“It broke my heart to see my little boy so excited to go into your store and then to come out so emotional and crying…”
A sad Daddy has taken to Google Reviews to slam an Australian surf store after what he says what a case of mistaken identity that led to his little man leaving the joint in tears.
“I went in there last Friday morning with my 10-year-old son who’d saved $150:00 dollars of his own money to put towards his first surfboard I’d be making up the difference,” writes Phueng Morley.
“On entering we saw a local legend who’d won a world surfing title back in the late nineties after my son got a photo with him he started showing him some boards with his own logo on them and would be a good size for him he then told us that once he got the board he’d take him out for a surf.
“We couldn’t believe it my son was absolutely stoked, after checking out a couple more boards I asked him again if he’d have time to take my son for a surf which again he assured me that he’d definitely take him for a surf he then asked me if his name was in some book that was at the counter to which I said no.
“After realising he’d mistaken my son for someone else who was supposed to be there that morning to which he had a bit of a laugh walked back over to another bloke that was working there and told him the story with another couple of uneasy laughs and didn’t say anything else to me or my son, just left us standing there by ourselves.
“I know that we all make mistakes but just to leave my 10-year-old son there and walk away from him he’d thought he’d done something wrong and that use have played a cruel joke on him.
“We left the store without a surfboard that he wanted to buy and I could see that his heart was crushed. He didn’t even go out for a surf all weekend while we were there. It broke my heart to see my little boy so excited to go into your store and then to come out so emotional and crying it was the first time I’ve seen him like that, I just hope out of all this my boy still keeps his love of the ocean and wanting to surf.”
Morley left a one-star review.
Who else has had a heart-breaking encounter with a world champion, surf or no?
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I used to serve Occy when I worked at KFC Coolangatta. If he saw me across the street he’d wave and say gday. Happy to say he’s one of the heroes you should meet
Rarely has a lede been so buried!
If it was any kind of surf shop, someone would have shot out the back door and waxed their windshield. Here’s your introduction to “surfing”, little buddy.
Didn’t take long to triangulate the surfshop in question. The 1 star reviews are pretty fun to read.
“The inbred shop assistant people that cant work anywere accused me of steeling and made poilce cut my car off and detain me while searching my car to find nothing plus thay spy on you in changrooms.”
Name it u coward
“I Am Not a Role Model”
– Charles Barkley
What champs wouldn’t do this or something more awkward and sad? I can only think of Steph, Riss and Barton.
Posting shit like this online is such a bitch move. I hope out of all this his boy just wants to play video games all day.
That sucks but I would have gone into the next shop, bought a board and went surfing with the kid. Make it a lesson in how not to act.
Better to learn this young, son. In surfing you have access to your heros which affords you the ability to realize that pros shouldn’t be your heros. Find the guy who works construction or is a teacher who has dedicated his life to balancing surf, work and family. There’s your hero.
amen
hmmm…Occy was the only 90’s world champ from oz.
Yeah but he said “surfing title” and pretty sure Occ doesn’t have a surfboard label.
Edit-you forgot Dooma.
Nah mate he was ’87.
1991 too Sticky.
I believe the article said “Late 90’s”. Not sure 1991 fits that description.
Accuracy has never been a BG thing. I highly doubt its anyone that won a world title anyway. Probably an Aussie title thing.
Occy did have a DHD Pro model.
Rusty 1984
JS Raging Bull
too soon but dam he was ripping!
Sorry…I’m operating machinery.
Comment of the year operating machinery
I,ve smoked cones with one
My mates kid was bangin ones daughter
Occy has like 50 kids so that’s easy.
Xox
I cant really say any more
Exactly
Xox
I like this story. More tears, less surfers.
Cull em while they’re young.
Humanitarianism at it finest.
This comment has much to recommend it, Negs. Go ahead and make it ‘Featured Comment’. You have my permission 😉
Or it turns him into a militant SUP rider or boogie boarder
[shrug]
Just yer average pro arsehole being a cunt.
There’s a lesson there if you bother to teach your son.
False gods etc etc etc
a bummer for the young fella
What a shithead.
You’ve dealt with Australians before?
Da Bird’s was filmed at Paradise Cove and the Health Dept has just tagged the spot contaminated…breakfast?
putting a skull on a spike cost me the presidency…
This story is softer than chinchilla pubes.
shaved skins cause winter is coming…sheep and custom soles…specify knuckles, ankles and.or knees…shave…
Sooky fucken lala
How many have you adorned with a padded bra and then fingered their bumhole?
Xox
sandler…give dat line to shroeder?
Allan Border was a joy to meet. Such an engaging, warm gentleman.