Loco moco on face.
Saturday early afternoon found me sitting outside, enjoying a bit of sun, catching up on some light reading. There seemed nothing of note in the news. A little of this and a little of that. A woman was bit on her bottom by a bear when she tried to use an outhouse in Alaska.
Etc.
Right when I was about to head inside, though, I stumbled upon the headline Oahu surf meet permits are due Feb. 26 amid new gender equity changes and was immediately drawn in.
Was the World Surf League going to apply for permits?
Would it receive permits after The Debacle in December?
No word until 3/4 of the way down and…
“The World Surf League is continuing its commitment to local and international surfers, men and women, to pursue professional surfing careers in the islands, ” Robin Erb, WSL senior manager of operations and marketing for North America /Hawaii, said in an email. WSL is seeking permits for North Shore events for men and women at Pipeline and Sunset Beach.
Pipeline and Sunset Beach.
Men and women.
Do you think Robin Erb was blushing, extensively, when handing in the application?
Loco moco all over face?
I hope so.
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do you know which font was used on the application?
I thought the women’s Pipe experiment was less than successful.
Why try it again?
And as I mentioned in my rivetin summary of the Valentine’s Swell™️…there were VERY few women in the lineup.
I should have expected to see Carissa, at least.
Which division will Pip be surfing in?
He probably did it virtually via social media with some type of effeminate washing, like that of a bunny’s face. exactly how i’d want my representative world executive body’s chairman of a region to do. their version of surf is so legit right now it’s not even funny.
Syke.
How these fucks co-exist in our surf space with Dane’s new ode to Droid, TC pandemically locked down in Oaxaca, the DRAG cats’ new edits and releases….like what the actual fuck is the WSL but an NCAA-esque cartel of media makers who don’t pay their entertainers that well and essentially represent a fuck-all to the culture of ballin’ out being from the hood and having something to say in the process?!?!?!?!?!
Noa Deene, tho glib and ostensibly anti-mana whilst delivering his missive on the island in front of young aspirants, was fucking right. Fuck the WSL. nothing has ever been less SURF, ‘cept maybe cops or joining a football team
He? You talking Robin? Pretty presumptuous to slap a “he” there.
*they
Make a billion and buy the league so you can make it as toxic as you like. Til then you could try sitting back down and shutting the fuck up?
WSL has all the hide of Norway.
No red faces in WSL. Plenty reef safe sunblock and claims to greenwash the carbon footprint.
Edit: so they’re effectively applying for 3 new events ? Chas ?
Assuming Vans are running Triple Crown Haleiwa n Sunset – and WSL has to apply for Pipemasters coz it’s a CT to make the three.
So two new events at Sunset, Men’s n Women’s and an added event at Pipe for the Women ? Three new events ? Surely not many happy locals I’ll bet.
Confused here …. huli bro, any details ?
The permits and dates for 2021 have already been set. check it out:
http://www.honolulu.gov/par…
The real story is this – new Hawaii law now mandates gender equity for sports activities that require a park use permit, meaning equity in both prize money and awarding contest permits. It also means inclusion of women in men’s contest heats. Could be interesting or a whole Pandora’s box.
Chur cuz !
More contest good ? Fuckall contest bettah?
You guys can swing this. Hawaii is king in all of this.