A multi-layered eco-thriller!
Hours ago, the notable American magazine Vanity Fair published an epic tale sure to excite surfers the world over. Oh you must read but, in a word or two, it features two Australian surfers who fell in love with Fiji’s Cloudbreak, bought some property on a nearby island in order to build small eco huts only to run smack dab into the middle of a nasty development that did not heed sound environmental practices, a scientist with dreams of shaving reefs in order to create Surf Ranches in the ocean, a frustratingly unconcerned Fijian government, China’s Belt and Road initiative with cameo appearances by the world’s greatest surfer Kelly Slater and Gawker destroyer Peter Thiel.
Wow.
Making things even better, the business is set to become a must-see documentary.
Helen Estabrook, Global Head of Film & Television, Condé Nast Entertainment, said, “On its surface, this is a thrilling David vs. Goliath tale centered on a five-acre patch of coastline in Fiji. Thanks to (writer) David Kushner’s cinematic storytelling, we’re introduced to those whose livelihoods depend on that slice of shoreline and suddenly the stakes become much higher. It’s a classic Vanity Fair examination of power, and what’s possible when people have the courage to challenge it.”
Ethan Goldman, Founder and CEO, Anchor Entertainment, added, “Kushner’s investigative reporting presents a pressing urgency as it pertains to the complicated nature of global tourism. With this complex story we aim to present a multi-layered eco-thriller, all set within the visually stunning backdrop of Fiji’s pristine yet fragile natural beauty.”
Multi-layered eco-thrillers seem like a new genre ripe for further development and I am excited for my phone to ring, Hollywood studio on other end, about a story I wrote last year following professional surfer Kanoa Igarashi as he plants a bush in Western Australia in order to help the World Surf League save the earth from collapse.
Cannes here I come.
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Cornelius!
agree that it was a pretty asshole move to cite a dictionary. Almost as weak as repeating an old bit and disguising it w/ an eco-thriller angle. Almost …
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The final nail in the coffin…. when the first trans storm the women’s tour. It will be phenomenal to see all those nice talking girls get destroyed by a Transdude on their tour! Even the queen queer will hate it! LOL
Broken clocks are right twice a day, and all that. Maybe we need a new pandemic to get the best out of Chas again?
Same story from 60 minutes a year or so ago. In all seriousness, fuck those destructive cunts
Negs–let the Gorilla get creative. Be like Chandler and sub out some new designs to the haole.
Silkwood was my favorite.
How they brainwashed us all that “nuclear is bad!” by scrubbing Cher raw in the shower.
Is that what turned Chaz Bono into a dude?
Or made Sonny ski into that tree?
I appreciate you returning my Confederate Flag badge. It was beginning to feel pointless playing the banjo without the rebel red flying high.
Lee vs Grant rematch?
more kelly
This information of recent beer sales is more interesting https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Waaaay more interesting
Take the Bud challenge!!
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Why did I laugh at that???
Its harder than it looks!!
Hot off the press. First of the latest range from Hurluley. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Chas’s wife commission this one?
Dunno man, he seems to be raking it in.
Flashdance (1983)
You’re a funny cunt.
Funny lookin’. That’s fer sure.
maybe an eco-thriller badge?
Went on a little nostalgia run…this is not the Thai on the Beach article, but from the same era, and the comments feature an epic showdown between Chas, DR and a seriously disgruntled Stab writer (w/ a number of cheap kidney punches from other BG commenters). Epic stuff: https://beachgrit.com/2020/…
Wow, that was interesting..
That was fun! Thank you for digging up.
That was a good one also.
Dr. Neil Postman: “We are entertaining ourselves to death.”
me: “Surfing is the last portal for my entertainment…We are killing ourselves, softly.”
Thanks, Roberta Flack.
And no, Pras wasn’t getting any credit especially after his RICO conviction last week.
yes, and no. who’s Pras? taking flack?
Pras is the dude from The Fugees who did the cover of Kiliing Me Softly.
He was convicted of racketeering for something to do with the ChiComs.
All very convoluted, in my book, but when the Federales decide to prosecute you don’t stand a chance.
what a weird coincidence!
Anyone here spotted the bald one at Snapper yet? Goatsnake had alluded competing in it, but WSL has no entrance list yet (granted it is 3 days away)…
Yeah he was there straight after WA
You mean “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!”
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His Chinese Girlfriend’s sister got married on Oahu over the weekend and he attended the wedding.
If you prats weren’t blocked from all of his and his adjacent social media you’d be in the know like me.
He was surfing snapper last week I’ve heard from multiple sources. Maybe jumped back to Hawaii for a bit, climate conscious traveller that he is
I shall keep a close eye on the Instagram accounts of those in his orbit and report back as soon as his location has been confirmed!
You need to start a website that has actual surfing info, instead of mostly Giselle/Kelly clickbait. I would subscribe for actual information. But BG is kinda funny. More like a comedy site than actual surf news site.
Yes, but is there any actual surfing???
There’s a list and he’s confirmed, along with six other CTers.
how’s ya ribs???
Still sore as hell, MC. Relying on painkillers to get by, which isn’t great.
Yeah right.
Thanks Stu for some actual surfing info.
Wages of Fear (1953).
great movie
Who will play Kelly in the movie, and more importantly who will play his nemesis Chas Smith?
“Show me the money(ball)…” If there’s no Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kelly Preston, Renee Zellweiger, Cuba Gooding , it’ll be a “B” movie.
But ‘must have’ narration by Chas, ’cause his voice sounds just like ELO’s…who will fold? who will deal?
The real heart of the movie would be both of them in the same shark cage…
It woulda been aaron carter fo sure had he not ODd on deoderant
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These famous actors can play Chas
Fruity https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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Wimpy
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Dopey https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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Snotty https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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Little boy https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
They’re all suitable for different scenes
Snotty, definitely Snotty.