“Thanks Surfline 80 guys out by the afternoon. I
just love social media.”
Four weeks ago the world was turned on its head when
surf-forecaster Surfline sacked its Australian editor, the legacy
surf journalist Nick Carroll, brother of the
two-time world champion Tom
Carroll.
The plan to disappear Carroll, along with his talented
photography sidekick Hannah Anderson, became evident when Surfline
started burying their work beneath layers of cams and weather
reports.
Carroll, sixty-five, took up the post in 2019, quickly shelving
his duties as a popular below-the-line commenter on BeachGrit for
the prestigious well-paid position. Readers still reminisce about
Carroll’s lightly hectoring older brother tone and a relative
candour not seen in his published work.
The ramifications of the Surfline blood-letting have now been
laid bare in the post-Carroll era with a horrifyingly tone-deaf
post on Instagram, a post that would never have seen the light of
day, as they say, if Carroll was still behind the wheel.
A by-product of TC
Alfred has been the lighting up of novelty waves
inside harbours, rivermouths and so on. The surf media has,
historically, taken a light hand to running photos or video of
these waves, most of ‘em rare and guarded by a strict code of
localism.
So when one of the best harbour waves in the country was
presented by Surfline on Instagram, surfers reacted with
horror.
Social media and Surfline ruined surfing.
You guys need an ethical policy. Give ups! How do you treat
your mates when they get trouble? Filthy. Broken a basic rule yet
you pretend to be a surf site
another local spot falls victim to surfline
I hate Surfline
kooks
Crowd will get even worse now
When one local surfer Wayne Curtis complained, Thanks,
surfline 80 guys out by the afternoon. I just love social
media, a light imbroglio followed.
Surfline replied, This is from a few days ago, mate. We
waited till everyone had their fill.
Which seemed a fine riposte until the curtain of lies was ripped
back by a local surfer.
it wasn’t breaking a few days ago. Yesterday at the
earliest. Love the overexposure
And,
no one’s falling for your bs
Piss off, wait a week you nobs
Other local surfers pointed out the negatives of the wave.
Filthy water, bits of metal on the bottom, razor sharp
oysters on the rocks, bull sharks, great white sharks and floating
dog turds. Otherwise it’s paradise. Good to see Jacko didn’t follow
the other sheep to the Goldy and charged this hectic slab
instead.
The thing with this spot is everyone knows everyone so if
you are not from the area there’s next to no chance of getting a
good one. Plus this size is not even worth it!
