"Some of my most cherished memories will be on the sidelines, cheering on the Sooners with a dear friend."
Though it seems a lifetime ago, it was only this past summer that saw surfing rocked to its very core. Erik Logan, the everything, everywhere all at once CEO of the World Surf League, was in Brazil posting yet another to-camera video to Instagram one moment, fired in the most terse press release ever the next.
“Erik Logan is no longer with the company.”
Surf fans were left scratching their heads, trying to piece together a plausible narrative that led to his dismissal.
All silent from World Surf League which went back to the work of destroying professional surfing.
All silent, too, from Erik Logan who hid from his shame.
Until yesterday, that is, when the Oklahoman with the magical wetsuit of armor reemerged to remember himself in the death of country legend Toby Keith who lost his battle with stomach cancer earlier in the day.
I grew up in the country music industry alongside Toby. I was blessed to call him a friend. As a very young DJ in OKC, I intro’ed him at Chastains with his Easy Money Band, with many a late night talking about life, careers and dreams. When he went to Nashville, most people didn’t expect the meteoric rise, but I did, I saw it first hand, long before he ever recorded Should’ve been a Cowboy.
I had the honor of being the first person to interview TK when “Cowboy” went #1, his debut single, a feat never done by an Oklahoman, live on the air on KOCO-TV, it was like we were still at that bar in Moore OK. From there a we always held up many Red Solo Cup post concerts, and loved OU Football. Some of my most cherished memories will be on the sidelines, cheering on the Sooners with a dear friend.
Sending love and light to Trish and the entire family, and everyone today who mourns the loss of TK.
Rest in peace Cowboy. Many a Red Solo Cups will be raised today with your name in black sharpie.
Surf fans left, at the end, to wonder if Logan has ended his self-imposed exile. The water-testing seems to be going well with surf luminaries such as Tom Carroll and Peter Joli Wilson consoling.
Hope springing.
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The sooner this cunt necks himself, the better we’ll all be.
#howtotieaknotwithelo
Did Griff consule him
fish fry directed at elo…tossin tilapia as hard as we can!
Where’s your brain?
not one mention of Felipe Toledo.
Where’s your brain?
What a nice tribute to Tony Keith… I mean to yourself cowboy Logan.. drizzle dick
https://youtu.be/CILiDFcZUt…
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The plan was for an infiltration of “surfing”. They sat at one of their satanic opra-h sleepovers, and drank blood and voiced their distaste for being shunned by actual surfers…
Opra-h: “I’ll just buy the clown show, and send Okie cuck to grenade the whole thing”
I am still shocked that the CEO of the WSL was born and raised in Oklahoma and was once a “country music DJ in Oklahoma City.” Who could have guessed that he would run the league into the ground? Rest Easy Toby Keith.
Cool dude emerges from obscurity to mourn islamophobic taste maker.