Incel gonna incel.
Sam George, the very definition of a silver hair’d fox, early adopter of male earrings, brother to a star of In God’s Hands hours ago left five commenters utterly reeling. Openly weeping in the streets. Burning mid-1990s copies of Surfer Magazine.
Devastated.
Once considered the surf Buddha, a modern reincarnation of Hawaiian kahunas, George has long guided the faithful in their understanding of this Sport of Kings. His many boat trips to the Mentawis, discoveries and experiences, opinions and other opinions showed the way to a fuller understanding of Sam George and why he is the most important person in surfing and maybe, just maybe, the most important person in the the world.
Alas, one trip to Lemoore, California has shattered this illusion of perfection.
He was, of course, present for the just-wrapped Surf Ranch Pro. There on assignment from proudly involuntarily celibate outdoor website The Inertia.
It must be assumed George, himself, also unwillingly abstains from pleasure after splitting from North Shore’s Nia Peeples.
In any case, he opened his piece describing the town as if Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch opened yesterday and the event as if it was its first running.
The Inertia readers following along giddy.
Except then a bizarre turn. A twist into pure and outright disinformation not seen since Stalin.
“I’ve come to the conclusion that in its current incarnation not only is the Surf Ranch Pro one of the most exciting events on the tour,” the demigod wrote, “but is as essential to establishing the WCT’s authority as any A+ day at big Pipeline and Teahupo’o.”
Not satisfied with that cloying subservient nonsense he proceeded to illustrate the point with nods to WSL Fantasy Surfer and those enjoy WSL Fantasy Surfer.
Incel gonna gonna get incel, I suppose, though even The Inertia readers were entirely unprepared for the enlightened one praising a machine.
“Must be nice to view from the VIP section. It’s definitely not an event for the general public,” the first wrote. “‘Woodstock 23’ 2 hour lines for food, little to no shade, can’t see half of the waves from where you stand. Overflowing portapotties. Walls are too high for children to view. It’s an event for the staff and ‘VIPs’. Scoring was uneventful as well as the event itself. Happy we went to say we went and to let everyone know they’re not missing out on anything.
“In WSL’s pocket much? Heard you weren’t even there the last day…..” added a second.
“Gag,” the pile on continued.
The two other comments equally unflattering and hurtful.
George is, no doubt, at home reading and re-reading each of them. Maybe dreaming up sick burns that would land, heavy, in 1984.
Responding “I know you are but what am I?”
“Cool comment. NOT!”
Ouch.
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Sam was the coolest cat out on a perfect day at Scorpion Bay! He’s a true soul surfer and so much fun to be in the water with!
We all gotta make money. Why be a hater? All pro surfers are sell-outs anyway. Go catch a wave and stop whining!
Ha! Thanks for swinging by, Sam. But come play for reals! This “Coco Lebowitz” is unbecoming.
Remember, this is wave riding, NOT surfing. It would take 200 mph wind to see surf in a pool. At least 50% of surfing is paddling to the perfect spot in an ocean.
I am positive it is fun, but it is not surfing.
GA? general admission…sheesh. you’re VIP!
my repost from 2 months ago on his other boast:
there were NO Inertian comments…he made that up. So I posted as a guest:
I heard Salsipuedes was a great spot from guys that were kayakin’
Raul’s. but Surfer Mag was pushing mainland Mex, so I by-passed Baja and
went straight to Mazatlan, Stoner’s San Blas, & Matachen Bay. guys
in kayaks there said K-55 was a hot spot. long trip and ended up at 3Ms.
There was one response to my post: thumbs down. I think it was Sam! Hi Sam…
Here because of my google news alert on Propagandhi.
WTF am I reading. What is this article? Is this what AI generated content looks like??
You have a google news alert on Propagandhi? That is core unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Welcome to BeachGrit. You’re amongst friends here.
In Black vans through cow dust at that…
feel a bit sorry form little Sammy….he was always on the outer ,back in da good ol’ days, because he was so ……bland and normal…….was never relevant , some things never change!
When does Tom Curren surf?
I’m still upset no one bothered to check out the cows or even interview a cowboy/ cowgirl for their views.
Typical one eyed reporting from the typical surf media types
Is Nia Peeples related to Nias? Or People, generally?
Or Jeeples Creeples , Where’dja Get Dem Peeples?
I often wonder the Sam…
just paid for shills with nothing but shitty ad copy to file.
Posted same in another article but here’s an even shorter version. Until they fill in all these empty boxes the judging will be guesswork patchwork foreverlemoore. And shit’ll keep flying
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these are the moves that caught their eyes. if surf pic editors were judges…https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne…
The WSL bought this gross, boring, experiment (suffer much) they don’t rent it. Sam may be trying to pad the value on a deal to sell the WSL for all we know. I’m not too sure this turds worth shining tho
right’s to MTV?
Yes the drama of how they’re going to throw the heat to surfers undeserving on the same boring, monotonous wave time after time. You can tell the right people in management have arrived by replacing boring stops like Fiji and Indonesia with Cowdung Ranch and Trestles
Sam is a wanker.
Keep that phrase handy for all your Amazon shipping friends.
the contest results brought a lot of natives out of their forests to save the trees…
Sam, Nick, Evan, et al talked at the surfing community. One way Ad Copy.
If you got through the gauntlet, your criticism was reduced to an edited version of Fuck You for trying.
Blogging destroyed the corporate insularity. The general public could react without the magazine’s support, the curtain had been pulled back.
Is it a surprise that the former “voices” of the sport have struggled in a new era of exchange?
Or gone awfully quiet .
His style of cash for comment blanc mange has been out of date for over a decade.
How does he still get published?
Uses his alter ego name: George Sam
Surely a prime candidate for the next CEO of the WSL
Hahaha fuck. It’s funny because it’s true.