Clown car.
Well that did not turn out the way it was supposed to, now, did it. For but days ago, World Surf League chiefs (of executives Erik Logan, of sport Jessi Miley-Dyer) were busily patting themselves on the back, heavy, for being invited to speak at hipster conference SXSW as part of a thrilling panel discussion on “surfing’s swell of success and the business behind it.”
Jadson Andre, ever a masochist, was invited too.
Logan declared he left rehab and flew to Austin from Brazil in order to listen to chat about “vectors” etc.
Pure torture.
Now, there is no audio, yet, but the whole scenario appears to be very much a bummer for all involved. I don’t know what was expected, but what was delivered was a tiny hotel community room, a hastily assembled backdrop, light attendance, fluorescent lighting and depression hanging heavy.
Probably stale coffee somewhere in the hall.
A lost lanyard somewhere.
Examine this still life.
The Last Conference.
But you have, at some point in your life attended, or been adjacent to, an insurance gathering at some hotel or another, no? Surfing’s “swell of success” and that “business behind it” make those agents look positively giddy.
Study Miley-Dyer’s face.
Really study it.
To think they could have been in Portugal watching heavy favorites bleed.
Sucks.
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I hope there were enough car chargers and safe spaces for the snowflakes.
Did they give any massively inflated numbers of how many attended?
5 in the room equates to 5 million “unique and new” visitors
be right back. gonna watch a replay of 20-minutes of lull with no interuptions…essential!
fwd to the sec…file under niger…we’ll get back to ya OKIE
We lost Kolohe Andino, Federico Morais, Zeke Lau and Maxime Huscenot.
Erik Logan was just one of many ridiculous discussion panels at SXSW. I wonder which ones Erik snuck into to check out.
1. Building an Antiracist Newsroom
2. Menstrual Dignity: Taboos and Inequality
3. Breaking Binary: Ending Inequity in Intersex Care
4. How To Recession Proof Your Diversity Strategy
5. Building an Equitable Psychedelic Medicines System
6. Does “Mind Control for Good” Exist?
7. Designing Equity Through an Afrofuturist Lens
8. How Will TV Evolve for the Queerest Generation Yet
9. Climate Action 101: Finding Your Climate Squad
And there’s other fucking retarded discussion panels. Seems like Erik was in good company, amongst other similarly deranged minds.
I’ve just always found the words “success” and “business behind it” to foundation ally reference a third word, “profitability.” Given the WSL is somewhere well north of $100 million in the red, owns an outdated wave pool business (fun to ride, bad for “business” – witness no new venues while 100+ other break ground and open doors) – counting paid-for eyeballs as a metric is not success, not to mention the whole big wave arm of the endeavor is a Guinness stunt these days with no tour, and no sponsors. Curious times.
need chlorine?
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Dirk needs to tighten the leash on Elo, there isn’t even a wave pool in Austin, TX.
fuckin hell, poor jaddy.
almost feel like making a crowdfund for him so he doesnt have to put up with this shit.
almost.
Poor jaddy
What was his contribution anyway?
I fell off tour?
He’s just injured.
Good, I like Jaddy, but what does he add to a conference in English?
Oprah cred.
Poor boy from the favela living his wildest dream etc
What I like about Jaddy is he seems to appreciate the entire opportunity and doesn’t sweat the BS. He knows he is lucky.
Hell yeah, hes re-invented himself many a time and never quits. One of the most loved and respected Dudes on tour.
Tired of Winning and I were discussing hunger in terms of talent and winning. Broken homes too…. Andy and Kelly had hunger they didn’t get at home.
Coffin, Kolohe, Julian, Taj…. too happy to win.
Hoping Griff beats that prediction.
Brazzo guys now are like the Aussies were in the 80’s, hungry.
Baker is hungry.
For pies?
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Can you imagine the “Chief of Sport” at an inland conference instead of at CT contest?
And what Rehab was our boy Erik recovering from?
Worse, the politically correct group hug with the legally required 8 inches between the fake embrace.
Poor Jaddy. He would have won heats today. Instead, Chloe gave up.
Jaddy was in rehab for his injury. Like the other guy said do some research. And quit stealing my ideas
Suffer you Weasl shitheads !
All this is of your own making.
Hahahahahahar
Suffer cunts.