Money, money, money, money.
Yesterday, we discovered together a new heretofore unforeseen way for us, as surfers, to make money. Ties. Smart but, I suppose, we are also late as the market has already been cornered by an entrepreneurial father/son. So what now? Thankfully the universe lent an ear to our troubles and has provided a way forward.
Betting.
Bookmakers.com has just announced odds on the “world’s 30 hardest sporting feats.” Skiing the North Pole swings in at 500,000/1, landing a hole-in-one in golf at 12,500/1, bowling a perfect game 8,000/1 and surfing an 80 ft. wave 10,000/1.
Per the press release:
The debate over just which sporting feat is the most difficult has raged for decades, as sports fans everywhere have struggled to really put to bed this age-old question.
The sporting experts at Bookmakers.com, however, have gotten together and crunched the numbers to work out the odds for which sporting feat is really the most difficult, and which, if any, have been greatly exaggerated. The balance, coordination, bravery, and sheer stamina required to surf competitively are no secret, but it is only the 1% of the 1% that will ever achieve the feat of surfing a wave the length of the White House.
So, next time you’re out with your pals and this debate flares up again, or debating with the family around the dinner table, it’s best to keep this list close to hand, so you can finally put an end to the arguing with some cold, hard facts and let the data do the talking.
Sebastian Steudnter has, just last month, been given the Guinness World Record for “Largest Wave Ever Ridden” at 86 some odd feet or 42.3 German Male Lower Legs. Now, I can’t imagine bookies will allow us to retroactively claim those 10,000/1 odds but I’d have to think that this coming winter, the record will certainly be broken or at least challenged.
10,000/1.
That’s $100,000 for $100. $1,000,000 for $1,000.
With inflation the way she is, that’ll be enough to feed your family for a week or maybe five days.
Find a bookie quick!
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at 10,000/1 You need 10 bucks to get 100,000 , 100 for a million… The simplest math ever (just add zeros) and You got it wrong… Stay away from betting for your own sake
Where can i make this bet in Oz?can’t seem to find a site
Contest is on! they moved it to el porto
the mexican ma’a’laea if and when it cleans up. they will get their moment in the sun, momentarily. stay tuned!
btw, sshhh on ep…that’s for the upcoming LA Olympics.
The Indian Gaming Commission of Cali put forth a ballot proposition against the expansion of certain types of gambling. don’t know where, how, whatever. but it seems their piece of the pie might be impacted. who’s behind the measure may want to start another Indian War? they protested their cause by train-surfing? I read that somewhere. 1/1M$ Sometimes its hard to know which side is right. ying or yang?
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i like the opening scene of Wall Street where Bart sniffs a beautiful woman’s rear (posssibly Margot R.). Later in the movie I realized there was cocaine involved. which isn’t speed: the drug of choice for commies. therefore, Bart isn’t a commie.
What about all the amphetamines they gave (still give?) to The Troops ™ in WW2 etc? You accusing them of being rotten commie bastards?
yeah, ’cause there were no barbituates to calm them down…double commies!
GODDAMIT COMMIE DRUGGY BASTARDS!!! SMOKIN THAT KARL MARX!!!
What are the odds that inflation is actually hovering more around 25% rather than the 8.6% the government is telling us? Now that’s something worth betting on.
real numbers: SimilarSites lists web traffic…BG has about 2 million hits/month and an average of 1.5 minutes of viewer time spent here...what are the odds that the BGDerelicts spend 10 or 100 times that figure? 10.5 minutes? 100.5 minutes?
I’ve spent 100.5 minutes several times. and for that? got a by-gone badge and am called derelitic.
Maxwell Smart: “And loving it!”
What bookie? Where?
Bookmakers.com. I think you’re supposed to take these odds to your bookie and tell him/her that they have been verified. Then you just give them money and take the winnings.
Ok, found it. That article is so trash it wouldn’t even get on BeachGrit.
Ahaha haha no wonder you’re always sooking about your poor betting performance if that’s your approach to calculating the return on stake (you’re out by a factor of 10 on each example)
Damn it. That means I’ve been crushing this whole time!
I hate to scroll down and not find comments.
It’s not anti-depressive