V is for Vector.
The start of the World Surf League’s 2023 Championship Tour is, still, months away though if I were in Santa Monica’s C-Suite, I might be worried that it would be impossible to top 2022. But who could forget the never-before-seen growth that one iconoclastic season would bring? Millions upon millions engaging, millions upon millions chanting “give us us surfing!” in unison.
The League’s CEO, Erik Logan, gave a series of speeches after the final’s day bell rung, touting the windfalls, leaving our JP Currie to write:
Plain and simple: the WSL’s numbers are ludicrous. It’s a campaign of such deliberate misinformation and manipulation of statistics that it amounts to sheer lies. The quest for data is a goldrush. It’s the mark of Erik Logan’s media savvy, if you could call it that. Whilst new for surfing, it’s hardly an original tactic. In fact, internet culture is predicated on it.
And how could it be beat? It would certainly make me a nervous wreck but in a new and scintillating interview with shop-eat-surf, Logan has doubled down and promised even MORE MORE MORE growth.
“This year will be a record-breaking revenue year for the history of professional surfing on a couple of different vectors. Not only in terms of revenue, but equally as important, in terms of a record number of partners that are on and how we’re seeing the renewals going down the road in terms of the partners re-signing. This is truly exciting.”
Vectors for the win.
But are you excited?
What is a vector?
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when was the last time BG published a stat in an article?
Elo looks dead in that picture. He might be missing Vector.
The biggest problem now is all the Global sponsors who must be trying to break down Elo’s door , begging to sponsor the WSL…I hear Gucci/YSL/Ferrari have all been refused as they are not “core” and would detract from the WSL’s current image!
ad blockers work well here, but not there!
just watch on youtube
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My name is Maximus Vectorius Ridiculous, commander of the Brazzas of the West, General of the Bullshit Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Dirkus Ziffusius. Father to a murdered sporting culture, husband to a murdered longboard division. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next job I bullshit my way into.
Vector Valiente’
elo & musk placemats/beach towels, postcards…read about it here/
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Chas—I think your might be on the right track—an exposé or a few, maybe starting with research, and is the Wsl ‘padding’ the numbers.
How many people work for the Wsl and their salaries, who does what and for how much?
Is Dirk just turning a blind eye and letting these kooks run the show?
How many advertisers do they have?
Or, who really owns Quick and Billabog now? And what’s their game plan?
Ya, it’s a little work, but rattle some cages and make things more real and interesting.
You get the drift…
What about JP Curries piece on you? Seriously I’m more interested in that than the obvious things we know go on within the industry
Yes, BG please do an article about Dirk Ziff and Harvey Weinstein — Google them together for a start. Has Dirk visited Harvey in prison?
I love how he talks about revenue not profits!
a la amazon for the 1st 7 years — difference is WSL will never make money. Amazon, founded in 1994, “finally turned its first profit in the fourth quarter of 2001: $0.01 (i.e., 1¢ per share), on revenues of more than $1 billion,” says wikipedia.
Vector foils are prominently featured on some futures fins models. They are super lifty and kind of stick through hard turns. Good for gutless waves and small wave boards.
By the looks of the headline photo ELo’s (wisely just single handed at this stage) practising for his public debut of the long lost ‘Double Peace Signs In The Tube’ maneuver, that he’ll be attempting at the Lemoore tub while the Pipe Masters are on.
This groundbreaking event will be broadcast live to at least 8 1/2 million wosl fans worldwide, and with the Guinness Book Of Records officials in attendance it could prove to be a historical moment when/if(?) ELo successfully completes the longest ‘Double Peace Signs In The Tube’ maneuver that the world has ever seen…
Elos been making up statistics since 1976
A vector has both direction/magnitude. So he is saying there are several revenue streams that he expects to be pointing up (positive revenue) and these arrows point up will be long (lots of revenue).
That’s the vector victor
First he made the shaka sign look lame and pathetic and now the “peace” sign, good job you fucking tool.
666 used to have 2 fingers down…and a manicure!
I have money, but don’t talk about it. Only little bitches who were 2nd fiddle to a twat, has something to prove everyday. I’ve never seen a douche put so much money into having surfer friends like this chump. Even the fat comedian loser embraces his kook level……
We already knew you were a little bitch.
^But now you just talked about having money. ELo just dragged you down to his level
You’re alway blow-arsing to me about how rich you are.
Those hikers should have just left you on that beach.
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Elo!?
But you just did.
Failiant Scorn
Ferociously bullish yet soft and moisturized.
Cosplay all day, every day for Eric the Okie.
My personal favorite- the Cocaine Cowboy
He prolly cracks a fat when he thinks about trimming his beard.
Seriously. Such a toooooool.
Executives of companies that continue to lose money love to use the term “revenue” when they know that there aren’t going to be any net operational profits
Yes – ‘Revenues are highest they’ve ever been’ can put a BS positive spin on the fact that at the same time, profits could be at record lows.
True. Highest ever could mean ‘some’ revenue. Something is better than nothing.
never mind how ridiculous the tour has become, revenue is up!
$8 subscription needed to watch the WSL incoming
Yea, you’re prolly right so, See ya Woozl, I’ll watch a pirate delayed feed if I can be bothered.
It was hard to do that with the surf Olympics but I managed. They had way better waves than 9 of the 11 WCT comps this year.
To quote stephen king: fuck that, they should pay me!
You are 1000% correct. Nothing is free.
Nerds!!!
Yes