Oh tragic day.
Oh and what a sad day, a very sad day, when miscommunication reigns, when misunderstanding rules the day. You, here, know how much Hollywood funnyman cum Patron Saint of the VALs Jonah Hill has captivated. You have experienced the surge of joy from his surf and/or surf-adjacent exploration.
But to have the man on, himself, to listen to his voice sharing his journey was a grail and Derek Rielly strived and I strived for to make it happen.
Alas, Hill himself has reached around and let it be known that, no, he will not come to chat.
Per Instagram direct message, the actor wrote, “Why’d you guys ask me to be on your podcast if all you do is be rude towards me? I get nothing from surfing except joy. Hope you’re well.” Then followed with, “I wish you nothing but good things.”
Oh but Jonah, if I can speak directly to you here, causticity, snark, is BeachGrit‘s love language. How we show we care. You can ask Kelly Slater if you need confirmation but can we try again?
Bridging this divide will go a long way toward crafting world peace.
Weeks ago now but I kind of don’t care about surfing when talking to other folks. Some guys I know that surf really well and have been to this and that break are absolutely moronic to talk to. If you listen to Chas’s podcast, his whole mindset is to look for the negative in everything. He has spent the last two weeks slamming the dumb ABC show but has admitted he hasn’t watched one second of it. It has to be exhausting. I agree with smashing Depps face but I firmly believe if you had to hang out with Chas and Depp for 30 minutes and you could only punch once it would be a very difficult decision.
He’d go on Dave Prodans podcast
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was wondering where you went.
You guys aren’t actually mean-spirited, you are too self-aware and not self-important enough to be so. Somehow only ELO gets it, which is why he was ironically able to neuter you in the interview.
I think the whole background zeitgeist of Beachgrit.com is that Chas and others grew up reading surf magazines in the 80s and 90s when it was all made to seem pretty cool – because it was.
Funny, cool, smart, literate CWCS (Characters Who Can Surf) like Michael Tomson and Brad Gerlach and Kong and Brock Little and Barton Lynch and Mr X and Ken Bradshaw and Foo and Jeff Clark and Flea and the Hos and Sunny and Sonny and too many to name.
IT seemed cool, because it was cool. And SURFER made it look cool.
(Not Surfing Magazine. They were lame.)
The surf companies were owned by the dudes who started them, there was a lot of money around, a lot of parties, and it was a blast.
But by the time Chas and Co rocked up, most of the cool people had left and now it was all feijoada and caipirinha and drums and horns like Corinthians vs Flamingo at Maracana.
Everybody spoke Afrikaans or Portuguese and it was weird.
And that explains the tone of beachgrit.com, who rag on absolutely everything: Disappointment.
Have they ragged on the Hundred Foot Wave tv show yet?
You all probably hate your mom. The toxic masculinity in this thread. Yikes.
Seriously when’s/where’s the BG Commentors Holiday gathering? Or let’s all meet at G-land (in time) or some shit…
Hill come around…
“You touch my stuff…and I kill ya”-Francis Sawyer
When your whole blow is ten thousand word essays promoting the ultimate surfer that no ones watching?
And now the ultimate Val blows you off as not worthy of comment 😂😂😂
Maybe the business model isn’t working?
Get the neo-Nazi surfboard company he likes to convince him.
Are you Tim?
Tim he is
Might be some truth to that ….but listen to chads podcast and you will understand how much of an absolute taint he is.I’ve seen some interviews w Jonah. Definitely more interesting than chaz
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If you’re reading this Jonah, I have a great idea for a Surf based comedy series. I’m all ideas, no cash and in need of a wealthy connected surf stoked VAL.
There’s already a “Surf based comedy series” showing on TV (starring a tub, a bald guy, an Easter Island statue, Dr Teeth, a couple of bikini models and some extras) that’s rating poorly and unlikely to go to a second series. Quite doubtful the network will even screen the whole of this one due to it’s abysmal ratings.
Surely one mistake in this genre is plenty enough…
Don’t listen to him, Jonah.
He lives in New Zealand – in the South Island FFS – and they don’t even have broadcast television down there yet.
Oh shit, there he is. Walking past right now with some chick and a dog.
Love this town.
I get the feeling Chas wouldn’t buy stepped toot, but the VAL does regularly and brags about how bent he is….
Oh come on Jonah – we all got bullied, hazed, tortured, humiliated, beaten the shit out of, abused, held down, injured, divorced, remarried, divorced again re married again (I digress) look, BG is the most pure representation of surfing and surfers that I know of in the world today. Go have a chat with them. Love your acting by the way.
Calm your farm people, it’s ok. Jonah is being lined up for a guest Ed stint at Stab.
Already done one at Monster Children.
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Visionaries!
Jonah, I get nothing from watching you surf but joy. And the dude on your video with the 9’6″ and the custom wettie…well, he gave me nothing but exultation.
But you’re still a fuckin’ barney kook VAL and not much will ever change that. It’s neither good, nor bad. It’s neither up, nor down. It’s just who and what you are. Embrace it. Own your space. Claim that shit and make it a source of outsider/girl-power pride
Chas (we’re not worthy) Smith would be on his knees bowing and wailing like Wayne and Garth meeting Alice Cooper if he ever came within hollerin’ distance of Jonah, so he’s got nothing to worry about really…