Excuse me sir, may I have some more?
Days ago, core surf fans guffawed and side-eyed as World Surf League CEO Erik Logan released the almost unbelievable numbers surrounding the World Surf League’s Finals Day there on Lower Trestles cobbled stone. Underneath a picture of Logan hoisting a trophy, smiling ear to ear beneath manicured beard, the head of competitive professional surfing declared:
The day will go down as the biggest day in pro surfing. The data and the numbers are undeniable.
– Broke the record for the most watched day in WSL history by 22%
– Over 8.3 million total Livestream views (and still counting)
– Over 1 million viewers on linear TV globally, with more airings to come!
Psshhht.
Whatever.
Except, numbers are beginning to trickle in for the National Football League’s first Thursday Night game of the year from two days ago. Sporting fans will know that Amazon purchased the rights to the pre-weekend extravaganza from the League for a whopping 1.2 billion dollars per year and has completely renovated the evening from new announcers, fancy new camera angles, the works.
Historic in that it was the first exclusively streamed NFL game ever, much like the World Surf League streams its contests.
Well, early numbers suggest that the game ranked a bit lower in the home markets of the competing teams (Los Angeles and Kansas City) and will likely reach between 5 and 7 million total views.
Smashed to a pulp by Toledo, Gilmore and the velvety pipes of Joe Turpel!
World Surf League ex-CEO Paul Speaker prophetic!
WOW!
round em up!
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About 90% are bots. ELO is full of shit.
Perhaps each blink represents a new view. Not wrong, technically.
ELO actually posts this shit with a straight face? Him and Trump should have a lie off competition to see who can tell more lies with a straight face🤙
punched in ISA Oly surfing at HB and this popped up…https://youtu.be/jvFf5RvpVBA
women and children first! come visit OB…first words out of commentators mouth…”full venue, comedian on stage, group yoga, smoothies, recycleable…green…”come visit OB” NOT HB!
i never saw the WSL live stream on their site; always defers to u-tube, which gets 24k rabid brazzo commentators emphasizing
vai felipe ir o seu número 1, e italo está fazendo um cocó número dois!
I smell a Bezos-ELO conspiracy here.
right? 8.3M streaming live, my ass…this core group of 50 avid analysts doesn’t even know the event is on until Chas opens up his blog…we get a dozen or so Ukrainian women bots…Brazzos bots must really be scoring!
according to similar sites.com WSL has 1M monthly visitors; as does BG.com
Did someone let Bobby Martinez know the “tennis tour” in which he refused to participate is doing quite well?
As Mark Twain said, “ “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.”
Don’t you mean stay tuned…..
zero views from my hood/
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WSL “numbers” are shadier than Enron. What a joke. Elo is lucky that TWTR whistleblower dude never worked there
This is exactly why the WSL has rigged the tour for Brazilians. Because there’s no alternative for surfers they’ll never say this out loud but ask some in person. It wouldn’t be that bad if their fan base wasn’t trash as well. Viewership will remain high as long as the WSL continues to make sure Brazil wins each year but eventually people in other countries will tune out.
I think there might be death threats also, if the Brazilians don’t win…
lies make baby Jesus cry
“about as many views I could get live streaming video of a cats ass”
that’s exactly right, you could EASILY get that many live viewers of a cat ass video stream on reddit, with zero promo, zero lead up, zero dollars.
Bad time zone here. Like long drunken sex I enjoyed the whole year yet couldn’t bring myself to enjoy the climax.
“live streaming video of a cats ass”
Got a link?
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let’s keep this thread ‘linear.’
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I trust Elo’s numbers about as much as a Greyhound racing event run by the Mafia.
greyhound ski racing?
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teeny-tiny golf clap?