It's anti-depressive!
It was the great American philosopher Rodney King who asked the question, “Can’t we all get along?” The answer then, in 1993 while Los Angels burned, was a resounding “No…” which has only become louder, more resounding, as the decades spin on. The United States’ two major political parties, Democrats and Republicans, don’t speak anymore. Democrat family members refuse to invite Republican family members over for dinner.
Israel and Palestine.
The British are getting out of Europe and the Royals are getting out of the British Royal Family.
John Lennon and The Beatles.
Surfers who drive many cars and fly many planes hate Norwegians who make their oil.
Shark livers.
And is the world officially over? Has mankind reached its breaking point where brother will kill brother will kill sister will kill brother until only the blind remain?
Have you lost hope?
Believe in BeachGrit for one more dark night and tomorrow it shall be restored.
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Seeing the subject line in the email from Vissla startled me enough to stop chewing on my crayon. Reading it is even better. “With reluctancy and hesitation”, indeed!
Selling out like a craft brewery?
I hope it’s good Chas. You wouldn’t want to be, the boy that cried shark!
Where did you get Beth’s board?
Chas and Ashton announce they’re putting aside their differences to collab on a line of exclusive men’s knit headwear embroidered with tasteful tribal motifs.
Am I unbanned yet?
damn that was tomorrows news , now you spoilt it!
or….
BG bought the WSL , and all VALS have been banned fro the ocean and now have been consigned to become poolies never to be seen at your local beach again?
What news? I was just asking a random question.
the end of VALS could be the news , or maybe your ban has been lifted?
I dunno.
Maybe this is a fake thread for people who’ve been banned to type into, to fool them into thinking they ain’t banned no more.
(Tin foil hats on!)
Did you get banned CB? Wow. Now that I think of it, I have not seen you here lately. I must have missed it. You are usually pretty well behaved. But I have been pretty busy lately and have not been very caught up with the Grit.
You got banned too?
You get timeout when the Freerider quotes start appearing.
This must be the only website you’re not banned from?
Just don’t mention slang terms for possible surfing places when “pros” post videos available internationally of other sensitive locations. Deletion required.
Pffftt….
Pros are disrespectful. I’m not.
Astro rightly pulled us up on it.
No need to even mention names even slang ones at that, especially at another’s local.
Serves no purpose. WE KNOW.
And no one could have noticed unless Astro pointed it out.
and no one did.
But some other place is fair game. ?
If a local asks for respect I oblige.
I’d argue under private circumstances.
We getting a shit ton of reads here.
Nega, that’s a Trump argument. Same 20 people comment. Are the other 1,999,980 visitors silent in the comment section? No offense, but there are not a lot of editorials here, just platforms to inspire comments (Chas). Which is very ok, that’s what this medium is.
true. Comment away, but naming spots on a public platform regardless of size is just not necessary.
For the record A third of the overall punters that read down here don’t comment.
so I shouldn’t mention sna–er or pi–line.
Fuck them and fuck the locals that live there. Well, there goes our BG sponsored tour of the Australian and Hawaiian legs.
Womanly beach.ok?
Long reefer?
You can mention any spots I don’t surf!
What line did my shit comment that got removed cross? Dont really give a shit but would hate to drop one again that leaves people steaming.
I was just about say I’ve never deleted a comment of yours, but I checked your history and yeah I deleted one for the first time yesterday on the Bristol Scale story. The Lay off the percocets one… must have been a misplaced finger as I don’t remember reading it nor was there anything wrong with it. Sorry!
Lay off the Percocets
Well maybe just if already drunk.
No worries! Shit happens
I see what you did there!
Hey hey! Welcome back CB!! I was starting to worry you might’ve been sulking. Did you file for divorce or take the cheaper option and just take her out for dinner?
Abuse of powers. Lets limit freedom so that everyone is happy.
He asked to be banned, I delivered.
So much power.
Oh yes, on previous incarnations on other sites I was the most outspoken when it came to mods. Not favourable either. It’s a fine line.
Speaking of which, I read an interesting article re: Trumpites.
They tend to be people who psychologically need semi-abusive authoritarian figures.
I think I enjoyed the down-time. Thanks.
No divorce or dinner dates.
No surfing neither, due to an annoying, but not nasty, medical thing.
Got some resin the other day so am gonna get tore intae that board soon and make it
worsemo betta.swimmers ear? tap arse? crotch rot? good to see you back in the thick off it. I hope you go all out and glass in a giant penis fish.
A wink helps me sleep.
If it’s a free chapter of Chas and Mohomods bogus journey then yippee.
You’ll buy it and you’ll like it.
That’s what Hitler said about his book.
You did and you did.
I did.
a real conversation starter as coffee table book?
It was.
TRUMP
The art of the deal has taken it’s place.
He has a book? Quotes for the left inclined?
The only team you won’t be cut from.
“Surfers who drive many cars and fly many planes hate Norwegians who make their oil.” Ouchy-wahwah!
We dont hate the Norwegians who make our oil, we hate the Norwegians who make our oil in our backyard..they can go fark themselves.
R.E.M. sleep is all about the winks and blinks. It’s funny how the deepest sleep is defined by spastic neurological eye twitching.
Oh. Huh. This is super technical. Shit. Well, I’m not sleeping because I am too excited about the Beachgrit surprise thing!!
I get that same twitching when snaked. Then I begin muttering and talking and the waters clears around me
That Harry/Yoko picture is the best thing I’ve seen this month.
put it on a VAL-life t-shirt
Beachgrit regenerative foreskins? I’m in!
I think unnecessary for at least one of the principals here at BeachGrit.
You check before hiring.
Very woke.
Righto Dez, I’ll ask – who owns the anteater?
If a Beach Grit principal’s anonymous Disqus “handle” is any indication, I’d guess Jazzy P.
🙋🏼♂️
Pretty insensitive of you to brag when I’ve suffered genital mutilation.
Oh that’s what I meant. See you in Nicaragua!
Thank goodness Chas! Between all the ridiculous shark headlines (I don’t read any articles with the word “shark” in it) and the you-must-x-out-5-times video pop up’s Beachgrit has actually started to veer into the depressive…
Being a prophet is harsh business, I’ve realized, but between you and I… I’ve scared more people off surfing in the last six months than anyone in history. Those stories have been read tens of millions of times. Tens of millions of VALs forever off it. You had to suffer, sure, but you should click on them to simply to watch the VAL wave goodbye. This is the evolution of Gotcha’s brilliant “If you don’t surf… don’t start.” But the evolution that actually works.
They may also stop reading because of you.
They haven’t so far! And you’re also welcome.
De nada.
Happy to help the battlers
If you have to splain it…
That’s the only way it works…. I mean, I shouldn’t splain. But… but… it’s genius!
Chas, I am sure the volume of readers is high, but are you using the WSL tracking tools to measure and report your analytics stated above?
It’s a shame the evolution wasn’t televised.
10%?
I was actually planning this before the 10%.
I think the promo code I shared is actually better than 10%!
My furious clicks through past BeachGrit articles will surely result in a windfall for you guys!