"To make a statement like that is completely moronic and downright disrespectful."
Turmoil in surf fandom, today, after a respected and august surf journalist definitively declared that Hawaii’s Carissa Moore is now the greatest surfer of all-time surpassing Florida’s Kelly Slater. The interaction took place in the bizarre social media landscape of Facebook Messenger, as opposed to the more common Instagram Direct Message, seeing as the surf journalist Chas Smith’s account had been deactivated by Filipe Toledo’s father Ricardo Toledo and his many tears.
The enraged surf fan, using words of violence plus deadnaming, wrote, “Chaz Smith is an idiot. To suggest that Carissa Moore has eclipsed Kelly Slater as the greatest surfer of all time is absolutely absurd. I mean, maybe Chas is just a shit stirrer, but to make a statement like that is completely moronic and downright disrespectful. Kelly Slater is, and always will be the GOAT. No one has had a greater impact on the sport of surfing than Kelly Slater. I am professional journalist with a master’s degree in journalism. Chas Smith is a hack.
Smith, reeling but also feeling history on his side, responded, “Kelly Slater doesn’t have a gold medal.”
Now altogether furious, the surf fan and master journalist leapt back, “That’s your answer? No he doesn’t. But that doesn’t make any of his accomplishments any less than they are. He’s the GOAT. End of story. Do you guys even surf? Or are you just another clickbait website for inclusion and the ninth-place ribbon mentality? Get the fuck outa here. You’re a joke.”
Smith, not understanding, re-iterated that Moore has won a gold medal, not a ninth-place ribbon, and Slater has not.
“You guys are fucking morons,” the final dagger from master journalist but the math is simple. 5 World Championships + 1 gold medal + graceful retirement > 11 World Championships – naming child.
Prove me wrong.
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A degree any where besides the US where it’s proven it can be brought, is just proof you can study and pass exams.
Kanga Cairns vision was for surfing to become a mainstream sport and was the foundation for what we now call competitive surfing , taking that all into account ( plus all the other shit in between) I’m with Chas , Cmoor3 has the gold and the titles , Goat is the Goat of ” proffesional surfing” and that’s all , and to call him the greatest surfer of all time is such a dry root.
Just do what other pro surfers do, pick a topic you know nothing about then choose the first word that comes to mind.
I’m here for the click bait, inclusion, and can I plz have my 9th place ribbon.
The math is simple.
The best Surfer in the water is the one having the most fun.
Problem solved.
This is the Chas I like to see.
Isn’t it called being deplatformed, reduced to quibbling on the same site my mother post flowery memes. Not naming his child though, good point, worth atleast 2 QS 10,000 wins.
sorry, I just woke up from a long snooze under a rock.
Who’s this Master Journalist?….and what is the difference between a Master Journalist and a Journalist, One uses a pen instead of a keyboard?
…and who is Master Journalist calling “You Guys”?
Has he never heard of the Legendary Jen See?
Is it Facebook messenger or Meta messenger or is it still Facebook even though Facebook is Meta?
many questions about this article.
There’s nothing like dropping “I am a professional journalist with a master’s degree in journalism” to validate a purely subjective opinion.
Make bullying great again Chas! Don’t make me throw my M.E.N.S.A. card at you, you hack!…
Clay Marzo.
Charlie, I’m sorry they deadnamed you and I didn’t know you were formerly a woman named Chaz. BG’s coverage of that whole SJL thing hits so different now. What a journey you’ve been on. Thoughts, prayers etc. coming your way
Thoughts, prayers and, hopefully, a Pulitzer.
true, almost as insane as pulling your masters degree card in a social media debate ha ha
Just watched this for the first time recently. What an ending!
DDL might be the GOAT
Also- I think that crazy cunt fucked off Hollywood entirely to go be a cobbler in Ireland or something. What a great human
wow….reduced to facebook messenger; thoughts and prayers
Chas is one less than flattering article about Brazzos away from running Beachgrit via mailing list
This is beautiful darl, what d’ya call these things again ?
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Yeah, but it’s what ya do with ’em…
masters degree lol – the WQS of post-grad work
Nah. You are judged by World Titles, not medals. The medals are a nice addition to the trophy case, but WT’s are the real gold. I don’t make the rules.
Slater fan bois are proper nutz.
Brazilian surf fans going insane over blind love of country and countrymen at least makes sense. I have no idea what somebody gets from really going out of their way to defend Kelly Slater.
The bigger Q is when did Bruce sneak a Master’s in Journalism in under everyone’s watch?
Komodo Dragon: “Hi, my name’s Carissa.”
GOAT: “My name is …whyyyyy!!!”
At least he didn’t leave anything on his plate. That always pisses me off.
Did you grow up in the Great Depression?
Have you been to the grocery store lately?
There’s starving people in Africa!
Faark he was straight into that hey.
Dude, where’s my goat?
If you turn up the volume you can hear the goat wailing inside the dragon’s belly.