The end nigh?
The World Surf League exploded onto our scene not a decade ago when a reclusive billionaire named Dirk Ziff purchased the Association of Surfing Professionals, for free, rebranded it and announced that it would soon be a multi-billion dollar enterprise. New offices were leased in Santa Monica, a whole studio built inside and the momentum of professional surfing was REAL.
Except somewhere along the way, multiple CEOs filtered in then out, mass layoffs occurred, the aforementioned studios were shuttered before making anything, Erik Logan.
Still, only bright and bullish pronouncements came out of those new offices. Viewership up by hundreds of percentages, year on year. Sponsors lining up around the Santa Monica block in order to partner.
Alas, those shining beacons of progress are now officially on the market.
Sale or lease.
There has been no word, clearly, from the World Surf League itself. The organization, which operates as a cut-rate North Korea, loves nothing more than despising its audience, though a sale to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE must be even closer.
Will Stab hear the news ten minutes before you or I?
Jessi Miley-Dyer whispering the news while her minder is having a pee pee break?
Likely.
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cheap property that can now be blended into a squatter’s paradise. just as it was!
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Crisis…what?
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Dumping costs to build sell price platform. I guess this next year they try to salvage the financial charts and cut cost to prove it CAN be profitable.
Come on Chas, just because a property’s freehold is sold does not mean the lease is being terminated or transferred.
We all know that , but that’s imiterial.
They moving into this – looks far more appropriate!!https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
keep digging…microfiche~or betta check in with the moving company before they scatter~estate sale?
😂
What, no graffiti ?
Jessi Miley-Dyer whispering that Sharia law is not that bad as the Worst Surf Location office moves to an even worse surf location.
They had a ten year lease they didn’t own it.
Actually their 10 year lease was up, don’t need a facility with a studio that you don’t use.
Looks like a rub and tug shopfront
Holy fuck. Was that the HQ!?
You can’t script this comedy!!
Rebranding!
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Even for BG this is nonsensical. A commercial building being sold doesn’t mean the companies leasing space in said commercial building are bailing out or being let out of their leases.
Jen See being the best writer on this site isn’t only due to her tremendous skills, Chas; it’s also due to you phoning it in like this.
Uhhhh when the WSL made a big deal of their HQ then quietly abandons?
Abandoned? They’re still there. The owner of the building is selling the property 100% leased. That just means the WSL will be writing their monthly rent checks to someone new when the property sells.
There seem to be some missing facts (naturally so, this is BG). Do the WSL own the building or lease it? Is the property for sale or for lease?
Leased
Stay in your fucking lane Chas! This is DR Estate Grit territory!
So how do surf execs getted paid?
So how do surf execs get paid?
Your local government tax’s giffted to them through local goverment tourism funding the events , I thought everyone knew that ??
my local takes 10 years to build a bike path!
Run tours like they do in the old mental asylums 😬
worked in Camarillo Mental Institute during its demo. now as a CalStateUni. some fam & friends graduated. hard to tell the patients from the grads.
As a CI alumni, I agree.
Sage the fuck out of that joint.
Xox
World Spirits League
Haha. The ghost of Elo haunts like an unflushable poo!
Xox
Bobby says it loud & clear
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Man WSL don’t need no office , it’s all on the cloud man , they can and obviously do run it of a prepaid mobile phone while sitting on a bannana lounge by the pool in Bali.
Very true! JMD does most of her job poolside with a fruity drink in her hand.