No blurred lines!
Just before the 4th of July, all-American city Virginia Beach made many of its residents explode happy by spending $2.8 million on land that will be used for a surf tank. The project, backed by local son and music superstar Pharrell Williams, will have retail, commercial and residential real-estate and, most importantly, a wave basin that appears to utilize Wavegarden technology.
The only non-excited residents are those who live at the end of the street and are complaining about much noise and worker traffic and construction begins.
Classic NIMBYism.
Also likely not happy is Kelly Slater and the World Surf League as yet another project gets underway minus KSWaveCo’s famed Blue Sled of Dred. Five years on and there is still only one Surf Ranch and it is still only in Lemoore, California.
Sad.
But back to Pharrell’s project, all mostly exciting and do you live in or around Virginia Beach? Do you think you will surf it?
Does Pharrell’s involvement cause your heart to flutter? His hit song with Alan Thicke notwithstanding, I am generally a fan of everything the diminutive singer/songwriter does.
Will other celebrities become jealous that he has his own surf park and get in the game too all not utilizing Slater?
More questions than answers.
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you mean “we’re sorry we blew your brother’s head off, here’s a bribe not to move out and throw something in the water in a friendlier town?” Nah, I’m with this producer.
It’s robin thicke, not Alan
Oh yeah. It’s rock folklore. Disgraceful shit.
Will Wes Laine come out of retirement for this one….
*Robin Thicke, Chas.
Also I live in Richmond, va and I definitely plan on surfing it. Currently living in Hawaii, but when I get home I will definitely be hitting it up. VA beach has so many days that are completely flat, the wave garden will be clutch
Isn’t that the one place on the east coast that actually gets waves?
nope. your thinking of Hatteras, outer banks
So this Pharrell bloke is ‘backing’ the project.
In which way ?
The good tax paying citizens of Virginia Beach appear to be the ones putting their hands in their pockets.
P.S.
If they fill the pool with Carlton United Breweries popular VB it could be the best wavepool so far.
P.P.S.
Hey Chas, is that hat he’s wearing considered wide brimmed enough to wear to a Californian hippy book promotion, or to a meatless Byron Bay barbecue ?
P.P.P.S.
Do they serve VB at those types of events, or just jars of hard Kombucha ?
Only two more months till Tahiti. Yikes.
That’s the Beret design.
If the hat fits…
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I never knew RZA the American rapper was born in 1969. Thanks this day in history ads!
It’s amazing to me that blurred lines hasn’t been cancelled. I know Thicke was, but Pharell get away with that one eh?
As long as you look harmless and dress well it’s ok.
That thong ith tho thick
Holy Hell, even that park design looks like that dumb fucking hat he wears.
He’s kweer
Plot twist, Kelly Slater has diamond hands on Wavegarden stocks.
Virginia Beach…is that in Florida?
Don’t be dissin on VA Beach. Brothers Randy and Wes Laine, among others, have been holding it down for years. Solid surf town.