Reliably incredible.
There are those that bemoan the year 2020, calling it the worst ever, waiting for it to end, being sad at racial unrest, war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump Trains, Biden Buses, death of James Bond, rampant wildfires, massively destructive hurricanes, etc.
Pandemic disease.
And then there is our World Surf League CEO Erik Logan.
Pre-Covid-19-lockdown he rode a SUP, almost exclusively, and rode it… well? It’s hard for me to understand that lifestyle.
Now, eight, or whatever, months into our disease-borne imprisonment he is riding a T. Patterson shaped high-performance shortboard with the progressive Italo F.’s design input in barreling rights/lefts and claiming hard (see above photo too).
Per Instagram:
COVID protocols state that you need to have face coverings in public. I agree, but I’m going for FULL coverings for the next week. Early voting means more waves!!! Thank you to the team at @kswaveco for a few waves and a world class experience as always. And a special thanks to @tpattersonsurfboards_usa & @italoferreira for the board and shape. Epic design, epic board. #vote
Reliably incredible.
And do you think that those who doubt the effectiveness of mask wearing are won over by CEO Logan’s water prowess?
What about those still on the fence over voting?
Erik Logan may not be the spokesman we want but he’s certainly the spokesman we don’t deserve.
#vote
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Does anyone here have access to the type of people who would give him a good old fashioned ‘earhole clipping’ upon payment ?
If not, can I have the job ?
I’ll still be grovelling away in the soup in a year while Elo will be working on his rapidly improving air game in some tropical location.
Well if he does he’ll probably blow a knee or ankle and be back in Oklahoma before you can say Ouch ?
This is positively depressive
Well, at least he’s riding a surfboard instead of a boat now. He sucks, but progress is progress I suppose.
It’s 2.40 p.m on a Tuesday and I’m semi drunk, and choosing to spend my day hating on Elo’s poo stance and creepy smiley face, I’m such a cunt
“Epic design, epic board”
Elo, doing his part to cheapen the word “epic” down to completely meaningless.
The 13 billion year old universe is epic…and that’s about it.
Surfboard design, not epic.
what ever happened to the wsl?
Crazy, right? No best surfers on the best waves. Instead we got elo pretending he’s Italian Ferrari while playing in principe at the exclusive country club owned by his boss, the waterman of the year.
He caught the wave in a tank– he new exactly ‘what’ and ‘when’ and ‘where’ the wave was going to do it.
Surfing in real waves, in the wild, takes more spontaneity, the ability to actually read a wave, the possibility of getting pounded on a real reef, more refined reflexes to deal with the unexpected.
Don’t think you can compare tank waves to the real thing.
He’s there redesigning the wheel. I mean twin fins.
i’m ‘stocked’ for the guy, he’s diggin’ it, what~ever he rides!
esh, chas, as you live in repub country, you’d prob’ talk sheee~it if ya saw Barrack out there, doin’ this, right?
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Am I the only one seeing a rick Kane coming of age-style arc for E Lo here as he progresses his way down the quiver that is the many stages of surfing’s elevated consciousness?
At what point will he realise it really is all just a contest and throw Slater a bittersweet goodbye Shaka as he walks off into the distance with Andrew Kidman?
Do you think there are still a few fence dwellers?
I like to wonder about where some celebrities loyalties lie…most are obvious…but some must be torn
Clint Eastwood? Someone told me he switched sides
Die hard Bruce…he must be conflicted?
What about Billy rae and daughter Miley
Sad to see Chachi and the Fonz going through yet another challenge in their long term dysfunctional relationship. I am confident they will work it out
Big Arnie is another…who gets the terminators vote nowadays?
Erik loves THE DONALD!
P.S Why has the beachgrit clocks stopped?
I’m really starting to worry that Elo might surf better than me by this time next year.
It’s photo trickery, he sucks
A pic is worth a thousand lies.
It’s ok, Negs. You can move up here and become an even worse surfer.
I dunno Mads, I found when I was living away from decent surf I made more of an effort to make the time for long surf centric weekends away.
Just imagine every single session of your entire surfing life had been filmed from many angles , by professional photographers ……
Imagine how many AAA shots there would be among the 100000 images ? From what I have seen of ELO’s body of work it is always ;
a) sunny
b)perfectly lit
c)1 to 2 ft
d)offshore
e)no take off needed with a paddle
Or
f) in a controlled environment ie pool owned by the organization he is running
Certainly no threat to NEGATRON !
If one thing’s for sure, the haves and the have nots of surfing are showing. I picture some poor shlub who can surf stuck in some central American hell hole unable to surf because he can’t afford boards, wait that’s me. And this fuck wad is on a place that costs 10k a day with the finest equipment avail. Etc. Hating yes.
Yup, wave tanks will seperate the haves ($$) from the have nots. Good bye equality.
But no worry, no soul in a tank either, which may leave the tank rider feeling rather empty at the end of the day.
After not eating for 4 days due to lack of dings, my soul is as empty as that park.
That’s more like it – like this tone better – you back to form again!! Some of your recent posts were making too much good sense!!!
It’s a pretty sick, squared-up stance for a VAL coming to surf via SUP.
Unashamed Nut-Gargle of the year.
Surely for the nut-gargle @Beach_Grit:disqus would make an exception and recommend the Manscape lawn mower 3?
He prefers smooth to crunchy
Haha… I don’t think you’ll get another invite, but I really can’t fault you for trying.
E-dawg getting some bazz time on the world champs board at Kelly’s wave, with a side of #vote. How many Wsl employees were involved with the sign off of this approved message.
That’s one ugly pig dog btw.
Is he pig dogging…on his forehand?
He just may have invented a new manoeuvre
I think that he’s a natch, so that left = attempted pig. I’m surprised he ain’t hit up JOB for a pipe blocking sesh
Shades of the Quasimodo ( with both feet parallel to the rails and some crazy hand jive stuff ) which got left behind like Gidget in the 60s
No, just no!
Right. You can buy urself some barrel skills. Just like every darn recreational desire. If you have the cake you can do it. No need for sacrifice. Just buy your way to Fiji to hang with the fellas after a weekend in lemore. Oh how great life is