"I’m watching you violate what you allegedly stand for. You’re the real bully.”
The United States presidential race has taken a surf turn few saw coming. Down to the wire with every vote worth its weight in Conan Hayes, Republican Donald J. Trump and Democrat Kamala D. Harris are attempting to appeal to any community, every community, including we surfers.
Generally split down the middle, neither leaning hard left nor hard right, American surfers could very easily tilt the election if they could be pushed one way or the other. And, currently, the Republicans appear to be pushing harder.
It all began with one-time Democratic darling Tulsi Gabbard endorsing Trump. The former congresswoman from Hawaii, and The Inertia keynote speaker, and the “most famous surfer in American politics since Richard Nixon,” broke with the pack, declaring at a recent rally, “This (Biden) administration has us facing multiple wars on multiple fronts in regions around the world and closer to the brink of nuclear war than we ever have been before. This is one of the main reasons why I’m committed to doing all that I can to send President Trump back to the White House, where he can once again serve us as our commander-in-chief. Because I am confident that his first task will be to do the work to walk us back from the brink of war.”
Inspiring.
RFK Jr., surf great Kelly Slater’s pick, also endorsed Trump and now appearing side by side with Gabbard and healthy drink joints. Even though the 11x World Champion has stated that he has “never voted,” his position is clear.
And now the Team Trump Train fixes its scope on another powerful surf figure.
Former World Surf League CEO Erik Logan.
In an early morning message, Trump took to Truth Social to scream, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” after the pop sensation publicly supported Harris. The move, from Trump, thought to be directly aimed at the aforementioned Logan and his many thousand fans.
Logan has, of course, become an influencer after his stint atop professional surfing, though surfing still very much infuses his content. He recently reshared the story about how a “magic wetsuit” given to him by his family allowed him to overcome his fear of the ocean and embrace the surfing life. Anyhow, the Oklahoman has also publicly denounced Taylor Swift.
But who could forget when Logan took to Twitter, five years ago, to lash Taylor Swift with, “For someone who draws such power from being the ‘voice’ and against all the things you talk about, I’m watching you violate what you allegedly stand for. You’re the real bully.”
Powerful and very clearly deep seated.
Will Trump sharing the same sentiment push Logan into his camp?
A triumvirate of Gabbard-Slater-Logan enough to swing the entire surf vote red?
Wild days.
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You will not get any continents back. They were taken fair and square: by force. To the victors go the spoils of war… so stop crying about it.
Natural Law 101: might is right.
And in this current state of global affairs, discounting more favourable alternatives, I’d rather the Seppos be in charge, than Ping or Putin. We have a long way to go. Chins up.
It seems to me that Donald’s a really not nice person, and Kamala’s a puppet.
Hey there La Razla Dazla,
You’re new here, eh? been reading some of you comments, and first of all I don’t live on your continent. other than that, I am Tsalagiyi Nvdagi Texas Cherokee and a direct descendant of Chief Diwali so maybe you should pack your ass.
BTW- My wife is a “brown person” of hispanic descent, is a 1st generation “legal” immigrant and has way darker skin than you…….soooooooooo……..
C Ya’ Kook
100%
Don’t forget the veterans! And McCain!
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Tiny Feet too.
*weird?
*young cock
It seems to me that Donald’s a bit of a cunt, and Kamala’s a puppet.
It seems to me that Donald’s a bit of a cnt, and Kamala’s a puppet.
It seems to me that Donald’s a bit of a cunt, and Kamala’s a puppet.
It seems to me that Donald’s a bit of a cunt, and Kamala’s a puppet.
there’s also the letter U!
No you told me what I was thinking was dark but I need you to clarify which thought exactly you are referring to. You seem to be lashing out which is affecting your articulation perhaps.
she’s out buying ammo.
i told her you’re not worth it.
she said, “don’t worry, it’s a gift card.”
those are all evangelical christian values though
Seems if we could get the priests and pastors to wear glitter, we could solve a lot more of the pedophile cases in the US. I mean if drag queens were molesting kids in the same numbers, you wouldn’t need to be a really good detective to follow the trail…
What did I think?
make yourself useful. go get me a beer
Damn thats dark bro lol