What is the value of 10% of Kelia Moniz's prior contract?

[StuAzole]

Not sure- Ozzie Wright, Dion Agius, Asher Pacy- all on the wrong side of 40 and all still seem able to surf for a living.

Brendan Margieson, over 50, just signed with Florence Marine x.

That’s probably consumer maintenance. All aligned with brands and probably not as expensive as they once were.

Margo sorta fits with JJF’s vibe and maybe he’s hot some company management/responsibility? That’s the only place I see old pros here still on bigger brands.

Now, it’s definitely a consumer focused thing when you start talking Kerr, Knox etc sponsored by golf and yoga brands. Thats target age for sure.

 

[freeride76]

I don't see a significant difference between consumer maintenance and consumer focus.

Are they technical terms?

All I know is that there are guys on the CT with white boards or fukall sponsorship money while old guys living high lives are still getting paid to surf.
Wade Goodall is another one.

He might be just under 40.

Dave Rastovich, is mid/late 40's- never had a job.

 

[hammies]

One would think that Roxy would want this kind of surfer repping their product...

 

[grapedrink]

There's a strange reversal of that happening here- all the old guys are being sponsored (or maintaining sponsorships).

By who, Tommy Bahama

 

[buttholesurfer]

Dam you guys still yappin about some young lady makes a living?, Maybe you should look at how much you make a living?Huh?

 

[keenfish]

I don't see a significant difference between consumer maintenance and consumer focus.

Are they technical terms?

All I know is that there are guys on the CT with white boards or fukall sponsorship money while old guys living high lives are still getting paid to surf.
Wade Goodall is another one.

He might be just under 40.

Dave Rastovich, is mid/late 40's- never had a job.

Got damm! I should have been a better surfer and tried harder. Story of my life! Fuck these guys that make money surfing. I need money too!

 

[StuAzole]

I don't see a significant difference between consumer maintenance and consumer focus.

Are they technical terms?

All I know is that there are guys on the CT with white boards or fukall sponsorship money while old guys living high lives are still getting paid to surf.
Wade Goodall is another one.

He might be just under 40.

Dave Rastovich, is mid/late 40's- never had a job.

Nah, I was just thinking they have a set of older folks who are still brand loyal so they’re trying to hold them with a more nostalgic vibe. Ultimately it’s all just brand management.

 

[Clayster]

Dane, to his credit, realised it was insane and took what amounted to fcuk you money and built his own brand.

That decision now looks incredibly wise with the benefit of hindsight.

Dane never won diddly on tour and knew his days were numbered. But, I suppose it is wise to realize you aren't competitive at your job.

I don't get all the Dane love. I met him once, and he was most unfriendly. Beer guzzler extraordinaire.

 

[freeride76]

Dane was very successful as a tour pro.

No4 in in the world in his prime- and singlehandedly forced judges to rejig the scale to accomodate his radical, no holds barred approach.

 

[r32]

Beer guzzler extraordinaire.

Dane gets love because he's not the typical CT/ASP/WSL cookie-cutter surfer like the Mick Fanning and Taj Burrow's of the world. And probably because he's so quirky.

Even after almost dying from busting his head open on glass, he paddled out next day and shredded.

 

[racer1]

Dane probably cleared $20m between Quik, DC, Monster and CI. Living off interest I'd assume.

 

[buttholesurfer]

You fvcking idiots,Dane is broke and selling his house in Santa Barbara.

 

[freeride76]

How do you know?

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Probs.

More like a realisation that surfing is no longer a youth sport and old guys spend more on brands than yoof.

The youth seem to be totally immersed in competitive surfing, they don't have surf video idols like the over 35 crowd.

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

Schadenfreude.

Any rec surfer with a brain hates every sponnoed surfer.

Thats a reasonable IQ test.

It's funny, I see what you're saying. But try as I might, I can't seem to really hate Kelia Moniz. I dunno. I sit there and I say, I'm going to hate Lakey Peterson or Malia Manuel or Rosy Hodge. I say it but then two seconds later, I've just sort of lost that focus.

 

[ghost_of_lewis_samuels]

How do you know?

maybe that whole 'chapter 11' thing wasn't a joke

 

[StuAzole]

G

maybe that whole 'chapter 11' thing wasn't a joke

Great surfer and prophetic!

 

[casa_mugrienta]

You fvcking idiots,Dane is broke and selling his house in Santa Barbara.

False.

 

[TeamScam]

A prophetic beer guzzler extroidinaire that rips and turned me on to good music in his edits. He seems quiet too. I don't know why I'm so different than wqs fans, but if I needed a surfer fan club to sign up for, he's a pretty good candidate.

 

[Mr Doof]

'Good while is lasted' is what you should say when you get fired

I try my hardest to say this whenever anything good ends, and everything ends.

Once I get past the 'moment', I'm like, "F*ck yeah, it was good (or bad) while it lasted....what's next?" I like to pretend it helps with my mindset...optimism better than pessimism for getting further along the roadway and all that claptrap.

Anyway, the Roxy thing....isn't it a teen brand (or have they changed)? While I suppose there is a bit of Peter Pan syndrome in anyone who surfs, do grown women really want teen brand stuff? I mean, sure, who wouldn't enjoy being paid handsomely to market XWZ to whomever, heck, pay me enough and I'll flog a fair amount of crap to the hoi polloi provided I too get to not have a 40-60hr a week day job, but like so many jobs that are biased towards age related image, isn't the end (of the job) obvious?

But I don't know, this is just me wondering out loud and probably a little envious no one ever paid me to do what I very much enjoyed doing.