Slowwwwwwwww week....off to the Maloof

Well this blog has pretty much sucked as we try and tie up some loose ends and focus on busy work. Business has been a bit of a clusterfuck this last month (thanks economic stimulus package for all the help!) so blogging is the least of our concerns.

Tomorrow we are heading down to O.C. to the Maloof Money Cup where a handful of the Flip guys will be competing. I will be checking it out and supporting the crew. Erik Ellington was meant to skate in it but (breaking news) is no longer as of last night. Sorry he won't be down there. Love watching him skate.

Anyways...hope your week/summer/life is going way better than it has been here. Wow...how is that for transparency????

The Plop needs to disappear for a while. Maybe the Italian Riviera...the desolate beaches of El Salvador...a small atoll in the Fijian islands? Oh crap...that all costs money (probably as much as we have been sinking into this office every month...awesome).
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2nd book this week from Australia that we are thanked in! Mountains of the Sea

So a long time ago, in another time and place, I ran a non-profit for the surf community that I co-founded. We used to do an annual conference that covered all sorts of heady topics on surfing, the culture, surfboards, the environment, etc. The first one we held I met a gentleman named Gunter Swoboda that came over all the way from Australia to attend. We hit it off and spent quite a bit of time talking about all sorts of things during his stay. One of those topics was an article he read in Surfer's Journal about a member of the Proletariat who had sailed with Captain Cook and wound up staying in the Hawaiian Islands and becoming enamored with their culture and with surfing, in particular. In research, Gunter and I found out the story was fiction but we decided to option the story from the writer and see if we can turn it into a screenplay.

Fast forward quite a few years. The screenplay was written by Gunter with intense research, countless suggestions and edits on my part, a new partner was brought on, job changes abound, I had to back out of the project after about 20 edits but still loved the project. Well the screenplay was done but with a dirth of big budget epic sagas being produced in Hollywood, Gunter decided to reverse engineer the screenplay and write a book to get the story out. Well...the book is out and looks amazing. It is called "Mountains of the Sea" and is a mix of "Dances with Wolves," "Master and Commander" and "Endless Summer." Published by Eloquent Books and can be bought on Amazon.com.


There we are in the first paragraph. Guess the Plop is a good wingman for Australian authors...Even though I read the screenplay so many times my eyeballs were bleeding from it, I can't wait to read the novel (I know what happens in the end).

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The Plop needs this on his desk - Terry Richardson toy

Uncle York just killed it by putting out a limited edition (25 pcs.) Terry Richardson doll. Since we are not limited edition cool we doubt we will be getting one of these but would so love to have this on our desk in the office. We can put it next to the Terry x Wee Man pic we took of then in their underwear on each other's shoulders...DAMN.

For your viewing pleasure, some unreleased shots from that shoot taken by yours truly (WARNING - TITTY ALERT):







Now that is a PHOTOSHOOT...
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Today's COOL/NOT COOL - DEATH and TAXES

COOL - Going out quietly...with dignity, respect and lack of fanfair. Throw me in the incinerator and dump me in my home...the Pacific O.


NOT COOL - throwing a $4 million extravaganza that I have to pay for so the city can divert press away from the fact that it is BROKE. Not taking anything away from the Jackson's family loss, but why do I have to pay for a multi-gazillionaires funeral???? Read more!

The Plop supports the Guncles since they support us

Watch Tori and Dean tonight on Oxygen and see our good friend and celebrity "Guncle" Bill Horn grace the screen. Here is Bill in a cashmere hoodie we gave him a while back...always down to help me get my clients on the tube. Thanks Bill!!! The Guncles for president.
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Plop client newsbites of the day!

A lot is going on this week with RPRT/Plop clients and we wanted to fill you in on the goodness first hand:

1) Courtney Hazlett is in town to cover the Michael Jackson mayhem for MSNBC. Busy as hell...in and out...power reporting.

2) Jorge Gurgel spent the last week doing seminars in his schools in good ole' Canada and now they won't let him back into the country he has a Green Card for. Jorge has spent the last 24 hours in the Canadian airport being questioned, denied, poked, prodded and getting full cavity searches (not really). Last news is that they will let him fly to the States and question him here for a few hours for some weird reason.

3) Erik Ellington and Geoff Rowley will be skating in the Maloof Money Cup this week (Rowley designed the course). I will be holding down the fort in the industry section for Team Flip and Team Deathwish down at the O.C. Fairgrounds. Beer will be consumed.

4) DJ Piers Baron will be wingman at the Maloof to support Team Flip and will be meeting with my man DJ Skeet Skeet soon to discuss doing some shit together.

5) Warren G just got back from doing a show in Vegas and is going over some potential projects including producing a kid's rap album with a certain Bravo T.V. reality star/producer.

6) Brad Pitt just got another $8.9 billion dollar job and is progressively getting richer and younger. He is NOT our client. FML.
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Monster does the offices up RIGHT

Props to the Monster Energy crew for coming by the RPRT/Plop offices today and lacing us up with mad stacks of energy. We got energy coffee, energy juice, energy energy...all of it.

I am sure I will be seeing the Monster crew down at the Maloof Money Cup this weekend as they are supporters of Team Flip!

Still waiting on the Vodka sponsor...(though we have some tequila on the way I am told).
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A little belated SUNSHINE arrives for my B-Day - Finally

Every time I get a suspicious package with no name on it I am positive it will be a pipe bomb or filled with ricin. However, today that was not the case. Plop local and good friend Angela Gilltrap (http://sunshineonsugarhill.blogspot.com/) recently finished her novel which seemed like an endless ordeal of re-writes, edits and general excruciating pain. The book is called Sunshine on Sugar Hill and is about Ange's exploits as an Aussie ex-pat performer living in the deepest parts of Harlem. If you know Angela and her life, this book is destined to be a classic (and probably a film...producers get on the option for this one) read filled with hilarity, mayhem and SEX (ok I had to throw that in there). I've been waiting for a copy for months and can't wait to read it (especially the Casey Gillespie parts).

Currently SOSH is only available in Australia at www.abcshop.com.au but is due for a U.S. release soon which I will be promoting heavily to support fam.



I am honored that I made the aknowlegements even though I am referred to as Mr. Meyerson. My great-grandfather was Mr. Meyerson. Thanks for the nod Angela...you give me purpose in life.
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I was protected this weekend

Special thanks go out to Shaka Laka for sending me a boat load of sunscreen, lip balm and face sticks to keep me safe this 4th of July weekend. Spent all weekend lamping and surfing in Laguna Beach and had a blast. Shaka Laka kept me from getting burned and I would definitely suggest checking out their product line. It smells good, feels good and works like a charm...

I will definitely be using the products this week when the Plop heads to the Maloof Money Cup to support clients from Team Flip Skateboards and Team Deathwish. May even bring some to Hawaii if my damn show ever gets off the ground (may have some action on that to report soon). Read more!