Jail House Rock.
I’ll tell you one true thing. I am very much more excited for the upcoming Baz Luhrmann picture Elvis than I am for the upcoming Surf City El Salvador Pro. Both will hit the world stage near the same time but only one will be fabulous and that will be the upcoming Baz Luhrmann picture Elvis.
Be still my beating heart.
The King of Rock n Roll has long been a very favorite of mine, so much so that I am currently not caring about finding deeper surfing truths in Germany but rather the home where Presley met Pricilla and kicked off a fairy tale romance. Students of history will know that Elvis served in the United States Army, doing his time in the German town Bad Nauheim, occupying a quaint two story home near its center. Priscilla née Beaulieu was a fourteen-year-old firecracker there with her mother and United States Air Force officer step-father Paul.
While Pricilla’s youth would be very much frowned upon today, it was an acceptable marrying age in the fourteenth century and the two went on to make beautiful history.
In any case, there is a shrine outside the home, today, and I find a spot to sit and sip a perfect cappuccino and ponder his life, which included surfing turns in Hawaii, wooing local kine girls and also ponder the just-announced news that the World Surfing Games will, officially, be hosted this year in Huntington Beach, California.
The ISA has announced that its flagship event will return to the Californian coastal venue, known as “Surf City USA”, for the first time in 16 years.
The world’s top surfers are expected to hit the waves at Huntington Beach when it plays host to the World Surfing Games from September 17 to 24.
Huntington Beach previously staged the World Surfing Games in 1984, 1996 and 2006 and hosted the World Junior Surfing Championship in 2005, 2018 and 2019.
This year’s edition will see Olympic places up for grabs for Paris 2024, with the winners of the men’s and women’s team events each earning a quota spot for their country.
“Huntington Beach becomes the first step in our exciting paddle towards the 2024 Olympic Games,” said ISA President Fernando Aguerre.
“Excellent waves and the strong Southern California surf culture, made Huntington Beach a natural choice for this iconic event.
“With an extra Olympic slot up for grabs for the top men’s and women’s teams at these 2022 ISA World Surfing Games, the competition for the coveted ISA World Team Champion Trophy is going to be epic and the most important ever.
Question: Are Huntington Beach’s excellent waves currently better than those licking Grajagan?
Something to think about.
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Portaloo fun and riots to be had no
Ad-adjacent cultural news (for the ladies)…
“Woman who is sexually attracted to planes wants to marry a toy Boeing.” New York Post
I believe her infatuation began with a Blind Faith album cover. (Don Surber)
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this is the decoy boat…the real stash is in boats 2, 3, & 4…
Fail House Rock -wasn’t that also an Elvis hit?
Huntington on a good day is better than the Wozzl’s GLand fiasco… so what? It’s also better than Waimea right now too.
However, most of us, as surfers, learn where and when to find to find good surf… a simple truth completely lost on the WSL
he is one of only two known
bastardsbros to have taken a whiz next to tricky Dick…the other was HST…and he left the white house with a drug badge! both deserved that honor.hear they’re going to start treating HB as a closed venue and will charge spectator’s for parking, ring-side seats and crappy refreshments.
as usual, i’ll be watching, or not from my favorite drug den/bar…Safe At Home. Hassle Free!
Elvis is supremely over-rated.
Don’t be cruel
i see what you did there…
I see you’re nothing but a hound dog
I don’t know which one I am least excited about.
I 2nd the EPIC!!!
With this announcement, Ronnie G is smiling down upon HB
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I find them actually very similar! Apart from the hair and drug induced bloatedness.
Inspired by the name of this mutant being, i ll put down a request for a kelly/kelis mashup, please.
Bravo!
Elvis has left the Germany.
How do you know that for sure???
Kelly slater’s double won pipe this year!!!
Is anyone sure about anything?
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what does The Hubble say?
Of much greater importance, how will KS handle his has been status as his surfing skills continue to diminish while the younger set pass him by?
So staying safe down south? Smart, your to old for war journalism anyway plus it’s being excellently covered all ready much further east by much younger.
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Is it? Where you getting the good stuff?
Jane Fonda, Don Lemon &Tom Cruise…but Riley Keough is keeping it real! she’s a maverick in The Girlfriend Experience