Beachgrit.com’s Chas Smith has started a petition on Change.org suggesting that there should be “No Hate-Mongering in Surf Media by The Inertia.” We don’t read the inert site ourselves, but apparently a writer there started a petition to get Gabriel Medina suspended from the Pro Show because he went off script during that apparel sponsored event at Snapper Rocks. And Chas didn’t like that one bit:
Trey Highton, whose title is Poet/Surf Scholar/Ocean Activist (and whose name might actually be Henry), posted a 15,000 word piece today titled Gabriel Medina, Samsung and the Axis of Evil. In it he argues that Gabby should be fined $101,000 for using swears and criticizing commissioner Kieren Perrow (hereafter “Pierrow”) and suspended from Bells.
We couldn’t believe Highton’s story (or petition) was anything more than a joke and/or link bait. (Even though that event production company has apparently fined the current world champ). But again, we don’t really understand where most of the site’s writers are coming from. If you’d like to jump in on the high jinks please, click the link.
[Link: Beach Grit]
