Stab? You are officially on the clock.
Are you tired of our modern milieu where gender and sexual orientation and lack of gender and lack of sexual orientation define absolutely everything? I sure am. I’m exhausted, to be honest, because who cares? (for one) and I don’t (for two).
Well, apparently Venice-adjacent’s sometime river rock hopping online portal The Inertia does care and a lot because founder-in-chief Zach Weisberg, proudly educated at USC though not directly implicated in the recent scandal, just tried to full-on out longtime surf personality Chris Cote.
Now, if you ever paid attention, even for 30 seconds, you’d know that trying to out someone even semi-privately is wrong. Why? Oh, don’t ask me. I’m exhausted, remember, but it is I think and extremely wrong.
Like, very very frowned upon.
Did The Inertia care when narrowcasting to its seventeen daily visitors?
No.
Always one to flaunt societal norms in defense of “the world’s most sacred spaces,” Venice-adjacent’s sometime aggressive parkour online portal just asked surf’s very last personality…
Can we put the record straight? Are you gay, bi or straight? Is it something that people know about? Is it something that you feel ashamed of or are you happy for being you?
Whoa.
How’d he answer?
Shame on The Inertia, though. The last bastion of toxic masculinity. Giving river rock hoppers and aggressive parkourians a very bad name.
Shame indeed.
Stab? You are officially on the clock.
Commented on Disqus? Log out, tap the Disqus button, and your old name and comments come back. The box is ours.
Your comments are still here. Every one of them.
Twelve years of BeachGrit comments came across from Disqus. Connect and we will show you how many are yours. We get your username, nothing else.
Connect Disqus to reveal.
Negative tide 2’ trash and a bitch in a Mercedes swerved at me on the way down. Sd is shot.
Will do buddy
On at dawn super low tide pushing in 2’ overhead west small south light winds guaranteed not even crowded. Just get there for an hour and a half 6:30 to 8 life is short
You are actually a damn good sport Scott. You seem pretty comfortable in your own skin. I’m cracking it tomorrow let me know if you are down. Just west of lj high school
Nah I’ve actually been in the water all day. Couple of SD Reefs good today I hope you are having fun commenting on BG then waiting in vain to see if anyone liked it. Aloha Bru
Nice one, Chas.
I had no idea he was in the closet.
I thought he was openly homosexual.
Nothing specific to Chris per se, but when did the story tellers become the story?
When the story refused to entertain.
damn you for making me click on that shitty inertia interview.Until now I could proudly say that I hadn’t done it in years .The worst part it that it hasn’t been worth it.
Fucking have whiplash from the transition from “are you gay or straight” to “what’s the Arctic like?”
I found that to be a cold pivot.
If Cote and Chass had a mud wrestling match I have no doubt they would end up having sex.
I might try to hook up with Chris after his response. Pretty sure he’d reject me.
That was a very strange question.
All Coté, All Day on Beach Grit! And it’s not even my birthday!
Every day is your birthday on BeachGrit!
You’re totally worth it, Chris! And, were you shocked by Craig’s question about your sexuality? Do you think he should never have asked it?
Only problem with hating on The Inertia in this case (usually it’s OK) is that it’s an interview taken from Human’s Of Surfing by Craig Butler a gay, Irish, semi-pro longboarder who also manages the FB page LGBT Humans. Craig struggled with being bullied and in the closet for many years, until he finally got up the courage to come out and talk about it. He asked me to read the first piece he wrote about his life and his struggles. Not easy to be a gay, in-the-closet, longboarder from Ireland trying to find sponsorship to go on tour. It was heartbreaking and inspiring. At the time, the only non-LGBT website he could find who would publish it was The Inertia. He’s now got his own site, as I mentioned above. It’s pretty good, but still rather unknown. Sharing content with The Inertia is how he tries to raise visibility for Human’s Of Surfing. As for trying to “out” Coté, I don’t think that was really his intent. He’s still new to the game, and just phrased his question a bit too pointedly. But if you take the time to look into his backstory (admittedly Chas was tired) then you’ll understand that he was not intentionally trying to put Coté on the spot. I think Beach Grit should contact Craig and do a follow up interview to set the story straight! Ball’s in your court Chas and Derek!
Thanks Dave! I was wondering what the hell that Humans thing was.
OK, this has gotta stop. The overflowing attention and praise granted up those who claim LGBT status is completely out of control.
Here in SoCal, kids are becoming rock stars overnight at school, complete with a butt-load (sorry) of protections from bullying, special considerations for educational and social benefits, awards, and community leader praise.
All you gotta do is claim it – and you’ve won the lottery. It’s better than being disabled, a discriminated minority, or low income free luncher. And those people have to provide proof.
Full Disclosure: I’m not a hater, far from it. What I’m not happy with is claiming attributes to reap the benefits: admiration, celebration, empathy, pity, whatever it is you so desperately need.
Oh yeah, tons of benefits. Like worrying if you’re gonna get murdered. Get fucked.
Sounds nearly as good as being a straight white male!
I love you so much David Mailman, like almost the most, but that’s a rotten question to ask. Identity politics is a curse and while I can understand, even appreciate, Craig’s personal struggles making them the end all, be all is cheap, ugly and the most boring thing ever in our new climate.. He should have never asked Chris that question and he should leave them off in the future.
Fair enough. Might not be good click bait, but why not reach out to him and have an exchange with him about the topic.
Because I smell the kid’s narcissism from a continent away.
But it can be caused by prolonged wearing of yellow hipster beanies.
I like his response he nailed it like a perfect full rotation 360 air reverse.
I followed your link to Interdtia and ended up in this sheeet:
https://www.theinertia.com/…
Their audience is incredulous that some loser from Cornwall can be told to fuck off for being a lamo at this poor Bali blokes home break.
Lol, amazing comments on that thread
Chris rips and isn’t afraid to laugh at himself AND is a pretty good announcer.
More than 90% of the sideline couch potatoes on this site can claim. Even Ben Marcus bailed on this clown car. Yeah San Diego Scott I’m lookin at you
Chris Cote and Strider Wasilewski. Cage match–winner to do commentary from the channel at Pipeline and false crack Eddie Rothman. BTW, Chas re-reading Welcome to Paradise….now that I have context for your wackiness, it is much more enjoyable…