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Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:35 pm
by steve shearer
I thought Nick was a margarine guy?

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:01 pm
by Nick Carroll
Margarine, jesus wept

I'm not dead yet by the way. Must have dodged a bullet. Feel bad for Pierre Agnes, that guy was good value.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:36 pm
by black duck
Nick Carroll wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:01 pm
I'm not dead yet by the way. Must have dodged a bullet. Feel bad for Pierre Agnes, that guy was good value.
Can you unpack that a bit, if it isn't too soon?
Every comment I've read talks about what a fcuking good guy he was. Nothing disparaging, just how much he helped and mentored people.
A little unusual for a CEO of a large corp.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:45 am
by Nick Carroll
Pierre only took on the CEO role after a couple of other guys had made mincemeat of it. It was a real hospital pass. He took it because he felt it was the right thing to do, he'd had a great life with Quik and was part of the undeniable family atmosphere that helped the company grow in its earlier days. He was a hard headed person and not everyone got along with him, but he was totally honourable and looked after everyone on his watch. Really loved to surf and fish.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:10 am
by offshore1
Not the best sailor though.











Sorry, too soon?

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:12 am
by alakaboo
Nick you answered the most common questions, but what was the best question you've been asked about the surf ranch?

Roughly 5 minutes between waves does my head in. That kills almost all commercial applications.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:53 am
by tootr
The analogy of visiting a hooker seem rather apt.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:35 am
by Nick Carroll
tootr wrote:
Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:53 am
The analogy of visiting a hooker seem rather apt.
It's totally not. Strangely enough, women are human beings, but waves are not.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:40 am
by Nick Carroll
alakaboo wrote:
Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:12 am
Nick you answered the most common questions, but what was the best question you've been asked about the surf ranch?

Roughly 5 minutes between waves does my head in. That kills almost all commercial applications.
Nobody's asked me a really great question about it yet. I think because it's all so new to us, everyone just wants to know basic stuff.

And yeah, this isn't a Retail Surf Experience at all. I'm sure they'll step up the interval a bit over time with re-designs etc, but the pay per wave thing is not the game with this pool at all, never was. I think pay per wave is a silly idea really, just nowhere near enough custom. Selling yearly memberships to well-off Americans with a guaranteed number of days, discounts on Slater boards, etc, as part of a business plan that included CTs, accommodation franchises, pool sales etc, you can see that working for a while.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:11 am
by Drailed
Now that we have all seen it a few times, is anyone really that fcxxkn interested anymore?? Jesus christ I am bored of the fcckn thing.

Its just a surfing theme park.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:30 am
by offshore1
Not hookers, coops says they're dead on the inside.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:51 am
by alakaboo
The inside of his garage.

Nick what was the best question you asked/most surprising answer?

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:58 pm
by marauding mullet
I bet nobody outside RS asked Nick if he went wee-wees in the pool.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:51 pm
by Lucky Al
kelly should open a chain of restaurants too. like hooters or hard rock. i would recommend it to adult learner acquaintances for sure.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:54 pm
by Lucky Al
he should also invest in space travel (or tourism) with that virgin guy. and be the first actual real silver surfer. what else does he have to aim for he's done it all on earth already.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:44 pm
by buddy
The stab boys schooled the beach grit boys at Kelly's wave. Nice to see them have a win.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:58 pm
by Lucky Al
kelly's wave sure has given us a lot more footage of surf journos surfing than we've ever had before.

Re: Kelly's wave.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:07 pm
by Skipper
fcuk Slater's bathymetry challenged and shit coloured reservoir.

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