"A culture of inclusivity that embraces everyone lie at the heart of each sport!"
Happy joy news spread through surfing faces, most recently, with the unexpected announce that exploding telephone conglomerate Samsung would be sponsoring the World Surf League, once again, ahead of big Olympic summer. Surf fans will no doubt remember the Korean megabrand’s first toe water into King Sport almost ten years ago when a pre-troubled Gabriel Medina was given talking surfboard friend.
The World Surf League had only just been rebranded then and hope plus optimistic were in plenty supply.
“Unlike other sports, in professional surfing, the athletes are away from the fans from their country almost the entire year. Even during practice, surfers spend hours out at sea, while their coaches are on the shore. These distances are obstacles to the athletes’ evolution and motivation. With the help of Samsung’s technology, we created the Galaxy Surfboard, a board that will connect Medina with his coach and fans while he’s out in the water, in real time,” said Marcelo Reis, co-president of Leo Burnett Tailor Made statement.
While the talking surfboard friend did not make a major impact, new exciting plans are in the play with Stephanie Choi, EVP & Head of Marketing of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics, declares, “Surfing, skateboarding and breaking, though proudly unique, share a foundation. Open mindset to try new things, the determination to push the limits of what’s possible and a culture of inclusivity that embraces everyone lie at the heart of each sport. These attributes are something we at Samsung are also passionate about, and we are honored to support these three organizations and their athletes and recognize their communities — not only as the countdown to Paris 2024 continues, but as they work to open their sports to the world every day.”
Open mindset to try new things to the moon.
No word how quietly disappeared World Surf League partner Apple feels about dynamic relationship poking.
More later.
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Tell them to bring the WSL app to their fucking TVs then…strangely absent from their App Store.
To imagine the wolfknuckle lurking under that kilt terrifies me and makeS my throat pipe tighten in horror.
I read somewhere that you can be born in a Samsung hospital and be buried in a Samsung Conner Coffin.
Are you sure this press release isn’t from 2016 like the last one
Where’s the live thread Chastity?
too busy hiding eastereggs full of homeless shooters
If only Samsung
Had given that board to Flip
He’d be Pipe Master
Inclusivity so woke and hot right now! What a time to be alive!!…
Sasha man handling that section..
Why was the turtle looking at his phone? He wanted to take a shellfie!
So are genies!
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Dane would be all over this is he was allowed to post!
I’m not lost. I just don’t believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Genie’s, or God.
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Yeah, you lost me at Holy Spirit and God.
Just consider everything you read from Chas as being about his hangover. At least that gives an excuse for his senseless babble.
I’m concerned no one has talked about how hot Sasha looks in concert with the well positioned poking comment from Chas
open shmopen — just tell me whether I can get the semis and finals on Youtube if I watch on a Samsung TV???
This is a story of a non story , or I can’t read English any more .