy is a kook? I certainly am.
I’m ashamed to admit it.
Somehow he manages to wakesurf mongo…woah
nealkearney85 why
Siiiiiiiiick! That guy surfing in the windbreaker? Gnarls. Some truly inspiring shit that is. BG can get ahead of the trend!…
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the wind breaker is cause the water is cold as fuck in Seattle, year round. gotta stay warm baby.. or he’s fat?
Maybe he ate Matt Warshaw
ha ha ha oh shit
He is surfing pretty good so, ya know, it’s possible
Hmm you might be on to something. Does he know every last obscure bit of surfing history though? Because that would be the tell.
Mr Price seems to have mastered the double handed drag tube stall technique but hasn’t worked out it is not applicable to cruising the yacht wake going straight in the whitewash . Sometimes ,like algorithms and front foot deck grip, the inner Warshaw is not enough ?
little known fact James the double handed tube stall is known in Seattle as the “Warshaw Packed.” If you’re enough of a new age oligarch with a big enough yacht you can actually get totally money pitted!
Enlightening and somewhat frightening but lacking any pecuniary ambitions I think I’ll stay with my own people in the “ Warshaw Ghetto “ .ps Erik Logan is from Oklahoma and Dan Price is from Idaho ok , so what I want to know is who the hell is out there in the Bible Belt, preaching ,converting the Okies into Adult Learner Occys ?
Jesus, that guy’s wearing a baggy windbreaker for trunks too.
Dan Pays the Ultimate Price !
The ( false ) Prophet ( run over by a loco ) Motive after his go pro mount got stuck in the chicken wire during a corporate event at the Lemoo……………
Ahhh, he’s just practising for the next Surf Cup, in case he gets a get a call up.
Not sure if his yacht would fit in the cement pond at El Rancho ?
It’s cheaper to run than the train though.
Chas put down the Nyquil man!
Handsome 10%’r attention whore. Life is not good enough look at me! These type videos are a visual “claim” he should be downgraded for production value and skill value being on opposite side of the spectrum. Dan! “BEND YOUR KNEES..”
PS. Ok I might be wrong minimum salary at his company 70k! Who knows
With a name like Price he is a Businessman and no Bertlemann ?
is he the love child of Mark price ?
Some similarities . Both CEOs ,both surf but I have doubts that Firewire’s minimum wage is $70000 ?
Yeah, his $70k minimum salary was rightfully a big deal when he initiated it. Of course there has been skepticism about it and rumors of it being more for brand promotion (or worse) than good intentions but who knows. $70k is considered poverty level (for a family of four) in Seattle so the equivalent of $30 an hour w/ a degree unfortunately doesn’t go too far in the Emerald City Presented by Amazon. Minimum wage is $15. An interesting experiment if nothing else.
I am confused. from what you told me a couple of days I was under the impression that the worlds best boss would be found at something called “the inertia”. should I withdraw my application, gather up my go pro mounts, give myself a bum part and apply for a spot with this bloke?
oh, by the way Chas, give us some follow up on the (ya)Poon plunger. does the lack of hype coming out of it mean it shit the tin before it pumped out a ridable wave?
and how does tudors nut sack taste (surfing needs characters like you. or something of that effect)
Derek and Longtom heading Surf Lakes soon, I think, and I totally believe that surfing needs characters like Tudor. You don’t? He alone made yesterday funny.
granted he provides fodder but it seemed like you were pretty quick to stroke him gently after he singled BG out.
I look forward to dezza and toms experience, I hope they are driving the bus up. in the mean time, have you or anyone heard any semi reliable rumours about the plungers first day? …) (three eyed emoji thing)
But of course we’re all some gossip bitches! I only speak the truth. I like when Joel pops off because it’s funny. I don’t want to discourage his art otherwise there’ll be no more pop offs and then where would be all be? I’ll tell you. Bored.
forgot to mention it earlier. you blokes should be able to get reasonably priced billboard space just outside the gate to the plunger.
Instead of a billboard erect a giant plunger with a sign “Welcome to the Giant Plunger”. Get up there with the Merino, the Banana, prawn and Ned Kelly. Get on all the tourist brochures
welcome to Yeppoon, home of the big plunger. its got nice ring to it.
Except the Australians. They’re all some gossip cunts!
hopeless, good, dumb, lucky, loud, smelly, fast, annoying, happy, good looking, backwards, snobby, average, silly, funny, bad, noisy, angry, nosey, lazy, scary etc etc. just one big bunch of cunts.
Now you got it.
been practicin’
Mate.
😇
I’m glad you found a place where your expletives are generally accepted ☺️
If you’re jonesing out for some salt water by the time you hit the Sunshine Coast, I can arrange a discount tour of the northern end. As in, I’ll avoid all the secret spots and avoid any good waves in case you write something nice about it.