Stab in the awkward.
The stink of former World Surf League CEO Erik Logan will live on in the memories of those who suffered (read: lived, laughed, loved) under his reign. He built monuments, during that five year run, to his own gross incompetence. Temples of profound embarrassment including “The Momentum of Professional Surfing is Real,” Surf Girls: Hawai’i and, possibly most awkward, The Ultimate Surfer.
The reality series which premiered on ABC and hosted by former NFL quarterback Jessie Palmer plus voice of surfing Joe Turpel, was a train wreck of preposterous proportion. The premise that a surf great was hiding amidst QS castoffs and influencers was ludicrous, hosting it at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch was idiotic and Zeke Lau winning then being dubbed “The Ultimate Surfer” was completely laughable.
Viewership numbers tanked immediately as the general public could smell Logan’s dubious waft from miles away and it was immediately cancelled upon finish never to be seen again.
Until.
Popular subscription surf blog Stab, as part of its Stab Highway offering, plagiarized a segment wherein contestants were forced to paddle longboards for prizes or some such.
The Stab Highway program, already plagiarized from Thrasher’s King of the Road, dusting off parts of The Ultimate Surfer and forcing the public to relieve Logan’s shame was too much, for some, and the iconic Instagram account Kook of the Day let the Oceanside-based premium website have it with a searing side-by-side comparison.
Surf fans left wondering if Stab will choose to replicate the infamous moment when Logan made a t-shirt of Brazilian champion Filipe Toledo’s chest tattoo, complete with nipples, and had the lionhearted little man undress on camera but pretend they did it first.
Oops.
Yet – we STILL DON”T KNOW why Erik Logan was fired as CEO of the WSL, as none of the so-called “surf journalists” has the professional competence to actually do any journalism to uncover the truth and publish it.
Except we do. Keep up!
Only vague rumours and hearsay – no facts.
Where is the story “Erik Logan fired for . . . . “
That’s right – not published, because none of the so-called “surf journalists” has the story.
We’re just going to have to wait until the wooz gets sold.
All the surf journos know by now but won’t say a fuckn thing coz mates and money and ndas. Thick as thieves.
Bullshit, never been stated other than stupid references to Wolf of Wall Street.
Is Sam jockeying for a potential WSL CEOship?
no former mag editors…only current ones?
I am John Henry vs. The Machine! I will beat AI with such sheer stupidity that it will explode trying to keep up then I’ll lay down my computer and die.
she want’s to get a hold of ya?
keep calm & carry on…
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E…
What is STAB ?
I think it’s like the inertia for younger surf-identifying people without jobs and go to lots of parties.
Bullseye*
Sometimes I realize I pay $75 a year to watch “How surfer’s get paid and SITD”. Not the best return on investment.
I’d nominate 2% as the rip-off of the month.
Chapter 11 releases Outta the Rafters. And now Lost and 2% are releasing Out of the Attic. Same exact concept.
2% club is just the mouseketeers of surf world
Rockaway Beach shark attack victim ‘lost 20 pounds of flesh’ after bite: sources
“[It’s] definitely a shark bite,” Dr. Gavin Naylor, the Program
Director at the Florida Program for Shark Research, told The Post after
seeing an image of the victim’s wound.
“Looks as though it was a fairly clean single bite with some force.
You can see the spacing between the teeth,” he continued while noting he
would need to see the other side of the woman’s leg “to narrow the
species down.”
My question: go ‘find the 20 pounds’? was there a before and after weigh-in?
Shit Talk About Beach grit (STAB)
From the author of, “surfline man”…
“Stab Highway” is an intentional copy of Thrasher Magazines long running “King of the Road” (now Vice might be running it?). Stab naming it “Stab Highway” is clearly paying homage to Thrasher’s original idea. Come on Chas, I get it, you need to blame your middle age disinterest on everything but the fact that you’re just getting old. But equating this with ultimate surfer is only a sign of being an out of touch grumpy old guy (who happens to be a surf gossip blogger too).
Thegreenroomtimes called it first, and they are never wrong. Jah bless.
But tell me C Web, if you take away the fact that every Stab Highway challenge has the young, mostly male competitors in their skivvies, what is it that interests you about the clips?
There’s young men in skivvies? Are they Jah blessed, or jobless? Better question- What percentage of people that say Jah bless are jobless?
Only Jah know
He’s in that angsty transitional period. I can sympathise.
But on the upside, he’s well on the way to be becoming a full blown sad-sack, like me.
Hey it’s the main demographic of surfers now. I’m sure we can all relate sometimes!
I haven’t watched either of them but something tells me I would like King of the Road better. I see enough of Zeke’s face when I turn on Youtube and it shows me its recommendations.
Ya a King of the Road is a good franchise. I like that Stab’s giving it a shot. Some of the challenges that look to just make somebody suffer through something lack creativity and entertainment value to me. But, some of the challenges are creative too. They seem to air contestants criticisms which I appreciate. As far as Zeke goes, that vloggy claimy personality type I typically find annoying, but I like that Zeke seems to always be game for the challenge, hyping people up, etc.. It cracks me up how natural that in your face style is for him. He kinda owns the pitfalls of it too.
KOTR is sick. Stab Highway is not.
I heard a rumor that Stab is hiring Erik Logan as an article contributor/contest analyzer.
Grit of the Highway:
Four teams of lifelong intermediate surfers compete against each other to complete surf and land-based challenges that involve posting Disqus comments about such challenges rather than any actual surfing or other physical activity.
too reality~
1. We should all agree that there will be no more articles about, or discussion of, Elo until one of you fools that claims to know what happened states what actually happened (and not some fucked up reference to Wolf of Wall Street, that’s just made up bullshit.
2. All for the bashing of Stab and that piece of shit Ashole (although McIntosh doesn’t seem like too bad of a guy).
The Stab-bashing is pretty sad, at least they put out original content.
The only good thing about the article is the Stab bashing. Those guys are a bunch of pussy ass clowns.
Have you watched Stab High, How Surfers Get Paid, Stab 100, SITD, etc? It’s good shit.
STAB sux!
That lastest Twiggy Baker HSGP was epic.
Behind the Andy documentary, that might have been the most interesting content they’ve rolled out since switching to the subscription model
Twiggy is always interesting.
Even sniffing out waves through fog, good reads.
Unfortunately, no. Can’t stomach the idea of paying those guys.
Well Sam is doing well and surfing all the time and making a good living for his family. Better than being a bitter writer like BG.
Do you wear a strange looking hat that makes you look more homely than you already are?
Your just cooked I suspect.
Lighten up Sammy. Its all in the name of good bantering fun.
Sam is about 10 years younger than me. I’m old and cranky and will drop in with no hesitation. No I don’t own a hypto crypto.
kick out~
Agree on the content, just hate Stab Highway as it’s too similar to KOTR and just not a good version unfortunately. I suppose they are giving it a go which is nice.
Agreed, Stab may be owned by a douche and run by a pumped up midget, but at least they occasionally put out original content. Rather than “reporting” on every every little surf-adjacent blip no matter how insignificant.
We all should agree? You realise you don’t have to read any articles that don’t align with your personal boundaries.
“Wizard of BG” starring Neg as OZ, Chas as Wicked Witch of the West, Derricks as Glinda…..Wiggly Paddling Style as Toto….
You may be onto something, although I’d cast Negs as the Tinman, Wiggs as OZ, and Otto as Toto (that anagram, etc.)
Can I be Toto’s nuts!?!? Xox
Thank you for your grammatical correction. And you don’t to comment on comments that don’t align with your personal boundaries. Whatever the fuck that’s suppose to mean, I have no idea.
Is it that time of month for ya?
I’m shifting house. Tolerance levels are pretty low.
Put money where those headaches are, and your day is better! Let someone else schlep your life.
Can only echo Scorn here, Removalists. They make a move 10x less cunty.
Still in town ? Or out a bit ?
One block back from the worst wave in Town. Rose bushes and retiree’s all round. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Mate! Grab a gran on tap!
You’ll be known “Young Nega, The Ram.”
Those are the best kind