025 - The Grit! July 13, 2018

In today’s episode, Chas explains the harsh reality of losing 188k friends and confronts an existential crisis. He and David then analyze the WSL’s botched Facebook roll out, the wage gap in women’s professional surfing, and the new addition of the WSL airshow. Plus, Barrel or Nah and so much more. Stay barrel!

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Chas made Warshaw suffer by taking him on a 2 hour detour after landing in Florida.

Instagram deletes Chas’s @ReportsFromHell account and he loses all 188k followers. He’s back with . . . a vengeance (?)

Someone is posting penis pong right now.
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SPY’S HAPPY GIVEAWAY

THE WAGE GAP

THE WSL AND FACEBOOK

What’s with the paltry viewer numbers? How does the WSL define a “region” and how many regions are watching?

THE AIR SHOW

Stoked to announce our 18-person Air Invitational in France, and also confirm Chippa and Albee as headliners for the Air Exhibition in Lemoore during the #SurfRanchPro | Click on the link in our bio for tickets @chippawilson @live.fast.die.old
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