A deal for all pro surf fans!
From private wavepools to guided surf adventures, the wozzle is taking surfing uptown. Fyre Festival-style!
Today's offering is the newly created VIP Passes for CT events. Starting on the Gold Coast, fans of pro surfing can show their loyalty by purchasing the 'Atlas Pass' for either the full event (USD $1,299) or daily (USD $299), which includes:
- Prime viewing, screens, and shade at the WSL VIP lounge every day the competition is on
- Complimentary food and drink at the WSL VIP lounge
- Athlete meet and greet
- VIP welcome bag
- VIP Access to The Drop concert in Coolangatta
The same deal is repeated at Bells, though I imagine punters would prefer to pay for sun rather than shade.
The 'Odyssey Pass' is introduced at the Margaret River Pro where for USD$16,000 a double, keen surf fans get:
- Premier accommodation within a 10 minute drive from site
- Prime competition viewing
- Complimentary meals and drinks when the competition is on
- Daily breakfast
- Two lay day activities that showcase the region
- VIP access to exclusive parties and The Drop concert
- VIP Odyssey welcome bag
- An invitation to a personalised athlete mixer [Ed's note: ???]
The Corona Pro Bali steps it up with a USD$22,900 Odyssey Pass, which is pretty much the same as above but includes sunrise yoga (two sessions) and a trip to a waterfall - no airfares but.
The J'Bay comp shows how feeble the Rand is with the Odyssey package costing just USD$13,900, plus look at a lion and surf with penguins.
In Tahiti, the Odyssey pass allows you to "live like the locals do" for just USD$17,000.
There are currently no passes available for Brazil and onwards.
Comments
Now, where did I leave that credit card?
Brazil pass comes with Loaded Glock and a bag of Bondi Marching Powder.
And a complementary travel sized faecal bacteria indicator to test ocean waters...
For an extra 100 bucks you get a heady from one of the top 5 too
Now I see how diff is going to get all his money back.
Personalised athlete mixer on the women's tour with Nikki and Sally in a soapy wading pool would be worth $22,900...
Out of line mate. They're hard ripping, arse kicking professional athletes, not brainless objects for your masturbatory pleasure. Show some respect.
Good on you surfstarved.
bargain
What does the dole pay fortnightly in 2019?
Your 'average' surf fan would've needed to start saving in 2011 for these 'once in a lifetime' experiences.
These experiences are not for the likes of us, and soon neither is surfing. I only hope that, for most egotistical rich 30-40 somethings it’s too hard to pick up...
WA taxpayers develop mainbreak foreshore to enable WSL to show branded event which is also paid for by WA taxpayers.
WA pays WSL to erect eyesore VIP only scaffolding . WSL then charges WA taxpayers exorbitant sum to use facilities.
Seems fair.
Gabby’s gobbies also available......lubricated by tears of fear.
Now, there's some classic Aussie, Friday humour in those comments above, thank you all.......ha, haaaa, ha..... great stuff. If the $299 USD 'Atlas-day pass' includes unlimited alcohol, I'd definitely be up for a massive day on the gas, say Finals day at Bells.......you'd almost spend that much on a bucks night or whatever up in Melbourne. Who's coming, we could hassle some of the pro's ;)
First one is on the Goldie, and it’s the cheapest. I expect there will be a few cracking dawn brews and pushing through the arvo, I wonder if they know what they are getting into?
$17,000 to live like the locals do.
This one's for you Dirk Ziff....
"'Cause everybody hates a tourist,
Especially one who thinks it's all such a laugh,"
never a Truer word wrote
Are you directing that at me stu??
Eh? It's a lyric from Jarvis Cocker. See link in comment I replied to.
Unless you're also Daisy Duke?
nah, all good matey, I don't know the Lyrics so hence thought maybe you were having a crack at me or something, maybe it's beer o'clock, obviously I must be a little over sensitive at this time of the day on a Friday or something.
Ironically the youtube advert for "Common People" was a Barilla pasta advert featuring Roger Federer cooking spaghetti for a bunch of bored party goers at an elite old European manor...
For Bells...you can stay at my place, I'll supply all the VB you can drink, Ill drive you to the headland, then we'll crash the after party....only$5,000 US per person...limit of 10 people...bargain!
Oh...the VIP welcome bag - forgot that...Thats a $1,000 add on...its VERY BIG!
Hahaha.
Send him the legrope Craig, post of the week!
$1000 for a welcome bag? Crikeys they’re expensive over that side of the bay eh! Only $300 here on Victoria’s finest real estate
Utah ... get me 2
"In Tahiti, the Odyssey pass allows you to "live like the locals do" for just USD$17,000."
That's a lot of meth.
And a nice jacked up set of wheels
good funny comments on here .........good way to end the week.
The people in the wsl are serious? They got some major issues with reality
Surfing: It's the new golf!
Feels like the festival scene. Upsell everything as VIP and let the common people languish in the leftovers.
Tennis mate... one on one sport...top seeds on opposing sides of the draw....and tennis already has the challenger series
Tennis you say...
Some say bobby was ahead of his time
How much to hang on Maurices' Step at Bells? That would be worth paying for, hanging with Maurice himself. Listening to his gems and bagging out the losers on the way up the steps. "Shouda gone left Gabs".
WSL to introduce a middle tier between ct and qs......how much for those tickets
Funniest thread in years, and it's all down to you, Dirky. A pretty dismal Friday arvo is looking up. Think I'll go open a priceless $9 bottle of wine to celebrate.
Look us at common people
Paddlin’ when we could be straddlin’
Slummin’ when we could be chummin’
(with the beautiful people)
Extra $7000 for bali... must be one hellava waterfall & yoga session!!
Is Ja Rule a partner in this business plan? if so the WSL is going to sink lower than Cardinal Pell at a junior gymnastics exhibition
I think I'd have trouble making the sunrise yoga sessions after trying to drink $22900 worth of Corona. Unless it was Irish yoga.
Gojek to Keramas $4
Bottle of arak $1
Pack o cigs $2
Nasi goreng bungkas $1
Sitting in the shade in front of the break laughing at the poor bastards who spent $22,000 for the privilege..priceless!
That's it, 20 grand for a surfer is 2 whole years floating around indo eating masakan padang...wsl lost touch completely
I don’t reckon it will last through season... but who knows? Maybe the elusive “new surf fan market” will stump up $20k to go watch an objectively boring (for the most part), slow repetitive sport they know nothing about and can’t relate to, live, for 2 weeks on the other side of the world?
If the WSL had their shit together they would have got Gary G, Ringmaster and myself to put together the Bells package. We know who grows the best buds in town, our coke is cut with quality washing powder, and we can show you the best place to jump the wall at the torquay pub.
20K each for this authentic experience.
Probably right bustard, start charging everyone.
Mate that’s the only way they can get a decent roi and / or attract new sponsors.... bums on seats in stadiums ( wave pools ) where they own the content 100% and the model to copy is tennis.
Different priced tix for trials vs early heats vs finals etc
Add medical time outs, toilet breaks, fines for surboard abuse,
Can see it now, poo man in his intialed blazer and rolex on the podium crying thanking the Jeep CEO the PM and Kawasaki jet skis for the win.
Those in the back tiers applaud , while the rest just rattle their jewellery.
Wanker Surf League.
I think you have pretty accurately just described surfing in the olympics......not 2020 japan as WSL can’t get the lake built quik enough ( pun intended ) .... but 2024 Paris in a WSL owned wave lake
WSL "Soggy Sao Sesh", free champagne for the losers to wash that biscuit down, only $32,345.00Au. Probably have to sell a kidney to play their game in Bali.
Me thinks my Avatar would be perfectly at home in such salubrious surroundings with is SUP.
1 WSL VIP ticket to Bali Pro is the same price as 6 very high end boat trips. Permission to come aboard captain?
Ludicrous. And it’s not like they are held in far away, hard to get to spots. A rich smart person would realise they can hire a place way cheaper, buy their own food and drink, and blow off ELo / give a fat bribe (some bogus sponsorship or promise of a future deal) to get access to the surfers, likely for way less and have more fun.
Is that guy billy McFarlane whi was running the Fyer festival now in charge at WSL ?maybe he’s on day release and sees another opportunity or maybe the wsl have taken a leaf out of his book .
20 bux says in 2-3 years the area around the comp will he closed off and you have to buy tickets to watch live, who knows what stupid price will be put on it then.
The price of swilling piss behind the velvet rope and being able to high five a few a of the 'athletes' seems a little steep.
Throw in half an hour on the commentary team , unedited , and I'm in.
OMG this shit is getting crazy, its seems unbelievable that people would buy/pay for this at those prices, but i bet people will.
USD$22,900 to blow on a few days at Keramas, i could build a really nice house in Indonesia for that.
They already charge to get in if your not a local resident. Previously the local cricket club ran the car parking at bells and collected the gold coin entry fee that then went to the club...I might be wrong but I think the WSL have taken this back
Tux, the magnificent Jan Juc Cricket Club have organised the parking for more than a decade for $2 per vehicle. I've put in hours of collected coins and making sure people don't park each other in on private land. 99% of people are awesome but I've copped a fair bit of shit from the 1 percenters. There's a special lot called VIP 3 for those people. Claiming local status and telling us to fuck off has consequences!!!
The money gets split between the land owner, the club, Surfing Vic etc.
Last year the price went to $5, the first price rise in 20 + years. Raising the price to $3 or $4 (2 coins or change) would have caused even more traffic chaos. Not sure if the WSL has taken over the parking, but I predict chaos if they have. Good luck with the fences and gates fellas. They will have also pissed way their local social licence to run the event for a few bucks if they do.
Yeah I wasn't 100% on that.
and for a measly extra $2000 a day you can get a brazzo pro to drop in on you at Snapper and get photos as he pulls into the barrel in front of you. What a bargain