While the Mavericks CEO Keir J. Beadling may have made everything at Mavericks Surf Ventures sound all cool, a post on June 26, 2009 by former Mavericks contest director Jeff Clark paints a little different picture.
The press release issued by Mavericks Surf Ventures this week stating that I ‘stepped down’ and I am ‘passing the torch to the next generation’ is wrong. The reality is that I was ousted as Contest Director by the current CEO. . . .I must also note that, while the company’s news release states that this year’s contest will be held to celebrate ‘the 35th anniversary of Jeff Clark’s first session at the now world-famous break,’ the 35th anniversary is actually next season, in 2010-11. I will not allow the company to use my accomplishment as a marketing tactic. . . .Effective today, I have resigned from the Board of Directors of Mavericks Surf Ventures.
So that, apparently, is the other side of the story.
[Link: Jeff Clark My Word]
classic corporate greed that will ruin a great contest built by Jeff who is only concerned about the contest’s integrity…. RIP Mavericks contest!
What’s up with the whole hip replacement crap mentioned in the release? Seriously, why doesn’t Flea just relapse and go apeshit all over these douchebags? Are there any credible surfers in MSV or on the Board with Jeff gone??
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