"You’d be required to have a firm grasp on surfing right now."
Kicking Stab these days feels bad, let me be quite honest with you. It feels rude, unnecessary and bully-ish seeing that li’l ol BeachGrit is truly and honestly double plus their size but son of a bitch. Son of a motherfucking bitch, Venice-adjacent’s second most embarrassing collaborationist surf media is making a hard play to be Venice-adjacent’s most embarrassing collaborationist surf media and it is impossible to ignore.
But let us head straight to the one-time men’s interest magazine’s newest job announcement, delivered by an increasingly wonderful-looking Ashton Goggans, in which the editor in chief is seeking a (female) senior editor (must watch volume loud then read comments).
POSITION AVAILABLE: We are looking for a (female) Senior Editor to join our editorial team. Based out of Los Angeles, you’d be required to have a firm grasp on surfing right now, a quirky style and personality, some skill in front of the camera and the ability to recognize and report on a story. The first role will be six weeks on the North Shore of Oahu for the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Please send a 60 second piece to camera, a one page letter and your resume to [email protected] if this sounds like something you’re in to.
And, like Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch claiming to be sustainable, this is virtue signaling at its very best.
Snowflakes on parade and… will you apply?
I mean will you ask your girlfriend/wife/best female pal to apply?
I asked our Jen See if she was going to apply and she responded, “oh god i just watched the whole video.” Then, “i mean maybs if they’d ever run any female writer before?”
Jen See needs to learn a thing or two about virtue signaling.
More as the story develops!
Update: The story has developed and you seriously cannot script this. In an honest comment wondering about the legality of only seeking one sex for a position (illegal by the way) Stab responded, “Call the cops.”
I can’t take it anymore! Tears down my cheeks!

wow advertising & legal advising, way to rival ay…
“Call the cops” ROFL!
Somebody inform Alfred Rava.
>That all-female mission prompted a legal inquiry last month from San Diego attorney Alfred G. Rava, who wrote a letter to the World Surf League dated June 4 that challenged Super Girl Surf Pro as a “gender-based, women-only event which prohibits men from competing against other men in a separate men’s division.
https://www.sandiegouniontr…
Also, with your statement in “We are not here to be your mascots: we are not here to be your fucking video dolls” statement towards stab, and follow up self righteous statement “this is a slap in the face to all of my female friends and colleagues in media” Do you not see the forthcoming shame and scrutiny you have now put a spotlight on for whichever female takes this role? and potentially sabotaging any chance whatever poor female would have at coming in blank canvas without scrutiny, and putting your fellow females chance at success start from several meters back than if you just said nothing? Spite will leave you crosseyed if you dont look down the road.
In assuming that all females in media are being slapped in the face by this, you started a movement counter productive to what you state to be your end game. Sad Jen See…….. Social Justice Jen
Jen,
After seeing the beachgrit insta post quoting your response “we are not here to be your mascots” etc…I bit hard at the click bait and landed on this story for more detail. I watched the video posted above from stab, and thought nothing of it to be ill willed or offensive. I can only read the hypocrisy buried within your statement. As well as that of Chas (who i am fond of 65% of the time) in his shaming of a fairly honest and straight forward casting call. *lets call a spade a spade. I like that Chas has very little filter and doesnt shy away from taking the unpopular opinion. Even when i dont agree, i respect that he doesnt pander to the SJW’s flooding the internet in fear of retribution.
There is a very honest statement to what stab is looking for, and that is to diversify its point of view, rather than being a small minded cell that tends to agree and take the position of like minded individuals. As a business, they see the need to diversify, and speak to a broader audience. After all, if i were the owner of a company looking to launch a cosmetics brand, i dont know that i would be forthright in stating that position is equally suited to be filled by a man, as the customer base is largely skewed toward women. In that, we are not allowed to state our intention of hiring a person that we know in our mind best represents our interests in a potential market growth category. And it would be wrong of a bunch of men to think that they can approach with any sense of competence in what women would respond to.
That being said, rather than inquire about the nature of their staff diversification, you chose to mount an offense against what is purely an assumption. And a grossly tiresome feud between Chad and Ashton, that seems more fueled by generating click bait than rational beef with any real substance. Beach Grit playing the Social Justice Warrior position in this is so off brand and hypocritical i find myself defending stab? As a woman journalist, shouldnt this be seen as a breathrough opportunity for a womens voice to be represented in surf media? And the call out as a femaile BG contributor, who is not even on staff??? WTF? Here is a chance for an actual career and opening for a female journalist/ Personality to get into the game! I would say cheer them on and climb the latter of influence to create more opportunity for more women.
And for the record, BG tagging your insta account finally led me down the path of scrolling your IG for a look into what youre all about. You are a wordsmith in your contributions to BG in article form. A truly talented writer. However, the fact that your content is more cycling than surfing, more cat than culture, and absent (as is Chas) from any content i can find of any sort of documentation as to your surfing skillset and qualification to be an authentic and viable expert in said field. i did however see photos of you riding a bike, so that box is checked and not in question as your qualifications to be a contributing writer to both Cat Fancy, and Outdoor Cyclist.
Hmmm that’s what Mike is saying. Should’ve used the sarcasm font I guess!
if this twat cant get laid in brazil, there is no hope.
According to Stab, “Surfing is beavertails and
logs and empowered women who ain’t adverse to a Brazilian cut”.
Honestly, that’s cringy AF.
Maybe they’ll be asking for photos from the applicants?
The correct word is averse
A little bird tells me that the Venice adjacent is looking to appeal the marginalised ‘sectors’ of our ‘Lifestyle’ with more ‘approachable’ content & will soon be posting a position for VAL editor, age specific (30+), non gender specific, Hardened Purist/Grumpy Local & Cynics need not apply
Well it’s refreshing it’s out in the open vs hushed tones in back rooms. To be fair, it is legal to require gender for certain defined job roles (Hooters, Thunder from Down Under, etc.)…
I know it’s 2019, at least ten years into our post-literate era, but does anyone not see the irony of a (former) magazine putting out an ad for a senior editor and writing “in to” instead of “into”?
also, would a tranny count?
Jen, we don’t want to lose you but it sounds like they are actually going to pay. AND send you to Oahu….
Single White Female meets Ambassador of Stoke. What could go wrong?
I think it’s a disgraceful imposition on our freedom
Is it discrimination to ask that they have a degree?
Oh let’s discriminate against the poor?
What if I’m shooting a lingerie catalogue?
Guys welcome
Fuck .what the fuck
Ashton is merely
Creating himself a role
While he transitions
Why is Ashton’s shirt buttoned like a cholo?
wow. so bad. and with some 70’s “blue” movie soundtrack? please, run for the hills ladies, that is some red flag shit right there.
In an honest comment wondering about the legality of only seeking one sex for a position (illegal by the way)
… then, all female applicants will be vetted by (an undoubtedly half-cut n exclusively male) committee, on their respective physical attractiveness… or, as a certain Australian broadcast network expounded – ‘fuckability quotient’. #meowtoo #themorethingschange…
Somehow this very interesting and hilarious podcast I listened to yesterday about trolling, the modern media landscape, wokeness and comment boards! fits into this conversation on multiple levels.
Yes, yes Milo this, Milo that. But listen!
http://arithegreat.com/ari-…
Dude…
Given that you responded within minutes of me posting this means you didn’t listen. Please do as it’s not the Milo our respective Countries have banned from entering. Never been a Milo fan but I did laugh my arse off.
Hey guys, c’mon, let’s hear him out! Let’s hear out the hate-speech guy who lost any right to a platform a long long time ago! Give the guy a go!
Oh how woke of you Mike, you dirty little Nazi witch burner.
They ban Milo but let Elo come here
Fucked up world.
So you’re saying we are artists? Also Mike Jennings is a bit of a kook tbh. Will burn him alive for ya.
Wiggs you will be remembered as one of the greats. Mike Jennings will write your biography.
This guy jokes about murdering me while name checking me and your choice is to celebrate that? I’m a real person, man. You’re a moderator here, moderate. This is pathetic.
So I take it you don’t want to write his biography?
Don’t worry about Wiggs burning you alive, his Mum keeps the matches well out of reach.
Look, silliness aside the podcast explains the tone and context of all this. I reckon I’ve listened to 80% of all the Doolys that’s quite a few hours of my sometimes valuable time.
How about in return you listen to the Ari/Milo poddy? I promise you won’t turn into a right wing arsehole. It really is interesting.
Milo the magician. How a flamboyant homosexual won over conservative evangelicals /Fox needs to be studied.
It’s fascinating case study of a man who in his own words has sucked so much black cock and gained such a voice on the right.
Late to the party I know but what actually happened with the whole Ashton IP thing? Did Chas rly publish Ashton’s gf details online (while thinking it was Ashton’s comp) or did he make that up to take the focus away from his own (exposed) trolling of BG? Could Chas have not just said he caught him out without publishing the actual details? Seems to have scared him off but also seems a shitty thing to do. Been bugging me for a year lol.
Oh that old chestnut!
It’s all here and in the comments under. Saves explaining it!
https://beachgrit.com/2018/…
Chas, thank you for breaking your self-imposed Stab break. I never would have seen this. Granted, I feel dirtier now but still, it was amazing viewing.
Going to take a shower now.
I mean…. it is somehow next level. Maybe art?
“Call the cops” is fucking Michelangelo level if it is in fact art.
There’s no way that was on purpose. No way. I mean, it would be amazing if true but there’s no way.
Chas – so what did BG do differently To almost quadruple the hits on your website in the last few months? Also, a 73.5% bounce rate is quite high…