No respect.
The very famous comic Rodney Dangerfield was a staple of my youth with those buggy eyes, that look of constant befuddlement and the catchphrase “I don’t get no respect.” I didn’t really understand, at the time, nor did I find his jokes particularly funny.
“I get no respect at all – When I was a kid, I lost my parents at the beach. I asked a lifeguard to help me find them. He said “I don’t know kid, there are so many places they could hide.”
Etc.
I suppose it took three, or such, decades and a career as a surf journalist to truly feel the bitter humor.
For yesterday, the lifestyle, culture and sporting outlet Pubity, boasting nearly 30 million followers on Instagram, declared it was “not ready for this generation of elite athletes to end” before listing them all.
Included are world’s greatest surfer Kelly Slater’s surfing friends Tom Brady and Lewis Hamilton.
Notably absent is the world’s greatest surfer Kelly Slater himself.
As a surf journalist, I feel belittled and ignored. Not getting any respect etc.
Imagine how Kelly Slater feels.
Will surfing’s Olympic inclusion, Ultimate Surfer show in ABC kick him over the line and into Camp Elite?
I would have said yes but, SDRW wrote something underneath the show’s press release that made me re-think.
“What a stinker, ABC must have thought so too. Monday at 10pm is a pump and dump time slot, after two weeks the’ll be running double episodes to get it off the air as soon as possible.”
Monday at 10pm is decidedly not respectable.
Not respectable at all.
i was more perturbed that i didn’t get a mention, pushing 40 now. i have various trophies from a wide array of youthful athletic accomplishments in a tub in my garage. most of them are my sisters’ irish dance competition trophies. but nonetheless, i can and should display them to get chicks to like me
They left out Joey Chestnut, world ranked #1 professional eater. Knowbody eats a trey of weiners faster than this dude!
My idol.
Finally made it to Nathan’s in Coney Island and to me it was like making a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Maybe Kelly can go on Ellen Degeneris or Oprah and plead his case. I bet if he took Joy Behar or Whoopi Goldberg, maybe even Sharon Osborne to the ranch he would have gotten the nod
Umm Didn’t make the list because nobody cares!!
Surfing is not a sport, it’s a leisure activity.
“Surfing? What, those stoners splashing around in the water? Bah! They don’t count!”
Fuck that was brilliant!
Great use of “pump and dump.” Bravo.
I’m 39. I’ve been surfing since I was 5 and playing golf since I was 8. I have the utmost respect for Kelly and very little respect for Tiger. Kelly stands the test of time as a role model.
Well, wearing green girlie looking wetsuits with yellow cuffs aren’t gonna help him much with the respect aspect, unless he’s reaching out to the transgender crowd.
Sam Waters, kook.
I’ve been thinking about wearing an orange speedo on the outside of my speedo so my ass doesn’t get run over by the valpocalips.
And what’s wrong with that?
Maybe nothing, time will tell.
It’s just seems a totally bizarre transgender looking wet-suit.
Maybe the Wsl is trying to get a wider audience and the ratings up for the up-coming Ultimate Surfer.
Maybe it’s a subliminal slip-up on someone’s part.
Who knows.
“Mother’s head’s in a whirl, not sure if you’re a boy or a girl”.
alas these comic greats of a bygone era…Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin, Benny Hill, Paul Hogan, Martin Short…all victims of cancel culture
Cancelled for not being funny
A live feed of a (boring) WSL event doesn’t reach 100.000 viewers. In comparison, F1, tennis, soccer, football and golfing events are viewed by millions. Sorry Goat, you invested your time in the wrong sport.
Uhh, Dirk’s the one who invested poorly.
I’m presuming that the others on the list are all (even Tiger till his midnight ride) still actively involved in their chosen sports.
Considering that Kellys only been competing part-time for years he’s not really a professional though, more like a businessman who sponsors himself and goes in an occasional contest when it suits him…
Is Tiger on the list for golf or automobile racing/crashing?
If golf is more of a leisure activity than sport, does that make Noah Hill more of an elite athlete than Tiger Woods?
Tiger Woods is getting off easy. Going 80 to 85 mph and no one seems to care why. Crossed into the opposite lane and could of taken-out a whole family.
They won’t even check his blood sample.
You wouldn’t be so lucky.
Using the name Ultimate Surfer “is decidedly not respectable.
Not respectable at all.”
Ladybugs, featuring Rodney as coach of a young girls’ soccer team who rises to the top of league standings by getting his athletic nephew to play in drag and dominate the opponents, was literally before its time.
Pubity…now that’s a name that demands disrespect.
Used to watch that movie all the time. Wanted to bang that chick since I was 6. Not his son. Hahaha.
No surprise here. Surfing has neither the viewership nor financial backing of the sports practiced by the above list, thank fuck. The VALpocalyse is already bad enough. Imagine how much worse it would be, if our hallowed sport got more exposure. Sorry, Kelly. In the world of major sports, you don’t really rate (emo tears).
That’s because, in its purest form–surfing is ‘not’ a sport.
That’s why these profit mongers can’t really find a way to market it.
“Monday at 10pm is decidedly not respectable.”
What are you talking about? Monday at 10pm is prime, brah. That’s when ABC put Castle on!
I’m more annoyed they left Fernando Alonso off that list!