Supply and demand.
With the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational officially in the record books, surf fans yearning for live North Shore surf watching are feeling a little blue this morning. It was quite a show, taking in Kaipo, Rocky and the rest on the broadcast, but how much better to be on the bluff experiencing history in the flesh? The answer is “much better” but now it is too late. The Eddie is over and, with it, the possibility to watch it with eyeballs.
The World Surfing League, though entirely unaffiliated with the Eddie, must be feeling the market vibe and is offering up a brand new Lexus Pipe Pro VIP Experience for the upcoming Lexus Pipe Pro which will run sometime between Jan. 27 and Feb. 8 of the just-around-corner 2025.
“Enjoy VIP access to Pipe Pro and a local’s welcome to the North Shore,” the breathless promotion begins. This exclusive experience provides an insider take on the Championship Tour’s opening event – from seats in the VIP area for every heat and opportunities to connect with WSL athletes away from the competition to surf guiding on off days with locals like 2011 WSL Big Wave champion Jamie Sterling, Kalani Chapman, and Dom Del Rosario and surf filmmaker Marco Arellano there to capture the moments.
A sunset mingle with Seth Moniz is also included alongside a bed at the iconic Turtle Bay.
Scott, from the United States, declared, “I’ve been a bunch of times, but I’ve never really been dialed-in on the North Shore. To me, that was the coolest thing – there’s nobody else offering this kind of experience.”
Now, how much would you pay for this one-of-a-kind adventure?
$50,000?
$25,000?
There’s only 12 tickets available and include spending time with championship tour surfers when they are not competing.
$12,000?
No, no and no.
The deal of all deals swinging in at $6495.
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Is ELO showing up to offer handies to the guys?
“a local’s welcome to the North Shore”
A rear naked choke, couple elbows to the jaw and an acai bowl, now fuck off – the good old days
Or you could paddle out to Rocky Rights and tell Jack Johnson to fuck off for trying to snake you for nothing. Golden.
Xox
horse is the new beef!
there are two ways to complete task. the other is fisting?
hazmat mat;l: creosote. send in the spacemen w/ supplied air…
surf simply resort packages start at $0.00. googled it. then deleted it.
I’m saving up for the Abu Dhabi Pro VIP package… including the behind-the-scenes tour of the underbelly of UAE society including lunch with the hotel employees…
I hear they even confiscate your passport so you really get the whole experience.
If that’s the promo for pipe , then we’ll and truly the woke cunts have done the job on surfing , sucked in WSL surf fans ya fuckers
Send jen to oversee the festivities
Flotsam & Jetsam…
I would legitimately pay zero dollars for this.
Now Seth needs to wine and dine rich men at sunset to fund his career?
Sad times for such a sweet boy
Turtle Gay
an order not on the main menu?
Jan 27 marks first week of your dictatorship.
Don handing Gmed the trophy would be epic!!
We’re going to annex Greenland and take back the Panama Canal. Merry Christmas heathens. 1800’s diplomacy!
Lock him up!!
netflix’s “Don’t Look Up…” meteor has got precious stuff. so says Leo.
How’s the surfing in Greenland?
Ahhhhhh yes, the ol’ “locals welcome”…..
Now Go to Hell!
Swell update. A big section of the Santa Cruz pier broke off and is floating away. More as the story develops.
24 second period packs a mean punch. Lots of erosion down here. Watched tourists teaching their toddler to walk at the waters edge get swamped and narrowly avoid disaster. Infuriating.
There’s footage of construction workers standing on the floating piece of pier with a bobcat waving their hands to get rescued. Peak of swell should get down there tonight or tomorrow morning.
I’ve clicked off some sick stunts/happenings in my life. But I’ve yet to actually “pier surf”. These guys are Legend!!
Haha, the footage is pretty good.
“More as the story develops”?
Not on BG. They didn’t even cover the cliff collapse at Steamers.
That’s probably going to be considered a separate tax for Santa Cruz…
Wow. You sent me to YouTube to see. They weren’t expecting that. There’s a mini excavator that’s gonna go down under.
https://youtube.com/shorts/rE0gw4mYd4E?si=aWqrB1RsQA6YmEh_
Saw another clip also and the mini excavator got flipped off the debris when it got into the shorebreak
spoiler alert!
A sunset mingle with Seth Moniz alongside a bed is on offer? Can these people sink any lower.
Would you rather the floor, with a nice rug!? He’s flexible…
“Pipe Pro”?
The photo above looks like a wave at the KS Ranch Wave Pool. Surely WSL could have picked a better pic?
More Bonsai than Banzai
More Pip than Pipe.
Bonsoy
The “Aint’s” Pro
or I could just DM one of the many North Shore heavies willing to block for a haole and pay a few hundred dollars per day.
But will they sit with you during sunset and then spoon with you gently to sleep?
…”spending time with championship tour surfers when they are not competing.”
I can’t think of much worse, but would do it if I’m the one getting generously paid…
That means a helluva a lot of time with them surfers as they are mostly not competing with all those lay days to take in. Might be a good sales pitch that