Big trouble in little Tahiti.
Our surfers are, officially, arriving at the Teahupo’o Olympics, buzz filling the tropical air, thrill and excitement, what could be and might be etc. The Games officially kick off in four days with a parade down Paris’ famed Seine some 10,000 miles away. Filipe Toledo, John John Florence, Vahine Fierro etc. will not be there, of course, though there must be some sort of celebration at the End of the Road, no?
I don’t know. I will be holding a table off the Champs-Elysees though Surfer Magazine is sending two artificially intelligent bots to cover Tahiti from the shadow of the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee and “they” might have more information but, in the meantime, our heroes and heroines should be walking on egg shells as troubles present at every turn.
Take the case of German shoe giant Adidas, a sponsor who, one might think, would employ teams of public relations and lawyers informing, guiding, keeping out of problems and especially in light of recent Kanye West business. But here we are with them super busted for celebrating the ’72 Munich Games ahead of Teahupo’o with pro-Palestinian model Bella Hadid as face.
You certainly recall, at least through reading, when 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the breakaway Fatah group Black September.
Adidas pulled the ads, apologized, Hadid has hired lawyers and a giant mess.
Optics, as they say, but if Adidas can step right in it what about Quiksilver, Hurley, Rip Curl?
Are our surfers double checking signifiers of their partners before paddling?
I don’t know that I would trust Big Surf farther than I could throw it these days.
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Did you see Brazil’s homage to the band Status Quo with their sweet denim jackets? Denim rock is back!
It’s not that abrahamistic religion is any more profound than Greek or Roman gods, it’s just that it makes it way easier to brainwash iron age people.
Just imagine the carnage if they had surfing in the Olympics 5/10 years ago , I doubt they would have been able to complete a single round of negative drug tests.
And reading of Golda Meir’s My Life and Begin’s Revolt! Followed, for balance, by Said’s Orientalism. Many late nights, candles burning.
Dez you should report from Chopes just to mess with Chas
I’m glad you put effort into finding some balance I try to do the same. I should probably read more instead of YouTube
Adidas support Israel genocide, this is evil, for example see what the language western media uses when the talk about Russia and Hamas then compare it to the language they use when they talk about Israel and Ukraine: https://www.medialens.org/2024/aligned-with-israels-propaganda-strategy-bbc-correspondent-challenges-the-bbc-director-general/
Griff prepping to watch the Opening ceremonies on the beat up second hand laptop he received as a signing bonus with Quik that used to belong to Kelly filled with of videos of Kelly sticking quarters wrapped in chewing gum into the mouths of Asian blow up dolls
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He’s so cute. I could just squeeze him!
The germans were just trolling the israelis, I mean they’re not that stupid.
it’s a pity north Korea didn’t qualify, rip curl could have sponsored them
great place to defect though, just pretend you drowned, then go live on an island with some vahini wearing coconut shell bra and grass skirt.
Wait a minute, Germany has islands I can defect to full of women wearing grass skirts and coconut shell bras???
If you have a time machine you could go back to German controlled new Guinea, but doubt that’s the kind of woman you’d want to be fooling around with…
Think they can condense a 4-day competition into a single day on the 27th?
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Different reports, same location…get it together Surfline https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
ugh, you mean to tell me that I need to switch to that stupid nouveau color scheme to get the most up to date forecast?
Or the update gives me the wrong report, who knows?
Well…it IS surfline.
Thinking one can understand Middle Eastern politics and religion is nothing more (or less) than foolish.
I think it’s fairly straightforward—neither side wants to compromise and both sides think that they are the chosen people of the same stupid deity.
Stop illustrating your ignorance. You’re blabbering total nonsense
Whoah there—looks like we have a PhD in Middle Eastern political and religious studies in the commentariat. Pray tell how your opinion is more informed or qualified than mine or any other of the other BG below the line denizens? All I got is a history minor/political science major, I will concede, but if you’ve a link to your dissertation on the subject, I’ll gladly take a look.
Fun fact post WW2 Bella Hadids family in Palestine accepted a Jewish family into their home after their refugee ship was turned down entry into the UK and New York. Two years later the same family locked them out of their generational home and threatened to kill them if they tried to re-enter it.
You realise Derek’s going to retort with 50 articles about brave little Israel now, don’t you?
Who gives a fk. The vats out of the bag for most blind fools regarding that terrorist state. Zionism = Satanism.
They Hadidn’t see that one coming?
HaHaha Diddidid!
You been listening to mad ol Candace Owens?
The elephant in all rooms is religion.
YouYou’ve been listening to the media? You’re heads been buried in the sand your whole life? Killing and starving 10s of thousands children is OK? You’re a
Had a crush on her years ago. Been doing more than just listening. Many late nights with my hands under the duvet, candles burning.
Sounds like a BS story to me
Lazy and ignorant congratulations
This is an insanely racist take supported by zero evidence.
Bella’s maternal side is Dutch so they never lived in the Middle East. Her paternal side fled Palestine to Lebanon in 1948, ultimately settling in Syria before fleeing to Washington DC.
Stop spreading genocidal rhetoric with your baseless anti-Muslim hatred.
Reading comprehension and datelines not your strong points are they. Calm down Susan.