#MeToo vs. #TimesUp!
I have been writing about surf for two decades now and today, two decades in, today, I read the funniest thing yet.
Something that has seriously kept tittering all day long. Tittering in the morning while drinking my coffee. Tittering in the afternoon while drinking beer at Chuck E. Cheese’s. Tittering right now in front of my computer and you while drinking Svedka and lemonade.
It is one of those church titters, though, the sort that sprouts out of boredom maybe and shouldn’t be shared, probably shouldn’t be shared, because it is impossible to explain and it loses all charm but I’ve never been one for decorum so here goes!
Yesterday, I read a story on the edgy sport website Deadspin about how the World Surf League CEO Sophie Goldschmidt referred to offering equal pay at the Mavericks event as “an abuse of the #metoo movement” and couldn’t believe she actually said it, especially while her Executive Vice President of Tours and Events Mr. Graham “Taste-my-Palm” Stapelberg was in the room.
I wrote it up, anyhow, casting dubious aspersions, then one of the principals in the room, a brave and gorgeous soul, emailed me:
Yes, that actually happened. After Sophie said it we looked at each other, we were both thinking the same thing, does she mean #timesup?!! I actually think Graham Stapelberg may have coached her to say it. We did not take the bait. We ignored the remark and told her we wanted equal pay.
And I’m dying!
Not dying about the substance, which is serious and real, but dying about Graham Stapelberg, the World Surf League Executive Vice President of Tours and Events, allegedly fucking up #metoo and #timesup then forcing the British ex-professional tennis executive and current World Surf League CEO Sophie Goldschmidt to fuck it up which then carried into the public record via Deadspin.
By way of explanation, #metoo refers to sexual harassment and/or assault. #timesup refers to inequality in the workplace which includes sexual harassment and/or assault but implicitly as it relates to the workplace.
The fact that Graham Stapelberg is weighing in on these matters, though, absolutely kills me. Will he #MetToo Eddie Rothman while trying to deny women equal rights/access/pay at big waves?
Also, how in the world did Sophie not know better? What in the World Surf League was she thinking?
I’m gonna keep hammering on this damned thing and get to the bottom of it all, even if it is just church titters, because…. hahahahahaha!
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And possibly Jaws comp at same time as wind will be light and variable oil glass. Could be an epic time to be on Valley Isle!
O.k. enough of this. Anyone seen the forecast for Honolua? Looks like it will wrap in 3 straight days of double to triple overheard perfection mon to wed
god that would be amazing!
What an event. Dreamiest of waves, idyllic location, and no negative digital chatter that I see. How’s the wsl pull it off?
I really don’t like that photo.
Now I feel the need to apologise.
… but I really don’t like it.
Yeh – main issue is the filter I reckon…
dear sophie can we please get your thoughts on the #JEWTOO movement in surfing?
Rimpie…you know that fix is in the movement, he whom you can not criticize is the culprit….look at all the people involved. Clearly!
Doesn’t take much for them to
turn on each other
.hee hee.
I quadruple dog dare you to promote Graphie Stapelschmidt to E-Lo trolling status!
I wish I knew what you were talking about cause it sounds exciting.
And where does Harvey Weinstein fit in with all this….
I’m sure someone on the WSL must’ve blown him, how do you think Seabass got a cameo spot on Point Break 2?
Into anyone who cannot get back out though his office door in time.
Right behind you Stillwell.
“Me-Too”. I too humped & blow-jobbed my way to being a Hollywood Starlet.
Ok Nick Dee, we will have no truth on this site…just feel good! No racist stuff by our handlers.
Out of interest how many females were involved in the creation of proffesional surfing the ASP or ISP
How many have been editors of major surfing magazines
How many have been major shapers
How many have started major surfing product or hardware labels or been surfing innvators
Just a simple question
Perhaps society will not be so loaded against this possibility soon?
Two more simple questions :
And how many of these females gave birth and then raised and wiped the bum of those that did ?
And how many Polynesian females had surfing stolen from them by White Male Missionaries long before dumb white males like us thought about pro surfing , shaping or the need for clothing in the tropics ?
The natives scored a point against the missionaries this week🏹🏹🏹
this is so much weird. i did wonder what the hell was up with the original quote, because it didn’t really make sense, idk.
Not being in any way religious; what precisely is a ‘church titter’?
certainly not “church of open sky”
I can’t imagine ‘tittering’ in our pews.
‘Acting like a tit’ on the other hand…
I think it’s when someone performs a wiggs in the pews
its a nun flashing from the vestry window.
Un fucking believable.
Ain’t it the richest vein? I’m still honestly dying!
Hey Chas, did you pick up a vodka sponsor? The link seemed a bit obligatory.
I’m more interested in the Family Fun Centre, Restaurant and Arcade sponsor.
So many weird things all at once
#wokegayman #penistoo #LGBTQIBGCFW #misogynistcunt #cuntpower
Yawn.
Wake me up when there’s a Sophie sex tape.
What the fuck is #timesup? Can women just fuck off now mate. Isn’t having your own pussy and tits good enough!?
It refers to times up – back to the kitchen!
It’s a stand up paddle movement for equality on the lineup, #timeSUP. I’ll still drop in on any alternative craft no mater how many hashtags they come up with.
I guess they’re busy banging heads on that glass ceiling.
I would struggle as a chick. i wouldn’t need to leave the house. tits and sandwiches all day every day.