"Hey there super cool guy, hope you're having good times making fun of folks from your 'man cave' at mom's house."
I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg saw this future back in 2004 when he pressed the launch button for Facebook? A world where “disinformation” reigns, hurt feelings bloom, professional longboarders excoriated for practicing safety, surf journalists targeted and attacked via unsolicited direct messages.
There I was, minding my own business, trying to find a new backdoor into Kelly Slater’s Instagram account when I noticed there was little orange “1” paper airplane in the upper right corner of my cellular phone screen. Clicking, and expecting a congratulations for nearing 5000 posts on the culturally valuable surf blog BeachGrit, I was instead met with unexpected viciousness.
“Hey there super cool guy,” it began, getting my hopes right up before crashing them right down with, “hope you’re having good times making fun of folks from your ‘man cave’ at mom’s house. Tired of the constant snarky shit that comes out of your mouth when you’re not putting shit up your nose. Unfollowing.”
The growing trend of bashing surf journalists extends to the preeminent thinker Sam George. The man who, legitimately self-coined himself the “King of Rincon” according to a first-person account, was recently and ruthlessly dragged for instructing Tahitians how to properly pronounce their most famous wave.
Chris Cote, rising World Surf League voice, casually dropped a “no cap” in Joel Tudor’s feed and was excoriated for not using the language of a “grown adult man.”
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, understanding the danger, declared:
From 2016 to the end of 2020, UNESCO recorded 400 killings of journalists, a nearly 20 percent decrease from the previous five-year period. The declining trend continued in 2021, with 55 journalists killed.
Yet, the global rate of impunity for killing journalists is worryingly high: nine times out of ten, the case remains unresolved. Where the number of journalist killings is high, so is impunity for these killings, creating a continued cycle of violence.
Journalist imprisonment is at record highs. Online violence and harassment spurs self-censorship and, sometimes, physical attacks. Journalists have also increasingly been attacked while covering protests, by various actors (including both security forces and protest participants).
To say nothing of mean DMs, rude castigations, unnecessary pokings.
Is Sam George the King of Rincon though?
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jungle love…is driving me mad, makin me crazy. Tull also had a version. but GnR’s “Welcome to the Jungle?” a not so very cynical reference to cookin…
Pretty harsh of that guy to hop into your dm’s and threaten to “unfollow” you. Especially when the comment section here is such a fertile ground for trolling. Fortunately trolls are not Goggins’s, (ie fellow surf journalists) so you’re safe from any snapped fellows thin skinned smack. Funny how this guys attacking you online for going after people online, my guess from his Mom’s basement.
Chashoggi
Are you sure you’re a journalist and not a writer?
Dad! never mind…but ur were right all along.
sushi & security & grams…by the kilo/
Out of all the people I believe deserve a punch to the head not a single surf journalist makes the list.
It’s not anger, more pity I feel towards those who occupy the occupation .
Working for the man and Ziff don’t even pay y”all, sad.
live by the ‘gram, die by the ‘gram
Said the 8 ball to The line
hectic. glad the kid is alright.
Such anger over a phone.
Everyone is offended.
Cancel and Hoax.
Sam George isn’t in the third tier at Rincon.
What else?
prep ur longform ala Longtom…well wait.
Guess this guy hasn’t been a follower long enough to enjoy the recent thrills of reading about Chas’s experiences in sailing, investigating in Brasil, etc…poor guy. Wonder what his opinions of Derek are?
Anyone threatening chas and derek, get fucked. you will have to come thru us and you dont want that. We will meet you at the pier! any Pier! all piers! Meet your peers at the pier! fat fucks
Lmao
you think that’s funny do you?
Manly fun pier?
I was just there! got all homesick
Formerly home to the dopesick.
Piers Morgan?
You leave my Meg and Harry out of this!
British Royalty Feuds totally surpasses anything that Sarah and Jonah and/or Joel can create. but that’s The Big Leagues. I prefer this minor league stuff!
It appiers soo.
And I’ll be there too, watching, maybe having a fish or building a sandcastle or eating a sandwich.
Maybe a joint.
Strength in numbers !
I’ll take the photos
Pier bowls…
Back off warchild, seriously.
matt’s nick name. he’s a team player, but has gotten his fair share of feedback…here’s his take on M. Dora:
Most surfers, though, admired Dora, many to the point of zealotry,
believing that Dora lied, stole, and scammed because that was the only
way a genuine surfing purist could get by. Even those who regarded Dora
as little more than an charismatic sociopath felt a kinship with him.
Few played the rebel with Dora’s commitment, but nearly all surfers
embraced the concept and lived the part in smaller ways. Maybe they’d
never commit felonies in the name of wave-riding, but for a few extra
hours in the surf they’d ditch class or leave work early; or lie to
their parents, their boss, their wife; or speed through red lights just
to get to the beach two minutes quicker. Dora’s transgressions were
everyone’s, writ large. By championing him, surfers championed
themselves.
Send any complaints to here…
I,m surprised Taj Burrow is so easily offended
Pretty sure Chas was ragging on Taj as a name in a recent poddy, could explain it
Well it is a fucken stupid name
mayall or mahal?
I would rather be Taj than Chas any day. Taj made a heap of coin, surfed pretty good, nice wife and had a few women whilst on the tour. Chas on the other hand lives in the USA. I think that says it all.
let’s compare their man caves…DR? or length of johnson’s? or skin texture. or clothing style?
Usually self inflicted.
Is this 4990? im losing track!!
Yes! 4990! Ten more to go! Have you bought your celebratory candles yet?
im sourcing 5000 candles today from ebay – best fossil fuel ones i can find
Bigger waves around the corner.
will any sport’s a’thlete reach 5K?
We burned all of our candles for Kelly and Giselle… sorry.
Will believe it when I see it….#thelastmileisthelongest
i obviously cant fucking read too i just noticed
I cannot be alone when I admit to not reading Chas’ articles but instead scroll straight down to read the comments.
You’re missing out.
Been doing that for a few years, always skip anything that says David Lee Scales too.
This is appalling. Who on earth would write such vile? You don’t deserve this Chas. We’re here for you mate.
So, is tajisdog actually Sheesha in disguise?
who would ever say theyre the king of anything, i question your source!
Chas is gonna be fucked when the Saudis buy the tour.
fly Emirates