We have trouble.
Big promises, no? Big, big promises of understanding, love, passion, pasión and knowledge. Smiles, SUPing, success.Wild, wild, success and has a metaphor ever rang so true as Erik “ELo” Logan swinging into Santa Monica in order to save professional surfing from itself as the old-timey musical The Music Man where a swindler swang into a small midwestern town with a shiny suit and million dollar smile?
The Music Man.
You’ve seen, or are at least aware, and is Erik “ELo” Logan not he?
Not a modern-ish version of “Professor” Harold Hill promising to change fortunes while being clueless?
To whit, I’ve been covering professional surfing, as a lifestyle, for fifteen years.
Fifteen years.
Never in any one of those have I seen such an absolute dearth of content as I have in the past year plus.
Crickets for days. For weeks.
Years?
Not one bit one content outside the surf contest worth clicking on. Worth investing in.
It is exactly what Harold Logan was brought in to do. Exactly what he promised.
A whole universe of coverage. Learned from the lap of Oprah Winfrey herself.
Except… crickets.
No content. No fun. No stories. No nothing.
Silence.
Silence even though wall-to-wall fun was promised.
Mr. Plate Lunch Ashton Goggans, we turn our lonely eyes to you.
Here we are now. Entertain us.
(Also, dear Ash, try the poke bowl! We need you and I worry about cholesterol etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Conan O’Brien wrote this for the Simpsons based on the Pool song from the Music Man.
Why do middle aged men in media/advertising wear bangles? It is definitely a thing and it’s fucking awful.
is it on?
I’ve seen a few complete tools become quite “succesful,” simply by kissing asses. Elo’s slimy smile fits the profile. He’ll snort a pig turd if it’ll gain points with anyone he thinks can help him along in his journey to toolery. Still can’t believe these knuckleheads take control of everything (the USA, Hawaii, the World, Surfing, and now even Space. WTF. The world is run by a bunch of frat kooks.)
Coupla Funk’n Televangelists
You mean you don’t watch their daily surf breaks segment?
Neither.
I now purposely try to avoid WSL content its that in-your-face these days
Couldn’t have you just flipped the image for continuity sake?
That’s the part that made me chuckle most! My damned dumb sense of humor…
The pawsy grip she has on him is telling..
America is getting swindled from the very top all the way down to the WSL.
Never fear
Mr T is on the case
He Pittys the damn fools in that dummocrat party.
Is Kanye West the Mr T for the 20’s?
Na
He’s a softcok
For real though it seems like Red Bull has upped their content game lately.
What about the new series WSL Big Wave At Large!?!
MASSIVE BARRELS, INSANE WIPEOUTS!!
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Following the lead of our very own BeachGrit with the clickbaity titles, albeit lacking the self-awareness that makes this place fun instead of cringeworthy.
This may satisfy all 3 of your wettest dreams.
https://youtu.be/zEnAFQ7rkD4
Holy fcuk, that was beyond awful.
Chas will enjoy.
This was our warning.
That was nauseating in a way only Americans can be.
I agree. Next level douchery
*They’re talking about clothes. Sounds like heroism.
Superheroes all have special outfits?
Is Rory one of “The Living Kennedys”?
Only familiar with the dead ones
Jello ,Claus East bay ray.
Don’t worry Chas, its still February–I think Elo and the Wsl will be rolling out some surprises March April May– leading right up into the Olympics–I think they’re just, ‘fine tuning’ their strategy and schemes right now– this could just be the ‘calm before the storm’……….
P.S.—On the bright side though–maybe surfing will fall off the mainstream’s radar and maybe they will leave us alone………….
Do you ever just think of dropping off the radar, dear Sam?
Asking for a (all of us) friend.
You rag on the Wsl but you seem like you enjoy having surfing in the news and mainstream. Seems like a pattern here.