A new tradition.
And, like that, a new holiday tradition has taken flight. This gorgeous Christmas Eve, David Lee Scales and I woke up (him in Newport Beach, me in Cardiff-by-the-Sea), left our loved ones, drove to San Clemente and began to bad-mouth the World Surf League.
We could have been lending a hand in baking Christmas cookies, cleaning homes for socially distanced parties, building vanities so they can be placed under the tree for morning joy, out running last minute errands, but no.
Surf needed to be spoken.
And how many other surf podcasters have ever gotten together on Christmas Eve to perform a service for The People™? Has Dave Prodan? The Great Mark Occhilupo?
I think not and I think a Christmas Eve surf podcast will become as much a December staple as gingerbread.
Yum.
We, David Lee and I, spake of many things but mostly how the World Surf League is rudderless and may be finished before year’s end.
Fun.
Sneak away from what you should be doing and listen here.
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HAHAHA! Great clip! 😂🤣😂🤣
How many times did DLS complain about the days with no communication from Elo or the WSL? No fan needs to hear the logistics of dealing with that mess beyond what they gave. Does DLS perceive himself in romantic relationship with Elo, ultra clingingly entitled to knowledge of his every move? And what kind of fool does it make me for listening to the travails of a stage 5 clinger?
Wishing Pip a merry Xmas with lots of food. Has anyone seen him do a spin since his obesity? Can he do?
I love Occy as much as the next washed-up late-40s guy who needs to get on a mid-length… but Chas, you and Dave gave him waaaayyyy too much credit for The Occ-Cast… it’s pretty awful more often than not (though I still listen)… just go back and find the Christian Fletcher episode, which could’ve and should’ve been a legendary long-form conversation…
*late-50s
Like a wise surf media once said, it’s easy to critique but hard to build content.
And I think it talked about bitch-punching their BGs CEO – I don’t know because I cant afford to pay to read the rest of the column.
I’m a sucker for both lost causes
because you are so lost Bex , no moral compass so we are unable to ground you in any humainty!
That’s a shame
yes you are shameful , but you are what you are…and it’s a shame you cannot evolve from a white colonialist and deal with the issues of today which you are one of them!
Mayne next year
is that maybe?
Just wondering if you understand evolve?
Yes
boomerangs to gigabytes
the one “heh” you’ve got from me.
I knew we’d connect
wow so are you leading bexy and his Dr?
nice start bexette , so yes boomerangs were part of the tools used to sustain indigenous Australians by providing food………so tell me about your gigabytes, what do they do , and has the implementation of them directly provided you with nourishment ?
So yeah the things/toys in life have evolved , but as a human how do ya rate yaself bexette , no evolution from your childhood…..or usually people like you have suffered abuse as kids……..so any chance at all Bexxy might evolve other than superficially?
Hmmm. How well did you know sarge?
It’s all a bit underwhelming
I tell history to go fuk itself
Merry Xmas gang!
And low as they were, I think we exceeded expectations this year!
And to you, brother.
Losing Donny T and the Pipe masters by blatant hawaiian interference was brutal.
Luckily our mob are hard core optimists and can easily see the satanic left eat itself from the tail up.
What do you hate about liberals? Still not understanding. Is fear what is controlling your ideas? I’m editing this to ask you how you as an outsider that came to Australia on boats and displaced the people that live there, and then have anger towards the people you took an entire continent away from.
I took??
that’s what I hate about liberals
You tell me what word to use for what the British did. “colonize” justified by the heathen non Christian savages that needed to be tamed to save their souls? Why the hate towards people that lived there for thousands of years before you?
Ancient history buddy
Let it go white boy
The mentality is alive and well.
LOL ancient history ,still being corrected by historians today and it does takes a certain intellect to be able to understand we are all the sum total of history…..question bexette…..?
is history 1 day ago , or a year , or a decade, or a century a millenium……??
How do you know c415north is a white boy……and is this now one of your new borders of insulting people……??
You’re not special
no I am not , I am normal….with a comprehension of History , that makes us who we are today …and that’s where you have missed out…a relic of a bygone era, manifesting itself here on BG as some kinda smart arse right wing colonial conspriracy trump culter LOL!
Haha
well you have a UK passport , and the pommy colonialists took the land from it’s indigenous peoples……..so yeah took……so what is it you actually hate again?
Haters
says the satanic one himself…..damn when you add up your comments of blatant racism, homophobic, bully , white supremacist , young transgender boys in thailand….and then a Trump cult follower…how’s ya thoughts on Qanon…..we are the lucky country to have so few people like you Bex…….at least you admitted to having a UK passport , so that explains a lot , but never have I come across someone who is so blatantly rabid right wing , you have said things on BG that really show Bex to be at the bottom of the barrel of humanity!
Merry Xmas Bex
So lucky!!
what to be part of Qanon……or want to one of those satanic ones who trys to deflect his desires and wants to the other end of the spectrum….hmmmmyou are lucky in your world, which thankfully is just a tiny dwindling group of irrelevant people from another bygone era!
So good
this delusional shit. oi, fat fuck. the right-wing are not a dwindling group of irrelevant people….they rule the world, you 3rd rate tard. look around, the left is winning? bex is a moron….but you are a full blown retard.
I’m surprised that in the story “A Christmas Carol “ Charles Dickens never mentions Tiny Tim’s stepbrother Jiny Jim.
Merry Christmas!
Kelly’s 360 at pipe was not great; it was a little wonky, and he had to violently throw his arms to one side just to balance his way out of it. Not very beautiful imo.
For contrast, I once saw Kevin Reed carve a full face 360 around (!) a non competitor during a comp. Some random dude was just stuck deer in the headlights, as KR flowed around him, and then he smacked the lip hard and actually did a second 360 at the end of the ride. He did all of this smoothly and with style.
edit: stupid disqus put this comment on the wrong article!
Hung out with Kevin Reed’s mom on the cliff , watching Kevin surf at Steamers one day when I was fifteen years old. She was wearing a full length fur coat and drinking a martini. What a talented surfer. Must have been around 1979.
saw a leprechaun once…
Rounding up the Santa’s was funny shit.
Yeah.
Happy Christmas from Australia.
We’ve opened presents and now launched into another serious of argumentative children and the new dog randomly shitting around the house. Awaiting COVID-ridden relatives from Sydney for lunch.
It’s pissing down with rain and I’ve no way to escape. Ah… fatherhood.
Roll-on, the friendly asteroid.
So what’s the deal with all your cover shots you use? Google then screenshot, dodging any copyright fees, would be the amateur way. But of course I’m assuming you guys go the legit route and, erm, google then screenshot?
Tell me Dave at least gave you a head job on the way to San Clemente?!
Unfortunately we were coming from different directions.
Fruedian slip?
No I think that makes it a 69er
I hope they know what they’re doing. Somebody could get hurt.
Could poke an eye out!!
Stayed tuned. Someone could be wearing an eye patch next video.
then they’d have another hole!
Then they could Skull fuck each other!
One word…Broke Back Mountain
I was thinking the same.
Doesn’t make you gay unless you kiss the guy.
Chas, is one of your new year’s resolutions to diversify beyond sharks, Slater, and ELo?
I actually have big things planned!
That’s it boys and girls the shit show is going behind a paywall. It’s been a ride.
More as this story develops.
Whaleshark sized?
The Taxi theme song is so ironic it’s not ironic, it’s lame.