Seismic changes.
Presidents and vice-presidents of sport governing bodies around the world are putting down pens, asking secretaries to hold calls, cancelling all but the most important meetings in order to stop and watch the historically unprecedented run of giddy self promotion coming out of the World Surf League’s Santa Monica offices.
Not since 1985’s WrestleMania has a sport executive been this out front, this “look at me.”
The Word Surf League’s spree is twice as impressive seeing that not one, but two c-suite employees are furiously patting their own backs at record pace.
Chief of Executives Erik Logan took time out of his schedule, days ago, to celebrate his feature in The Sydney Morning Herald titled “Something the sport has never seen’: The former Oprah exec bringing soap opera to surfing.”
Now 52,” it begins, “(Logan) has led a series of seismic changes to the World Surf League’s (WSL) professional tours as it recovers from the pandemic – ruffling feathers and raising record revenue all with narrative in mind. ‘The growth and the explosion of the sport, with the firepower we have with our surfers, is something that the sport has never seen.'”
Not to be outdone, Chief of Sport Jessi Miley-Dyer found time to furiously celebrate herself for being honored at yet another conference.
“Miley-Dyer has received worldwide recognition for her work to progress surfing and women’s sport. Most recently, she was honored as an SBJ Game Changer for her groundbreaking work at the WSL,” she said.
As the personal aggrandizement reaches crescendo, bosses at the NFL, MLB, UEFA, La Liga, et. al. wonder if they too should hire publicists and be everything, everywhere all at once for the good of themselves as Logan and Miley-Dyer’s Instagram followers swell.
Exciting times.
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LMAO
https://www.wikifeet.com/Je…
Or “implosion”, to some of us.
WSL applies fines to Surfers who share/express their opinion as a new form of revenue! ELO is a genius!
Amber Heard rewatched the 21 Jump Street series and liked Johnny Depp again. The show has miraculous curative powers – let’s have another sequel soon.
Painful and embarrassing to see but let’s face it, surfing as we knew it is gone. But at least we get to watch free live footage of some great surfing at iconic spots on occasion. A panacea for the pain.
Recommended viewing volume- Mute
Haha. Definitely.
Elo’s got someone else’s trophy in one hand, his dong in the other, and a big smile for ya!
What a douche!
Funny how they even edit comments on their Instagram so only positive or turn them off all together.
Article says and he even surfs, Yeah he Surfs like a Kook when it’s small, as for JMD she only turns up to half the comps.
JMD has more than once held an innocent buffet hostage
Serious question, are they the only full time employees at WSL?
JMD’s rickshaw puller works full time, but off the books because he’s not supposed to be in the US.
narrative, narrative, narrative, narrative, narrative, narrative
Erik is always labelled as “former Oprah exec”. Is this Oprah’s way of reminding him that he wouldn’t be shit without her? Let’s face, every publication invariably reached out to her for comment, always getting “no comment. But off the record, he wouldn’t be shit without me. You know that. I know. Best you remind him of that shit, you know what I mean!?”
So now Erik can’t escape that shit. He’s bound and determined that he can make his own shit show. And boy has he.
Exhibit D. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
From now on we should refer to JMD respectfully as 2005 World Junior Champion Jesse Miley Dyer.
2005 Junior champion! Gosh, JMD has not aged well.
Vintage year. Kekoa Bacalso also.
So surfers didn’t start thinking about fitness till at least 2006.
when you see back-to-back Carl’s Jrs Burger commercials when there’s a break in the action, it’s time to find a new sport and a new channel; albeit, there’s really nowhere left to go. (‘cept back to the beach with that beat-up 7’6″merrick.)
An E-Lofat Miley-Diet of sorts?
Wow, yeah, we’ve known Erik is a complete knob who is in the midst of looking for a new job. I’m more interested in remembering how I ghostwrighted Owen’s autobiography… definitely included something about having a panic attack about having thinning stringy hair
Disappeared up their own narratives
Releath the houndths!
Cunths!
thtick man!