Introducing Rescue: HI-Surf!
There has been no official announcement, of yet, that Apple Television’s Make or Break has been cancelled though those on the ground in Margaret River have declared there appears to be no cameras or crew filming our World Surf League heroes and heroines.
For his part, World Surf League Chief of Executives Erik Logan continues to be extremely bullish on the “entertainment” side of the business even after shuttering WSL Studios, having Ultimate Surfer ranked “most embarrassing show ever” and getting canceled after one season and now allegedly losing Make or Break.
In a recent sit down with the West Australian in which Logan spoke of “bringing the razzle-dazzle” back to surfing and said, “The real key for us is keeping in mind that the media part of this is the vehicle by which we connect the fans to the sport. That for me is what really excites me.”
“E-Lo,” as he must have insisted on being called for the piece, then hints at a disturbing sensual relationship with Kelly Slater before ending with, “I’m an energy guy and I love just being in the presence of people so I feel the energy of what’s going on. Just walking through the town, listening to the conversation or how people walk around the IGA it’s so fun. It is a surfing community.”
Cool for Logan, but what about the rest of us? Those “non-energy guys” who require surf-based television programing?
Thankfully, we have Fox television.
The network, it is being reported, has sent a straight-to-series order for Rescue: HI-Surf.
According to Deadline:
“Rescue: HI-Surf brings an edge-of-your-seat style to the North Shore of Hawaii, where lifeguards and surfers collide with visceral rescues, great character drama and all-around fun,” said Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, Fox Entertainment. “This new franchise is pure beachfront property for Fox, especially with the powerful auspices of John, Matt and our incredible partners at Warner Bros.”
No mention of the World Surf League.
Thrilling news, in any case, and I do hope producers and writers spend time with Mick O’Brien. Jamie’s father worked for many years as a North Shore lifeguard and has enjoyable stories. Back when I was working on the hit film Who is JOB? I had the pleasure of living with Mick in that famous Pipeline-front house. Mick would wake me up at 3:30 in the morning and make me go fishing with him. We’d drive circles in his boat and drink light beer while he regaled me with tales. If we caught any fish, he’d make me drive with him to Honolulu to sell it at the market. We’d come back home very late and start again the next morning.
An honest life and probably good for at least one episode.
Energy guy.
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razzle should never have gotten into the race car with Vince Neill…tragically resulting in the worst part of the Crue movie…leashes or not, alway wear a seat belt! I don’t condone it, but race car fans love a good crash…as do movie-lovers. ELO’s crash may have gone unnoticed. but not HERE.
Catch the all new Hawaii 5-Ho’s weekdays @ 7:30… Aaaaaaloha!
fabio making a run on Giselle or Sydney Sweeney or Lili Wright!
shopped von’s for the first time in years. bought Groton’s fish sticks and supplies I’d been lacking since. cheap booze. but what with lack of proportions and commerical screen shots, there was no haddock in the stick. signed, The Old Man pointed upward…
Episode 1.0 THE BLUE ARM
We were about forty minutes out of San Francisco when the crew finally decided to take action on the problem in Lavatory IB. The door had been locked since takeoff and now the chief stewardess had r1 summoned the copilot down from the flight deck. He appeared in the aisle right beside me, carrying a strange-looking black tool in his hand, like a flashlight with blades, or some kind of electric chisel. He nodded calmly as he listened to the stewardess’s urgent whispering. “I can talk to him,” she said, pointing a long red fingernail at the “occupied” sign on the locked toilet door, “but I can’t get him out.”
The copilot nodded thoughtfully, keeping his back to the passengers while he made some adjustments on the commando tool he was holding. “Any ID?” he asked her.
She glanced at a list on her clipboard. “Mr. Ackerman,” she said. “Address: Box 99, Kailua-Kona.”
“The big island,” he said.
She nodded, still consulting her clipboard. “Red Carpet Club member,” she said. “Frequent traveler, no previous history . . . boarded in San Francisco, one-way first class to Honolulu. A perfect gentleman. No connections booked.” She continued, “No hotel reservations, no rental cars . . .” She shrugged. “Very polite, sober, relaxed .. .”
There’s a Part 2…and have broken it down in chapters. This first one is free~
(source: Curse of the Lono)
Sorry. Guy was very well liked
After one to three episodes, acclimation, law of diminishing returns kicks in — and then (contrived) character development will have to carry it, along with ripped abs and long-haired Asian beauties with fake boobs…until, finally, premature mortality.
I befriended Jamie’s cleaning lady.
She should get a chapter.
You can’t script this!
(But they are sure as hell are going to try…)
Hopefully my agent gets a call.
I’m available.
“blah blah blah blah,” said Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, Fox Entertainment. “blah blah blah blah.”
Emphasis on the word ‘SCRIPTED’.
Soooo, is it gonna be a ‘real’ fly on the wall reality show ?
Or a pack of shit that’s ‘scripted’ by officebound non-lifeguarding fuckwits of Eric Logan’s ilk ?
talkin heads are just readers…of producer’s scripts. heads roll, producer’s keep producing.
Ultra Hard Surf Energy.
“Baywatch 2 North Shore Days ” ?
Bondi rescue on steroids?
They should do one in QLD based around smashing rum and fighting salties; Bundi Rescue.
“The real key for us is keeping in mind that the media part of this is the vehicle by which we connect the fans to the sport. That for me is what really excites me.”
Bulls**t!
Bulls**t!
Bulls**t!
Major Bulls**t!
Couldn’t come from anyone except a guy who’s never surfed or watched surfing before.
And that’s the guy who claims to run the show
More importantly, no BG coffee mugs available for years.
Reality tv stardom seems like a fate worse than death.
How about a series on BG commenters? There’s religion,politics, current affairs, and danger. Occasionally some surfing. Even more rare, some humor.
Otherwise known as The Cure for Insomnia™️.
“Hi Bob!”
Now a Who is MOB is a vlog I could get behind.
To quote Joe Turple this is going to be “so much fun to watch!”
i’ve been hand jamming my step-up repeatedly
I nailed a board on my bailey step ladder and it goes pretty bad
I have a second-hand 8m extendable Bailey that a big tree branch fell on and slightly bent. I jumped on it a few times and bent it back enough to slide ok. It lives outside the house hanging on the wall and gets covered on possum piss. Still goes good when I need to get on the roof to brush all the leaves off.
That’s my TED talk for this afternoon, thank you very much. I hope it inspires you to be your best.
Good to see you back son!