Smiles as wide as shakas!
The World Surf League President of Content, Media and WSL Studios, Mr. Erik Logan, is officially in the building and ooooee! Santa Monica’s high castle has never seen such hot surfer action.
Oh look, in that spacious office feat. floor to ceiling windows and appropriately reclaimed shelving. Who’s lounging upon the supple brown leather couches? Only professional surfing’s sweetheart Coco Ho, America’s only hope Griffin Colapinto and the boy who could turn Connor Coffin.
Now look courtside at the Los Angeles Clippers basketball game (top). Squint those eyes and take in Connor and Griff again but this time joined by Kanoa Igarashi in brand-new Gucci sneakers (such a power move considering the current Gucci ban), the Mother of Dragons and Courtney Conologue. Each wearing smiles as wide and tight as Mr. President’s shaka.
“Pffft…” You dismissively exhale. “The Clippers. Such a WSL move. If the League really wanted to show the world and surfers it has arrived it would have plopped them down courtside at a Lakers game.”
And while you’re right, that’s also just us being grumpy locals.
I am beyond excited to meet Mr. President in person though don’t expect the same treatment. Maybe we’ll get to chat in the High Castle’s basement conference room. The one with authoritarian slogans painted on the walls.
Or maybe across the street at Dogtown coffee.
But is it wrong for me to dream of a day when surf journalists cuddle on that supple brown leather couch? Nick Carroll’s legs kicked up on the soft arm, his head cradled in my own lap?
Is it wrong for me to hope that Mr. President might just might fill the WSL-sized hole in all our hearts?
Stay tuned!
When will “nobody cares” finally sink in?
Somethings rotten in Santa Monica!
He’s claiming West coast with that hand jive but if you’re trying to throw shade on anyone that reps Windansea more power to you. Don’t want none of that. They don’t play. You will be hunted down.
The corporate apocalypse is upon us, resistance is futile.
Wish they’d get benzedrine back on the shelf
Fucken meth dealers are a hellish nightmare.
Kanoa is most certainly not from the West side.
Last 2 boards glass ins.
Congratulations you missed my punch-line
Open down*
*do you see how stupid that sounds
Edit: Hey VP! Where’d you go? You can’t just delete your comment “Shut up” just to make my response sound even more dumb than it already does. That’s not being a good Humanist. Speaking of, did you know that Manifesto I actually talked about Humanism as a new religion? Yep, that’s right! You know why? So they could get tax exempt status as a non-profit religious group recognized under the US tax code. Now the AHA has tax exempt status under a different name, like non-profit education or something like that. Kurtz made good money from Prometheus Books.
You can believe what you want to believe. Isn’t freedom great?! You don’t have people like me telling you to “Shut up”.
Are speedos surf related?
The week Elo shows up, they ink a Fox Sports deal and no one here reports on it?
Make fun, but a broadcast deal is nothing to sneeze powder at.
I give it a season.
That Shaka Tho…
She’s more inclined to call them dildos if we are talking about the same person here.
I think they were initially nervous meeting with Elo Winfrey.
They laid the clothes out on their beds and took photos then sent them around. Kanoa’s had the arm of his jacket casually angled toward the jean pocket just to make sure it would look cool casual if he felt awkward with his hands at any stage.
I thought the edit had to do with the “about an hour ago” part. That’s an appreciable amount of time.
The surf journalist becoming more visible and sitting in supple leather couches canoodling one another is not the story. I’m cool with guys like you and NC and DR even dorky DLS and AG taking up a bit of the limelight from time to time.
The story is the kooks controlling the surf industry (WSL anyway) becoming more visible and making life and surfing seem mundane with their garbage social media feeds. Those pro surfers who look cool in the water look like prize wankers in Elo’s insta pics.
Lucky you
Mine dropped a cycle on the big day and I even had the kids at titas house for the nite.
I had all sorts of weird shit planned.
A great time to suggest some backdoor action with the missus!
wheres the fucking mongrel in surfing anymore, bet not one of them have smoked a bong or dropped acid not to mention their uncle looks like a pedophile
Hopefully they will drop a Mikey and Wade sucking tinnies at the cricket foto to balance shit up.
Too little too late. Elo Winfrey is gonna drag this shit from the golf club where we all stood by and let KS and his arsehole mates take surfing for the past 20 years to a place where I don’t think any of us want to see it go.
Pretty sure it will be up there with the superbowl in a couple of years
Juss a matter of time.
Saw mikey riding a log today. He called it off early to go for a brew… Dude is looking more cut than a mudgereeba meth head, incidentally. And relaxed. Hope he does well this year.
Haha ,sweet.
That’s one tight ass Shaka.
Guy in the alley behind the sofa looks like he’s slitting his wrists. Could it be Dirk Ziff ? Depressed about the $$$’s going to fund ELO’s purple plastic basketball blazer jacket. And dorkside…sorry courtside…seats