Volcom has owned the “party” house since 2000 and the “Gerry” house since 2008 They are most well-known for featuring in the Christmas classic “Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell.”
They say that you can’t put a price on peace of mind but you can, apparently, on a piece of surf history and a surprisingly low price to boot.
A hot rumor has floated over the coconut wireless, flighting for airtime with the holiday classic Mele Kalikimaka, that not one but both of Volcom’s Pipe fronting homes are quietly on the block as pocket listings. The classic “party” house, featuring a dungeon and porch-front house held aloft by cinder block and the next door “Gerry” house (sometimes called the “Yago” house) where Bruce Irons once ruled from a third story penthouse.
Both come with large black and white “stones.”
Volcom has owned the “party” house since 2000 and the “Gerry” house since 2008 They are most well-known for featuring in the Christmas classic “Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell.”
Also for being “the proving grounds.”
Much to learn here.
Etc.
But doesn’t $3.5m and $2.5m respectively seem ridiculously cheap? Like, so cheap that I’m a tiny bit reticent in advertising because I could imagine being almost able to afford if I had made vastly better choices in life?
Well, BeachGrit is aiming for big things this coming year and maybe just maybe those big things include being “the proving grounds.”
You’re invited, of course, and we will paddle out to Pipe, together, and show everyone how it’s done.
Exciting.
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Nice fin. I wonder how long they will last? Inner core stiffener? USA or AUS ?I tried to build some fins like like years ago, but failed.
Got edits, bruh. Go to Coca-Cola IG you’ll seem me getting pitted with colapinto.
“grub” “flog”. You are fucking cliche of a cliche. Labourer’s apprentice. Drink some shoeys n Salute the flag you absolute moron.
Tyler is good…. For a girl.
got multiple edits on multiple platforms, bruh. sponsored by coco-cola and nike.
edits? ya, always got people filming me surfing…then i edit them to show the boys!!! jesus. what a shitty perpective. go take a selfie. “flog” the insult of the tradie. fix me pipes, ya cunt.
“I’m a tiny bit reticent in advertising because I could imagine being almost able to afford if I had made vastly better choices in life?” Fuck’n Ahhh!
I’ve paddled out at Pipe.
Well, yeah…it was a completely flat day in July but I’m still claiming it.
Don’t hate.
P.S. I’m submitting my CV for the open position of VP Travel at the BeachGrit House Sponsored by Fast Eddie Rothman and Blessed by Allah.
The real estate values of the north shore properties has plummeted since koa claimed all the pipe waves.
I’m going to invest in the Gerry house, maybe turn it into a yoga/surf camp for European VALS just so we can keep the aloha vibe alive
Dont jump a coffee table and try choke me
now, but pretty sure you’ve made fantastic choices in your life Chas, even if your dick was at the helm
I’ve got 5 on it
Chas suggested a senior surf tour, like the champions tour in golf. I whole heartedly agree, I think an 8 surfer comp would be great. Think the likes of Kelly, Shane Beschen, Rob Machado, Shane Powell, Luke Egan, so many shredders/personalities in that age group. The seniors would have some fun and add some colour to the bland tour atmosphere. Then maybe trim the main tour 18 men, 10 women, and 8 seniors. No, no loser rounds. First round lost and your fucken out. Every heat counts and the comps could be done in 1 good day in the swell window.
Why bother Slater would Smoke em all still
Yes!
here’s the pitch, we crowdfund it to be the bg house, commenters access only… well, except for the one actually named ‘commenter’…
He’ll be rolled up in a sleeping bag by the electric gate behind the dumpster checking stock quotes on his phone.
More like park his van in the backyard and live there..
I will buy a lotto ticket and go to bed dreaming of Pipeline.
Problem is, no amount of money will make that place uncrowded. Done, over.
Even LGR left, 40 yrs after Gerry.
You can always pay some deadbeat to block for you!
I’m 50/50 here still think a cheap cruise ship with nuclear fission reactor would be better option as BG crew could cause more hav0c globally across more breaks – especially powered by fav DJ Fisher.
Just more options – checked Yacht world has 1300 passenger liner for sale 17 mill aussie which is about 250K USD – money better spent??
Dont forget, we need orcas.
Rumor is Pip is shelling out for one of em.
He will probably pull back at the last minute
If we all chip in a percentage of our income, we might be able to make a bid. Imagine the BG crew all focused in one place throwing out witty asides as someone attempts to paddle out on a 10′ day.
I think Brutus and Bexy should share a bunk, figure their shit out. For the good of the human race etc.
i think brutus wants to share the bed with a young boy….going by his constant references to young boys and pedo shit. wonder if he sexually abused taj, like tom carroll did…?
which line was that ….pardon the pun?
freud shit. you dodgy.
The bad ol doc questioned the validity of the reverse vee.
hahahaha……….check out Real Water Sports ( biggest seller of online s/bds in the world!) RV is now one of best selling models in the USA……wait till ya see what’s coming next year…..all RV’s just a lot more better ,than ya normal 20 year old design!
if you were smart you’d be cruising on a large property, licensing your
boards to be sold worldwide…..but you are a fuck up. fat fuck, always
been a fat fuck . lil bit of hype in the 90s…..when boards were
universally acknowledged as shit. king of the 90s shit boards, with greg
webber and his wave pools fantasies riding shotgun (nick works in the
gift shop at the wave pool).
I am on a large property , I do license my boards Internationally , am currently 88kgs ……Kooks like you have no real understanding of what surfing is….without forums like this, you would be nothing….because you have never tried anything daring in ya life…Nick was right about you…..LOL!
88kgs and 5′ 1″ . this isn’t a forum. give me your sales numbers. would bet crisp sells more boards. daring? try being a good father. nick is the biggest kook in the INDUSTRY. i remember older crew mocking him about that g-land comp intro in 95. pseudo intellectual rubbish. yours for just $9.99. who’s on your team? cheyne horan?
talk about little kids, again. that was your wheel house. reverse v…..hahaha. like Newton!
haven’t seen anyone on your boards for 20 years. 8th rate McCoy
you wouldn’t understand Doc…..as you wouldn’t know anything about design /shaping / surfing…all good I know who rides them and what’s coming…standby to be cont’d!!
your boards are for 50 year old kooks who work in a tax office.
it’s the “new” starfin. guaranteed to get ya runner up.
haha , sorry ric , it’s just that racism has been a pretty prominent issue in 2020…..nothing really to figure out with Bex , he stands by what he says as do I…..but would love to bunk with bex , especially in Hawaii……not sure bex would enjoy Hawaii , as there is serious dark matter at play there , LOL
You should accept that all men are equal regardless of race.
Just accept it and go forward.
The looking back in anger is getting you nowhere
but bex why would you paint yourself as a racist/homophobe/white might is right etc…..do you really think you are funny , when you do it at other peoples expense?
Looking back is who I was and the environment that helped create me….a lot of reflection and professional help has brought me to this point. History is still being revisited to correct what was wrong….
I could not go forward with your philosophy on life , and as people like you have continually attacked me , I have reciprocated , once it was physical now not so much anymore…….these forums expose all types of creatures and let them say whatever they want…..
you are right in looking back in anger….but when I see some of your derogatory remarks trying to be funny….I get angry that people can still think like you do….
you quote Jesus “You should accept that all men are equal regardless of race. or love your neighbor as you would yourself” ….I have seen nothing from you to support ” all men are equal!”
It’s all in your head
so what’s in yours….do you really like the image of yourself ,you have created here?
Put it this way
You make me look good
nah bex you are a legend in ya own mind . but that’s it……the bottom line is you are racist of very little substance , with all the character attributes of rabid right conspiracy Trumper…….hows ya orange mate doing…getting a little frayed around the orangness?
Are you a bot?
I’m as white as John John, Jamie and Healey.
I’ve never had an issue with the locals.
Treat people with respect and smile and you’ll be just fine.
that would make for a pretty salty spot. (no pun AND pun intended)
Let’s just agree that anyone who talks about a person’s race is a racist.
I had a third stone, but was able to move it.
How come there haven’t been any good surfers from SD in the last thirty years?
The last being?
Chris O’Rourke.
Edit. Eggers
Gerlach, Machado, Knox… ok, we’re done now.
When I think of SD it’s wind n sea, blacks, scripps pier, La Jolla shores, not north county, my bad.
Yeah, David Eggers, early 80’s, big rock, La Jolla.
He ripped, until schizophrenia and crack, r.i.p.
Watched him free surf at Manresa before his NSSA heat. Ripper.
Taylor Knox has panache.
Success, family inheritance, and the love for Mexican trim.
Caitlin Simmers.
isn’t that the truth…. how about Newport Beach, home of Volcom, Quik, etc…. so many heralded youth, so few players. HB too… except MAGAt Simpson.
Too much money, too many sponsorships early in life, kills the hunger to succeed. Unlike the brazo’s
That’s really, probably, pretty close to the truth.
Life and death tend to be motivators.
Remember the industry tried to promote Ford Archbold as a pro surfer?
lol, with his sailor hat.
Was it the third stone from the sun?