From pro surfer to toy merchant to self-appointed detective uncovering electoral frauds!
One of the more interesting post-pro surfing careers belongs to the Hawaiian Conan Hayes, a pivotal member of the Momentum Generation who would split the sport at the turn of the century to co-found a label that would eventually be worth thirty-ish mill.
In 2015, Hayes was hit with grand theft charges by the Orange County DA, who alleged Hayes had committed short sale fraud against the Bank of America “by providing Bank of America with false information concerning his financial net worth, which was in the millions of dollars, in order to qualify for short sale relief.”
The charges were dropped two years later “among a myriad of scandals following the prosecution.”
Now, and as revealed by Vice, Conan, a chameleon who, after selling RCVA operated a warehouse importing children’s toys in LA, is playing a significant role in the US’s culture walls.
To wit, the 2020 election was stolen from Trump by dark forces etc.
I’ll keep the preamble short, it ain’t that exciting, but a Colorado election official has been accused of leaking data from her county’s voting machines and sharing it with election conspiracists.
And here comes Conan!
In recent years (Hayes) has become somewhat of a minor celebrity in election fraud conspiracy theory circles, under his anonymous Twitter handle We Have Risen. He has worked on an election audit in Antrim County and has suggested on social media he was in Phoenix where the Arizona audit is currently taking place. He also has links to Doug Logan, the Cyber Ninja CEO who is currently running the sham audit in Maricopa County.
Now that the Antrim case is over-ish, I'd like to share some info I came across while researching the auditors involved: @we_have_risen, who was tweeting pictures from the audit before it was widely known, is former pro-surfer and co-founder of clothing brand RVCA Conan Hayes. https://t.co/moW46E3BgP pic.twitter.com/OYoOqcGALB
— Chris Dehghanpoor (@chrisd9r) May 18, 2021
Further evidence that Hayes was the person who captured the images was provided by cyber security experts tracking this situation, who found Hayes’ initials in the downloaded files:
Clevenger confirmed to VICE News on Thursday that it was in fact Hayes who had provided the data from Mesa County to Watkins. What Clevenger, who represented the Seth-Rich conspiracy theorist Ed Buttosky, was not able to say for certain was if it was Hayes who also provided the video clip to Watkins, who Gerard Wood was, or if, as some open sources investigators tracking this situation believe, that Hayes and Wood are in fact the same person.
More to come, got our investigative boy Hobbsy onto it.
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This traitor has a dirt nap coming
Y’all Qeada
TROLOLOOLOLOL
Imagine how stupid you would have to be to get conned by one of the daftest pieces of shit ever to walk the earth. Embarrassing levels of brain function. Imagine also, sticking to your guns this long after he has left the building purely out of spite and not wanting to admit you were wrong. For these brainless fucks to now be doubling down on both election fraud and covid misinformation is just unfathomably dumb. Probably still sending the orange rapist money.
Lumbersexual
Freedummy alert
To be fair, ALL politcians are asshats.
Except that actually did happen and people went to jail for it.
And yet not one single person has been charged with nor convicted of “insurrection.”
Do you know how the court system works? You don’t go for the homerun, you go for the easiest win possible.
And yet not a single person has been charged with or convicted of “insurrection.”
Which, by the way, is a legitimate criminal offense.
No shit, I literally explained why you haven’t seen it in my previous reply. Since reading comprehension is not your strong suit here’s a more elaborate explanation. Insurrection is a much more difficult charge which is why they have not been any attempts at it. Good lawyers will stick to a charge they know they can get a guilty verdict on, rather than going for the homerun.
Oh…I read fine.
And I have yet to read of a person being charged with or convicted of insurrection.
So keep making excuses…you are exactly the useful idiot they desperately need.
The chargers they are going for are much easier to convict, which is why they are going with them. You never go for a charge that has a grey area. Its law 101.
Sure they are.
But it was totes an iNsuReCTion, ammirite?
What would you call it?
Also sedition charges carry the same sentencing as the current chargers, so why wouldn’t you go for the easier charge and get the same result?
It was a riot.
Same as the hundreds of BLM riots all summer.
Same as the riot in Lafayette Square across the street from the White House.
Same as the repeated firebombings of the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland.
A riot to stop a democratic election is called what?
An attempt to kidnap politicians is called what?
REUTERS: “The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result.”
Meanwhile…it was a Bernie Bro who shot up a Congressional softball game and nearly killed Steve Scalise.
Answer my question, what would you call any of those things?
Oh look its whataboutism. I can play this game too, what about the guy who claimed to have a bomb in his truck and pulled up in fornt of the library of congress?
Apparently your reading comprehension is on the frtiz:
REUTERS: “The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result.”
So, quite literally, per the FBI, NOT an insurrection.
Insurrection doesn’t need coordination to be a crime. Here is the definition for you mr reading comprehension.
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Do you see anything regarding coordination or needing to be an organized plot?
The Steele Dossier was a real insurrection.
This was a riot.
Its clear you have no intention of discussing the topic at hand. Whatabout this, whatabout that. I dont care about any of that Im talking about Jan. 6th where 40+ members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers have been charged with conspiracy. Another 400+ people charged on various charges as wll.
What conspiracy? The FBI just told you there was no coordination.
Here are a few: https://www.npr.org/2021/03…
A few more: https://www.washingtonpost….
Another one: https://www.reuters.com/leg…
All of these “stories” pre-date the Rueters article that says that there was no conspiracy.
So let’s see how this plays out in court but I suspect you’re going to be disappointed.
Interestingly the FBI saying that there was no conspiracy is a CYA for them.
They are the ones who created a fake conspiracy in the “kidnapping plot” of the dingbat governor of MI.
It remains to be seen what role they played in entrapment for the these riots.
Multiples sources saying many people are being charged with conspiracy vs. 1 source where unnamed FBI agents say “na i dont think so.”
Ok pal.
Still waiting for just ONE conspiracy conviction…
I got you…https://http://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/cap...
Congrats. “Conspiracy” to damage public property and obstruction of a Government proceeding.
Scary stuff. Thank God they are in prison.
You’re so lost, that is not what the charge is for in the slightest.
You’re insufferable. No wonder you keep posting here…no one else wants anything to do with you.
Provide you with facts and you come with personal insults, nice one. You can click on the links on the DOJ site and read for yourself.
You are literally posting here and having the conversation with me, I’m not talking to myself…..
A beard like that gives you automatic membership in the Proud Boys.
They did not attempt to overthrow the US gov’t – so there’s that…
Bro…the entire Steele Dossier/Russian “collusion” fraud was exactly that…an attempt to remove Trump.
You are welcome for the scoop.
Yes! All thanks to Covidiots Rule etc. Want to email your address? I got something y’might like.
I’m just messing. I’ll send along.
Assgrit… the groms are lost, emasculated, brain washed. We can’t expect much from them. They just buy the trendy narrative, conform etc. Punk rock lite watered down after three generations… meaningless
Looks to me like you are the brain washed. Pretty easy to do since most of you q people are retarded – not much brain to wash…
Q has nothing to do with anything. So fringe kooky, not even on radar. Does anyone actually know someone that believes that crap?
Yes – welcome to Flori-duh. I have about 3 of these nutcases in my neighborhood.
Crickets.
Let’s crowd source you a one way ticket to your communist country of choice. Maybe you can start a surf gulag?
Possibly better to hurt yourself surfing at the surf gulag in Cuba , with 8.4 Physicians for every 1000 people than in Florida with roughly 2.4*.
(* according to analysis from the World Bank )
Don’t forget a 99.99 % literacy. I believe the Florida State Football team is only at 85%.
And every one of them would jump on a panga for Florida if they could.
Mike …. there is no perfect political state or system , anywhere ….possibly not even in Florida .
Agree. Humans fuck things up. I like the one that has brought more freedom and wealth to its population than any other, while trying to avoid the Kyklos Cycle…While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic. What does this mean? “Constitutional” refers to the fact that government in the United States is based on a Constitution which is the supreme law of the United States.
The USA did do wonderful work from 1940 to 1980 creating a middle class through higher wages to workers under one system while China , who recently lifted 700 million people out of poverty used another .
Many people are saying that Conan has never been too sharp in the brain part. He was an above average surfer at just the right time though.
Obviously he is not. That is why he can fall for this garbage with not one shred of evidence. But whatever, as long as it keeps him busy and not murdering kids.
Nothing says “im revealing the truth” more than hiding your tweets about said truth.
The better the surfer, the bigger the fuckwit.
Been like that since the 60s.
You rip!!
I am Kelly slater
You’re tripping.
Jeez Bex I just saw the new lockdown rules ….
It must be fun living On The Northern ( Korean ) Beaches under
Hillsong’s Chairman Scomo ?
Just kidding 2ft is better than no ft .
Honestly
I can go anywhere I want with a ute full of tools.
People everywhere
Don’t believe the hype
I bet they say the same in CHINA …. ?
It’s a claytons lockdown.
Cause this shits not real enuff to warrant a real one.
Still under 100 dead since the start
40 die every day just from a heart attack.
It’s a media scare blitz to get people to shoot up the eugenics shit.
My doctors advice
Hold off as long as you can
I got vaccinated twice , then went surfing for 18 days straight and partying with friends in France …. I think it might have given me SUPER POWERS !
You ptobly got the saline.
Salt water …. A surfers lifeline .
You can call me goat.
But not a sheep ?
Then how do you explain Ben “Gay” Marcus aka commentator aka insta sleep generator? F’ing kook could never surf let alone write.
There are always exceptions to the rule ….?
True dat brother but in his case I would like to employ a different but eminently applicable maxim, If you’ve sucked one dick, you are gay mate.
Its like Rosa Luxemburg or CLR James, you get them or you dont…apologies for the Trotsky-ish pandering but wanted to play it safe in case the commentator monitors this, it should send him to the google “library” for at least two days to cobble together a shallow riposte but that might give us two days without him..
Also known as: “I’m not gay but fucked a guy who is!”
10% of Beach Grit is gay.
Follow the science
Heeeeeeey, Bexy. 😜
🙄
You sound a bit obsessed with Ben and his sexuality.
And he’s the gay one?
Au contraire mon frere, Ben is obsessed with himself and trying to sell others on his “knowledge” and “Intelligence”, though like most soporific sophists, all his, on the surface, outward directed selling, is really inwardly directed at trying to sell himself on that which he so deeply doubts /assuage his own insecurities. What I am obsessed with, is igniting and inflaming (sorry for the cheap pun) his ever, so obvious, defects in his psyche, which parades repeatedly on this forum.
Plus, he always bites, hook, line and sinker….
Ben thinks that being in brief proximity to fame makes you special.
I dunno where the fixation on grammar (which he gets wrong4half the time) comes from. He’s also got some serious issues about race.
Sounds like a lot of projection
Look at it doesn’t matter. I just like having a little fun with him. If you went back and researched our sparring it’s been going on for a long time not that that’s of any interest to you. Have a happy day
Just to be perfectly clear, I could care less if he, you, me or anyone is gay. If they’re happy good on them. I was simply employing a rhetorical device with no real animus towards the purported (but fake) method of my provocation
So many private contractors returning to the States now. Things will get really interesting.
Anyone promoting or contributing to any of these conspiracy theories is an asshat.
Trust everything!
Trust everything (when it is proven, verified by peer reviewed publications and reliable sources are provided).
Fixed it for ya.
Trust WHO?
Mailing out ballots, having zero ID or signature verification. And collection boxes on street corners.. yea that’s a conspiracy. Especially when the laws were changed fraudulently buy other than the states senate.
You mean the collection boxes ran by Republicans? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/1…
Good to see who the traitors are commenting here. Bunch of idiots who believe in this q nonsense. Funny to watch so many people quadruple down on stupid.
In other Hawaiian crime news, an Australian man, apparently disgruntled about Hawaii Covid restrictions, is a person of interest in the malicious damage to a surf shop yesterday on Maui. The man, known only by the online moniker of Nikolas Dee, is noted for his extremely short stature and is usually confined to his mother’s basement where he posts sexist and racist ramblings on online forums. It is not yet known if he received a covid vaccination before traveling to Maui. MPD continues to investigate.
https://youtu.be/WkIcZWLpdvc
Trust ya gut huli..if sumpin sounds suss it usually is!…
Et voila !
The worlds first drive threw surf shop was invented.
Hawaii going one up on Peru again !
So much anger from a guy who bought fins and never received a free FCS key or maybe they asked him to pay for a shop sticker ?
I once won a gift voucher for $40 ( 3rd place in Boardriders Comp ) and saw a rash vest for $42 and the owner , who sponsored the prize put his hand out for ….. $2
is he still in business? that is fucking hilarious.. I know a guy like that. the quid doesn’t quo or pro
He only got out of the game a few years ago …..
My dad , a former bank manager , had some classic clients like him , who would squeeze him for every single cent , than buy him a gift at the end of the year worth much more than the cents they fought over …..
I suppose it is why business is just not my thing ….I can’t fight over the dollars never mind the cents .
ha sometimes you see a shop with the shop keep all alone inside, then you see the same type shop with a busload of customers down the street, and you just don’t get how this guy can’t get more of them to come to his shop. He just has to emulate the other guy.
That Medina loss really got to Nikola didnt it
Possibly not as much as Conan’s loss to Koby Abberton at Chopes …looking at the results ? Or naming a clothing company after a girls magazine … 17 ? and then having to change it when they found out …
ohh yeah, remember all that?!?
It turned into The never ending STORY .
Haha! He also got a 17 tattoo, covered his entire calf.
Wowie Maui , I bet they sold him cold water wax …… on purpose ?
Just gotta run by (through) the shop and grab some wax…
“He estimated the damage at $200,000, with front windows, back doors, inventory and fixtures destroyed.
“Basically, 35 percent of the store got destroyed, probably 35 percent of inventory,” Ball said Thursday.”
HA! “35 percent” my ass.
Hahaha Faarken Hobb!