"We have a great history working together," says Pat O'Connell's new master John John Florence.
To the surprise of very few, Pat O’Connell, who is fifty, has been anointed president of the John John Florence-Bob Hurley start-up Florence Marine X.
Patty, the star of Endless Summer II, is a former world number eleven, a serial surf company executive (The Realm, Hurley) and, for two years, was the WSL’s Senior Vice President of Tours & Head of Competition.
He was a very good buy for the WSL, then, a Peter Pan to Sophie Goldschmidt’s Wendy, and gave the company a meteoric surge in talent levels at the Santa Monica office where VALs patrol the hallways with apparent impunity.
“We have a great history working together,” said his new master, the two-time world champion John John Florence.
“There couldn’t be a more perfect individual for this role,” said Jeff Hurley, the company’s CEO and Bob’s kid. “Pat has a long-standing rapport with John, and brings a wealth of experience and positivity that’s unmatched.”
“I want to be everybody’s friend,” Pat said in an interview in 1998. “I suppose that’s a character flaw in pro surfing.”
No word, yet, on when Florence Marine X will kick the website into life.
And, watch a little surf-off tween prez and master, here.
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Will Pat scoop out his nuts for everyone to see?
Flomax
Tullamore Dew, boiling water, and coffee with whipped cream X
NonJohn Marine Y
I wish them all the best of luck.
I’d say it’s a match made in heaven and Kathmandu, Macquarie bank, blue star alliance, whatever bank now owns quicksilver and billabong are going to me totally irrelevant
Here’s the address to complain about that ad which keeps popping up, at least here in Australia.
[email protected]
I think it might be a Disqus thing somehow.
Fuck me i just heard the Australian surf team for Olympics are going to be called the Irukandjis!!! Bahahahaha
For all the international visitors a deadly jellyfish in Nthern oz
We need a story on other countries surf team names – Reasearch Des
Japan be the whales or dolphins for sure
Everytime I saw someone wearing a Hurley T, I had to chuckle a little.
Does anyone wear any kind of surf threads or T’s anymore, besides non-surfers who buy them second-hand at a thrift shop?
boomers and the generation after them whatever they’re called
PatO was the American version of hardest working surfer on Tour.
If JJ has invested a good part of the money he’s already made, he should already be pretty much set for life .
But who’s the CEO?
Derek says up above it’s one of Bob Hurley’s sons.
For a second there I thought you were talking about the blonde on the right! Bust that glass ceiling honey! Ohh…it’s about Pat.
Me too!
it’s a full rejection of his slave name, “john john.” Florence Marine X
I’m all for new blood in the surf industry but this is just Hurley 2.0 with JJF as the face I’m guessing.
surely they’re going to make a lot of money from this tho
These guys love sticking their name on stuff, huh? I never got the )( thing because their logo looked like a weird ass, the name sounded like a synonym for puking and their gear was generic OC bro-brah wear.
yeah yeah yeah yeah…I hear you and all. But c’mon, the horizontally-striped art pieces on the upper thighs of their male line of shit brokedown wetsuits made in contract with (and within the sweatshops of) the “world’s most prominent athletic wear brand” definitely tickled both your fashion sense and surf core. or no?
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I think he has a prime bunk next to JJ’s bilge pump.
Florence Marine X surf tours ft. Prime Bunks and Bilge Pumps debuts in the Maldives next summer. For a dickcoin you get a bit in the loin, a 7 day sailboat excursion on his boat, and to film yourself acting like Ashton Goggans in proximity of your captain John John. Imagine how many of the bros back home will think you’re cool?!?!?!?!
Oh man hey JJ you looked like Gerry out there! You looked like Gerry!!!
Welcoming aboard his new cabin boy, Master JJF threw a dance party.
https://youtu.be/Nycs5Rryykw
he did a great job with Hurley, who can fault its trajectory,,,,,,,
If they don’t immediately release their own extensive range of men’s skincare products then I’ll consider them an abject failure.
They’ve been working on some marine grade Nair to remove that shit on his chin.
You’ve just inspired
a new Hurluley product.I wonder if in this new role he’s going to negotiate against himself, trying to convince John that they need to cough up more money to re-sign Jack Freestone or whoever while he’s still under contract for multiple years and no one else is willing to meet his contract demands or even bid on him, like he tried to do with Fil a few years ago at Hurley before the sale…
… also, anybody listen to Turdpel’s Caught Inside yet? I saw a little ad clip for it on Instagram and I just can’t imagine it being any interesting… I also imagine that anytime anyone sees him trying to talk, “What’s Luv?” just loudly plays over him.
Scott Bass just released a podcast with Turp,the reviews are good but honestly there’s no change I sit suffering that voice one more second than strictly necessary.