"Start collecting GDM (Game Day Moments) cards featuring your favorite surfers from around the globe."
The surf fan hungry for a tactile experience with his or her favorite surfer has finally been sated. Minutes ago, the World Surf League dropped a collection of trading cards that are bound to become collectors’ items soon. Partnering with Upper Deck, the “global home of surfing” invites the aforementioned to “Start collecting GDM (Game Day Moments) cards featuring your favorite surfers from around the globe. Future card releases will be available on UpperDeckePack.com the Friday following the completion of each Championship Tour event. Cards are only available for purchase for 1 week after their release! Set up a free account today to start adding to your new collection, and select to have the cards made physical and shipped right to your door!”
Classic perceived scarcity likely ensuring that Tyler Wright will end up in the hands of serious novelty item aficionados.
This first drop includes six surfers including, and limited to, Alan Cleland Jr., Caitlin Simmers (two cards), Barron Mamiya, Italo Ferreira, Viktor Hovland and, as mentioned, Tyler Wright.
Each are available for $5.99.
Oh, shoot. Reading the finer print, it appears that these are all e-cards, despite the invitation “have the cards be made physical” therefore not tactile and leaving the hungry surf fan hungrier still.
Also submarining idea of perceived scarcity.
Digital Tyler Wright for all.
Back to the drawing board, I suppose.
David Lee Scales and I did not discuss during our weekly chat but I did find an opportunity to light into Stab editor Michael Ciaramella and Lost Surfboard’s Matt Biolos some more. Would you prefer trading cards featuring them?
I sure would.
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Viktor Hovland the pro golfer? “Includes” twice in one sentence? The fuck is going on with this copy?
76 comments (though most by 3 3rd graders) and nobody mentions the inclusion of Viktor Hovland? Come on!
And why does Caity have 2? 🤔
“In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.”~ Hebews 12:4
‘Upper Deck’ seems an unfortunate name considering the toilet prank of the same name.
Does it come with the jankiest stick of gum?
Still got my mint condition Drew Courtney Rookie card.
I had the full collection from 1994 ASP tour including a Barton Lynch gold card which was worth about $15 at the time. I think I still have the Jake spooner card floating around in my car I’ll see if i can dig it out
Wow that gold card is probably now worth… 15 bucks!
Have you got Rising Stars card 99. Nathan Webster!?!?!?
I got three unopened packets from the same run. I’ll sell them to you for $7500. Each.
Ill trade you a used leg rope for them.
Mint?! Dang, I’d have gotten jizz all over that thing !
Xox
What did the WSL recruit some 90 year old marketing dude.
just bought mine, they’re sick!
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Say what ?
Exsqueeze me ?
What about a Cool Housemaid card ?
Surely a big seller amongst all the almost 12million online Andy Tate followers (whom Brutus affirms is followed online by 1/3 of high-school-aged males worldwide, meaning the entire worlds population of high-school-aged males is less than 36million).
Intriguing…
Surely a meme coins next?
A card with Tyler avoiding a tube, awesome ! Might have to sell my empire strikes back collection so I can get into this fad
Shouldn’t her card show her taking a knee? Felipe’s should be a screen shot of him sitting at Teahupoo with a 0.00 as time expires.
Yet another fail to rack up for wooz’ marketing department.
No bubblegum? pass.
i stand with you
eCard only? Was gonna rack up a few lines with my Italo card and then use it for free entry at the local gym.
imagine these somehow ending up like Pokemon cards and being worth a fortune in 20 years.
You bet your sweet bippy my Pip trading card will be worth a pretty penny!
I’ll trade you my holographic Brisa Hennessy
Davo’s & Andy’s for one dilapidated Fabio Gouveia
just imagine what a Keanu Asing jersey will be worth.
probably only one ever sold.
Speaking of which…
Any news on the place and date for the upcoming inaugural ‘Otto vs Johnsknees eating and drinking contest’ ?
Timmy AKA DanesS&SS has been hard at work getting a Gordon Ramseyesque ‘lump of tuna’ based menu sorted out for it.
And Chas is organising an off-off-off-off-off-off-Hollywood-adjacent(ish) film crew (of one) to capture it on 8mm film to be transferred to VHS for sale in Eastern Europe’s sole soul-surf shop, plus online through BG…
You’re trying to convince the wrong man. I already drove down there once. He didn’t show, and said he’d never show, no matter what, the next day here, as.the copper. scroll of his Courage’s demise was cast to an obituary on these Beach Grit pages.
@let go, let God
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
Romans 12:19
Where was the meeting meant to take place ?
From what I understand, he pulled out cos he thought it may have been a bit too aggressive.
But by making it an eating and drinking contest, filmed for posterity, that’s a good reason for the event to go ahead.
And if Timmy AKA DanesS&SS’s food doesn’t injure anyone (which isn’t promised), it could become an annual event for any BGers to sort out their online ‘beefs’ in person.
I’ll even supply the beef (actual dead cow, not the issues) if I manage to make it there on the day…
I pulled out cause….
A) he never said a time just showed up (if he did show up its hilarious cause I could never imagine getting that pissed off; though I still doubt it)
B) I don’t trust MAGA fanatics
C) Meeting someone over an internet argument is whack
D) He then joked about polishing a gun or something to that affect, hard pass
You’re cowardly. Full stop.
A.) “Tomorrow” is tomorrow no matter how you slice it. You agreed.
YOU named the place: “Larry’s”. I didn’t know the place, you did. I showed up at high noon.
B.) You didn’t figure I’d call you out and show up.
C.) Answering for one’s wrongs is as old as time.
D.) That is a lie that I suggest you back up.
I didnt think you were this insane; so congrats you proved me wrong on one thing.
Don’t talk shit you can’t back up. Let this be a life lesson.
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Man, you just said you pulled out cause I said that. I said that after March 12, 2025, and I said it as a response to Negatron giving me shit about my wife being hot and bothered over calling your cowardly self out.
You straight up a goofy mofo
I’m the gooffy one ahahah
Lets break down the chain of events real quick.
You said some dumb shit. I argued it. You then stopped defending your opinion and started crying about me being rude on the internet. You then wanted to fight me (you’re what pushing 60?) to which I told you to show up in Oceanside; which you did LOLOLIOL. Talk about getting trolled old man.
At least 60 pushups a day.
Not 60 years to my day
You actually tried justifying all of that by doing more tough guy shit. Log off the internet my dude. Its not for you.
FYI: “pushing 60” means you are approaching 60 years old
You don’t do pushups everyday?
What is your major malfunction?!
I surf Otto, less you forget this is a surf website.
Do you lie to your wife about how much you surf?
Do you surf at all is the better question
Yes
Now answer my question
No I do not lie to my wife about how much I surf. In fact, I drag her ass on surf trips. Maybe if you didnt feel the need to lie to your wife you wouldnt be so angry. Which begs the question, what did you tell YOUR wife you were doing when driving to Larry’s?
If you haven’t lied to your wife about how much you surf, you don’t surf.
I went down to talk to a friend at Miramar early. She knew. Day was stormy. I don’t lie about surfing stormy wind slop.
No Otto, the year is 2025 and being in a hateful relationship is out. She doesn’t give a shit when I surf.
I don’t hate my wife. I just hate you
I know it shows. I don’t hate you I just think you have a lot of misguided anger and are a victim of misonformation. Do better with your life.
man, you got owned.
Otto owns your ass….coward.
At least meet Otto for beer, you coward.
I dont know know what is more sad Otto driving to meet up or you jumping in to be his little parrot
just getting in on the fun.
I love this spat between you and Otto.
….because you suck at surfing?
you “drag her ass on surf trips.”?
how much she must hate watching you try to surf.
Do you make her shoot videos of you floundering, surf dad style.?
not a tough guy play.
you got called out on your bullsshit, and did’nt show when it came to the challenge.
You’re a fucking coward.
The life lesson here is you are insane.
You painted yourself into a corner. It’s okay. Life will go on. That shame you feel will only grow unless you address it.
I have abosolutely zero shame in trolling you into driving an hour to be an internet tough guy and absolute bafoon.
Your shame hangs heavy
As do your 60 pushups a day man tits but you do you Otto.
Coward!!!!
An hour FROM where, and TO where.
(and don’t you DARE say ‘Larry’s’, haha)
He drove from somewhere in Orange County, Ca to Oceanside, Ca to Larry’s Beach Club. At a minimum 45min one way. I was being generous
You’re a coward.
I love the turn of tides.
you challenged Otto. he showed up. you didn’t.
now you say he’s insane.
it’s like you challenging Mike Tyson to a fight and Mike shows up in the ring and you don’t.
You’re a coward.
Hey Otto’s Parrot, pipe down. nobody asked you. For the record otto the Psycho challenged me
Johnny want a cracker?
Who the FUCK is Larry ?
On the building site we always used that as a nickname for an idiot or more specifically, a loser.
As in, Larry loser.
When I asked you, “Where was the meeting meant to take place”, I’m referring to the beach, the town, the city, etc etc etc, the actual physical meeting place.
If I’m to decipher you answer as to mean an establishment called ‘Larrys’ I’d still appreciate knowing WHERE IT IS…
Criiiiiikey
A bar named Larry’s in Oceanside.
It exists. Near the train tracks, the other side of which leads to Tower 9.
I remember back in the day when that place was McCabe’s Beach Club. Good times, my precise recollection of which is a bit fuzzy
High noon hahaha settle down Cunt Eastwood. Hahahaha.
Fuck.
Xox
Someone got the joke
No no no, he said he was polishing his knob!
Xox
“you fagala”?
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Do they know that an upper decker means taking a dump in a toilets water tank?
Are you from long Island?
No Northern California.
NorCal definitely “an upper deck”.
You just wrote in another post how nice my county is (Marin), now you hurt my feelings.
oops, not intended that way.
just saying NorCal is upper deck compared to SoCal.
Marin is stunning.
any affiliation with “sustainable surf”?
No, sounds interesting I’ll look into it. My community has a lot of cool people that do philanthropic work to help the environment. The new mayor of San Francisco has a brother that surfs so I’m hoping he’ll make good decisions about Ocean Beach and the surrounding parklands.