Kelly says "It's not OK™" - video

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Swellnet Dispatch

"It's not OK to remain unaware. It's not OK to ruin the natural world."

So says Kelly at the end of this little vid and that sound you hear is a can of worms opening up. The idealists question if there's ever been a surfer who's used as many PU/PE boards as Kelly Slater, or who's burnt as much av gas in the name of travel, and that anyone who's revved the consumer engine via advertising and marketing should stay silent on such matters less the charge of hypocrite get cast their way.

Meanwhile, the pragmatists say that the only reason Kelly has a celebrity platform is because of all those boards and all that travel, that he should be lauded for using said platform to engender change, and that if Kelly didn't ride the boards or catch the plane then someone else would've and we'd still be in this mess.

And what about those Outerknown duds..?

Many of them are made from recycled materials that would otherwise be in landfill, but the local op shop is full of barely worn threads.

Everybody got their philosopical houses is in order?

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mk1 Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 11:18am

Ohhhh can we start yet?

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stunet Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 11:19am

Be my guest...

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davetherave Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 9:54am

Is that really an official TM mark in title? Outer Known-OK.

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lolo Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 11:34am

Yeah the hypocrisy of it kinda grates. Promoting his ridiculously overpriced gear to a market segment of uber-rich folk to wear as they jet-set around the world.

If Kelly was genuinely concerned. I'm sure he could cut down on his air-miles and just retire to the beach on Hawaii or somewhere and get involved in some environmental activism.

It's easy enough to talk about things not being OK blah blah blah. Any idiot can see that. But other than promoting his line of expensive clothing, what is Kelly actually doing?

Not to mention building wave pools and their environmental impact....

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JM Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 9:06am

I think his objective in producing the line of clothing was to show that clothing can be produced in a more responsible manner. Of course it's going to cost more (just like a local custom hand-made board is going to cost more than an Asian pop-out). So accordingly the people that can afford them are as you called them the "uber-rich".

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carmo-dee Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 1:58pm

The moment you start producing clothes, no matter if the cotton is fair trade, organic (non gm) and start using dyes, you are contributing to the problem. The most sustainable thing you can do for the industry is not contribute to it.
I know i'm full of bullshit and contradictions but they're not quite as stark as mr slater

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JM Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 2:13pm

This is true. Fashion is probably the biggest culprit.

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tonybarber Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 11:36am

The conundrum of human existence. But no, we all can't be expected to be aware and we all can't be expected to be responsible for areas outside of our existence. At least he is using his stature to help these issues become aware. Don't shoot the messenger, as they say.

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atticus Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:14pm

Nice prodding of KS's claim to authenticity, Stu. Is he justified in making a stand considering his vocation? The answer isn't easily unearthed, but for the record - and after much equivocation - I agree with KS.

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stunet Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:25pm

"The answer isn't easily unearthed,"

Yep, and it makes me suspicious of anyone who defaults to a position.

And for the record I agree with KS's stance, prob took a similar route to get there as you.

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Sprout Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:26pm

Wonder if he eats seafood.

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sirboonie Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:36pm

Another slice of bluefin Kelly?

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mk1 Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:32pm

One thing I have come to realise is that with carbon there is 2 sides to the equation, it can be ok to create carbon via coal etc, so long as you offset it. We get stuck with a fixation on transport pollution or coal power being absolutely unacceptable, but a lot of the damage can be offset right now. Leaving aside other toxic by products that should be collected and treated properly.

So is Kelly a hypocrite? For the most part no, he is participating in modern society but with very limited environmental damage (assuming his Pu boards are carbon offset and are manufactured responsibly). His past at quicksilver is a different story though, but things change and awareness spreads.

Note , I'd still prefer clean and green energy but recognise valuing forests via carbon sequestration has many benefits.

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sirboonie Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:44pm

Probably only short term mitigation unfortunately though with urban sprawl spreading, there's only so much room to keep planting forests.. I find the pros flying in for a specific swell for a few days particularly frustrating, almost to the point that I'd tend to not watch these clips. Be great to see these guys pushing for biodegradable boards. I'll stick to the op shop but Kelly does come across as a reasonably genuine guy, happy to see him move into an advocacy role

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mk1 Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 10:51am

Agree with your points sir but one thing on credits, existing forests capture and store carbon too, which creates an opportunity to value forests beyond their logging potential

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stunet Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:41pm

Recently Outerknown had a sale day where they donated 100% of takings to a few enviro organisations. I thought that was a rock solid gesture. No maneuvering for approval there.

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freddieffer Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 12:42pm

Ultimately, 'the people' actually have the power to make change happen. People power is an unstoppable force when the will of the masses gains enough traction and conviction. I believe this is his intent here.

Irrespective of claims and counter-claims of KS's past actions, alleged motivations and/or hypocracy, KS's high profile with this video message of "it's not OK' will give a lot of impetus in all sorts of places around the world for people to be inspired and to take action against the dumb, stupid and unsustainable practices that we as a society so conveniently turn a pathetic blind eye too.

I'm sure KS will provoke a few ripples with this, and he just might reach out to a very wide global audience with his message that a significant change of attitude is required with caring for the environment and constructively and sustainably managing the human footprint.

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Neil Thunder Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 1:01pm

I'm glad he is speaking up. It is time for surfers to accept the ocean environment is under unprecedented strain, and to accept our role in trying to right the ship.

We have to own up to the fact that it has, in some cases, been the activity of surfers that has encouraged tourism development in remote areas of the world that just haven't had the infrastructure and institutions to manage it in a sustainable way. Bali being a case in point. Devastating deforestation. The water in many places dangerously polluted by raw sewerage and agricultural run-off. Plastic pollution that is simply insane (Keramas is a paradise if you can keep your eyes off the sand between the resort and the water). I'm not telling anyone here anything they don't know. We see it daily. On your next surf, do a quick stocktake of the plastic on the shoreline. It has never been this bad.

I've long been perplexed by our inability as a surfing community to speak up about these issues. Most arguments about coastal development only seem to arise if it might affect sandflow to a break. If anything, surfers have found themselves on the side of the businessman and politicians when it comes to green issues (ie. shark culling).

But silent on the Stellanbosch University study completed last year that reports the great white sharks of the South African coast are on the verge of extinction: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/21/africa/great-white-sharks-south-africa/

Silent on the WWF Living Planet Report findings that global fish populations have almost halved since 1970: http://www.nature.com/news/wildlife-in-decline-earth-s-vertebrates-fall-...

Silent on the prediction that there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/19/more-plastic-than-fish-...

So we shouldn't take a call to action as a threat. Surfers, and the popular surfing media, should be leading the charge. And voices, like Kelly's, should be supported.

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savanova Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 1:14pm

Blah blah hes just preaching to the converted. We all surf and know this shit thats going on. Its the people that dont surf and dont know who KS is that need teaching.
I live in a small south coast town and my local beach isnt covered in broken boards, fins and leg ropes, its covered in empty bait bags from Tweed Baits, Mother & Red Bull cans, Berkely hook and sinker packaging, generic cigarette packets, Maccas and KFC packaging, all hand delivered by the non surfing community.
How many of these companies work to reduce their carbon footprint let alone work to minimise their waste impact on the enviroment.
Good luck to KS if i had his cash there'd be no stopping me either, but its the rest of society thats brain washed and thats why we're fucked.

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JM Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 8:57am

Yep that's true Sananova.

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arnie Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 11:22am

Totally agree Sananova. However KS is probably the only surfer that has world wide recognition to non-surfers so he needs to get his message out to the broader community.

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Terminal Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017 at 8:46am

Partially agree sanova,

I think surfers actually have a lot to answer for in terms of environmental impact. Think about it for a second. The most widely used board building materials are all toxic petrochemicals and the boards themselves, generally speaking, are disposable items that are not recycled and don't disappear (there is no way this is going to change any time soon). Wetsuits and hardware (fins, leg ropes, tailpads etc.) by and large are the same; disposable and made of petrochemicals or rubber from plantations that encroach on natural systems. Surfers like to travel, often long distances in pursuit of waves, which obviously requires fuel and generates carbon emissions. There is even evidence in the peer-reviewed literature that some compounds present in sun creams kill corals (even in small amounts), so while we may be protecting ourselves, we may damaging the things that bring us so much enjoyment.

Won't even begin with the impact of garment and accessory manufacture and consumption.

Multiply this general behaviour by the number of surfers on the planet (who knows how many there actually are) and you have yourself a pretty significant contribution that I personally can't see changing any time soon.

I know it's not as visible as bait bags and fast food garbage left on the beach, but I feel that we as surfers are nowhere near as environmentally conscious as we perceive ourselves.

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savanova Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017 at 8:01pm

Hey there big T thanks for the insight after 30yrs of surfing I had no idea boards were bad for the enviroment, I wear sun screen made from zinc and like to travel. Fuck we should all join rasta and go body surfing naked.

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Optimist Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 1:27pm

It doesn't matter what we have done in the past , it's what we will do from now on that matters. If we can do better, pick up the rubbish we find rather that leave it there, join a broken board together and give to a young kid for a fresh life, give some of our money to the poor and help someone or the environment daily, our collective effort one to one is what will change the world. You don't need any money or fame for this, but it's good to see the famous having a go.

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amb Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 1:54pm

well said, also earn a few karma points on the way

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Geereg Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 1:49pm

We're all hypocrites. Good on him for not letting it stop him doing....something.

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Sprout Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 2:48pm

"Outerknown partners with Ocean Conservancy to launch their 'It's Not OK' collection. 100% of profits from these products go directly to support protecting and cleaning up the ocean."

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freeride76 Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 3:06pm

I'd buy a tee-O to support that.

Do they offer interest free finance?

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surfari Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 3:51pm

Come to think of it Kelly Style was always slightly jerky and tense riding all those narrow boards.

He promotes boards that Snap.

Paints fake stringers on his boards.

Promotes the exploitation of labor.

Was part of the corporate structure ( made profit) that killed surfboard cottage industry.

AND AND AND.

Kelly its time to be real and heal.

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hiline Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 5:23pm

I don't get it .whats wrong with having poor people in the world ?

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blindboy Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 5:30pm

Th surf clothing companies beat the rest of the world to the greed is good philosophy by a few years and have been stuck there ever since. Slater's brand? Irrelevant. Many years ago I was involved in a political action and an old bloke asked me if I was prepared to give it all up, family, friends surfing, a comfortable lifestyle. If not, he continued, you're wasting your time. I don't know that I totally agree but I am pretty sure, however pure Slater's intentions, Outerknown is not going to achieve anything beyond a feel good factor. I would be happy to be proved wrong but I don't think so.

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Blowin Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 6:33pm

Fact : Kelly Slater is the best competitive surfer of all time.

Fact : Kelly's intentions to create discussion and attempts to introduce a pathway for companies to provide product from a sustainable source are laudable .

Fact : Outerknown is more expendable shit and the man himself is as far removed from an example to set as anyone on planet Earth.

Fact : I'm probably not much better.

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Lanky Dean Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 7:48pm

Hmm... haven't even watched the video, looks like remorse over his own employment choices.
"If you have a problem with somebody else it usually relates to yourself". Seems he has been having a hard time with the ethics of a certain cottage industry.

First world problems.........Wolf in sheep's clothing.

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Reefeater Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 8:28pm

We have all contributed to the problem and will continue to do so in some form. Making a genuine attempt whether it be financial or helping with public awareness has to better than doing sweet FA........

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upnorth Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 8:45pm

He's got a point and undoubtedly there's an element of hypocrisy involved. Its probably also hypocritical for me to get involved with my local beach clean while helping fill a hole in the ground with non biodegradable rubbish. Same warm fuzzy, different scale.

He's got a decent platform from which to inform/lecture/rant and given the knife edge we're on in terms of the natural environment and our misuse of it I don't think his musings can do any harm. Its a good point about us all basically using the same pond and one that may not have occurred to some, its easy to feel our own corner of paradise is detached from the images of far away plastic and needle strewn beaches.

I can see Slater becoming an evangelical ocean saving machine when he's done with comps and why not? He seen more of it than most and at least he puts his money where his mouth is.

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campbell Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 8:50pm

I m with you lanky dean, don't need to listen to a former carton a day smoker about how we must quit the durries. Another example of "how environmental am I ! " that seems just as hypocritical to me is the patagonia marketing plan, chuck 1% of your profits at the environment seems a nice Nobel gesture by a multinational but really when the price of a tshirt double your competitors or God forbid a 750+ dollar wetsuit it would seem their customers may be paying for their generosity and then some, mark it up 201 % and give back 1% you fuckers, not to start up about "hardcore"team rider models with their beards and tents roughing it up in the wilderness in their 200 dollar flannos . faaark

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dandandan Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 4:17pm

I spent $40 on a pair of Patagonia boardshorts before I did a long period of fieldwork in Indonesia about five years ago. I wore them every single day for about 700 days. Slept in them, surfed in them, walked in them, whatever. I almost never took them off. I repaired them a bunch myself, and when I got back to Australia I sent them to the Sydney store and they repaired them professionally and sent them back. They finally carked it completely last year and I sent them back to the Sydney store, and they will apparently be recycled back into clothes. If that isn't walking the walk I don't know what is. I'd challenge you to name a company doing anything remotely similar to what they do as a normal part of their business.

The high cost of their clothes includes the cost of repairing it and disposing of it. You can get a cheaper t-shirt, sure. But you will need to fix it yourself or pay someone else to fix it, and once it's done the company who produced it doesn't pay to dispose of it, ratepayers who fund local tips do.

Also, a Patagonia wetsuit is less than $500 on Surfstitch.

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campbell Friday, 24 Feb 2017 at 11:46am

Sure Dan, they may be doing more than their competitors for sure but really the bar is pretty low, as for fixing your own boardies good on you! But I guess you could also sew up any other brand when they fall apart ? Patagonia are making an effort and that's a good thing and making sure they tell everybody in the process ie advertising /marketing genius and I'm sure that their sweatshops in Mexico are paying top dollar to the kiddies making the stuff.

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peter73 Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 at 9:44pm

Oh I'd just love to to really wind him up and see what collateral damage he could unleash on the big corporate nasties, not tip toe around and casually half glance it's not ok and wear a semi washed out shirt that says i'm kind of into this but maybe i'm not. I think he's into it, 100%, but needs to get his back into it, pull his finger out and make some real noise where it matters to the people who matter.

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The Govenor Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 8:46am

I'm seeing Mer-man from Zoolander.

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velocityjohnno Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 8:49am

Come & join us Kelly, the next board is truly renewable timber, the machine tools spinning with solar power, the car will be chipped for E85
Look to UCSD - PU blanks synthesised from algae
And again, this group:
https://www.theoceancleanup.com
Here is a real practical solution to plastic in our oceans
Good luck

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mick-free Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 1:30pm

Be interesting where he puts his cash now. He'd be going along very nicely after offloading the wavepool.

Hopefully he funds projects like the ocean cleanup.

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yocal Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 1:55pm

There are only a small minority of the population who act 100% in parallel with the change that they wish to see in the world. Maybe those people are entitled to be critical of hypocritical behaviour. I find myself agreeing with all the causes for a better planet, but i still buy plastic, still drive cars. I ascribe to the belief that if I begin to change my behaviour, i set a positive example for others, slowly the wheels of change begin to turn as a whole. If I one day drop all of my petro-plastic possessions, am i really setting an example to others which they perceive they can obtain? probably not. In fact, my way of life might look ridiculous to them and actually discourage them from ascribing to my values.

I guess the idea is how to influence the most people at the greatest pace of change. Is Kelly achieving in this? perhaps.

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Craig Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 2:07pm

An interesting and new way of looking at it.

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Snuffy Smith Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 2:18pm

To quote Jackie Lambie "The environment's screwed just get on with it" and to finish the quote" Bring back national service to deal with it".I like Slat's approach.

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Parksy Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 3:11pm

Sure like all of us Kelly's life and choices have not always been pure and green but I happen to know the engineer who has been helping him at Firewire pursue a direction to improve this. At least he is trying to take us in a better and more sustainable direction. I've seen a couple of boards made from some amazing matter and compounds. There is a lot going on behind the scenes.

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dandandan Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 4:22pm

Sure, a massive hypocrite. So am I though.

But let's not use his hypocrisy to excuse ourselves. I know I let laziness and desire cloud my judgement when it comes to conservation issues. No matter what you tell yourself, every time you get a takeaway coffee cup instead of sitting down and drinking there, you've let your own desire come before the environment. Every bit of food wrapped in plastic is the same.

The least we could do as surfers is try to offset all our pointless driving and flying in search of waves by not buying anything new or putting more unnecessary waste into landfill. Take a look at your rubbish bin and try and justify to yourself the reason why you're so special you should be able to send that much to landfill every week. It's a fun exercise in how selfish and pathetic we can be.

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bassnake Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 6:11pm

Kelly the absolute commercial king of surfing, boards, leggies, t's wax, movies, trips (boat & air), wetties---the list is near endless. Why has he chosen now that he is near retired from the WSL to move away from endorsing consumer goods that we need to sustain our surfing life.
Refrain from using 200 boards a year, 1,000,000 miles of air travel you bloody hypocrite!!!
When he spoke about the rubbish in the oceans , one big ocean connected, well what about Australia's exposure to the Indian, Pacific & Southern oceans, we have some of the cleanest oceans because we collectively have given a fuck for a lot longer than most countries. They are only just waking up to the shit they dump in the ocean, where we have a long history of keeping our beaches and waters clean.
Just remember to keep at it and act as proud Australians, as for listening to the drivel I just heard-fuck off Kelly we don't need to be lectured, you sound like a reformed smoker. Losing respect for you by the day, despite you being a surfer of extreme talent.

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tonybarber Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 6:49pm

Well, Clean Up Australia Day is coming up - March 5th ?
Maybe pick up a bit. While you are going back to your car, pick up a bit, plastic bottle, lid, can or anything you think a fish can't eat. It would have to help and costs nothing.

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southey Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 7:59pm

" And one day , Pop will eat itself "

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davetherave Thursday, 23 Feb 2017 at 9:02pm

We need to realize that intentions that show we care are important. Just do what you can. Let's face it the pollution we have all created and continually create just to live has to either kill us or create a miraculous technological or environmental breakthrough. Lucky it's just a virtual reality and lucky we have Donald Malcolm Bill and Pauline and Barnaby to lead us to the light.

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Jonathan Halloran Friday, 24 Feb 2017 at 12:08am

Why bother tarnishing this positive message with negative spin? Negative spin. I tried one of those the other day but wiped out and buried my head in a sand bank :(

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davetherave Friday, 24 Feb 2017 at 4:56am

Because the message could have been put out there decades ago. The ASP now WSL could have been very powerful players in getting the mainstream world media and NGOs to bring this issue to the forefront of our priorities as custodian of this wonderful world. It's regret and we all feel it because we all know we are responsible in its actualization. We have to change our ways. Simple.

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Mary Choppins Friday, 24 Feb 2017 at 7:36pm

"A bajillion air miles and PU boards for me, but not for thee."

That said, hypocrisy is part of the human condition. At least he's doing something, virtue signalling aside.

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t-diddy Saturday, 25 Feb 2017 at 9:49pm

well its NOT ok, nuff said

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mowgli Saturday, 25 Feb 2017 at 10:37pm

Don't agree with calling him a hypocrite for speaking out now (or at least, more loudly) about environmental issues compared to his past. What if he just finally woke up to the impact? That just means he was ignorant then, and not necessarily a hypocrite now.

He came across as a bit rambling in that. The way it was edited was probably the deciding factor. He sounded like one of those drug-addled-brained old timers that jumps around from subject to subject without missing a beat...e.g. "lennox head was so good MP was out there and we once did some acid and I read TIME magazine the other day and I heard they found more exoplanets which timothy leary said that you can't..."

I think he's on the right path but he needs to do a lot more. He needs to up his public speaking/media game and use his profile (before it fades) to do a roadshow to discuss oceanic issues. I'm talking going on things like the Today Show, getting a piece on 60 Minutes, Hack on Triple J. And don't just say a bunch of stuff "it's bad ya know? it's all one ocean and it's polluted". Say it with fucking passion. Make people understand how it affects them. If you can't do that then you're wasting your time. The vast majority are only self-interested so unless you personalise it for them, connect the dots between Issue ABC and their ability to eats prawns at Easter, then you're not going to the get the traction issues such as these require.

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davetherave Sunday, 26 Feb 2017 at 2:55pm

well said Mowgli. dONT FOCUS ON THEN, CONCENTRATE ON NOW. KELLY IF EMBRACED THIS ISSUE WITH PASSION COULD MUSTER OTHER HIGH PROFILE SUPPORT STAFF AND HELP IMPLEMENT INITIATIVES TO HELP STOP OUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDIND OF HOW OUR OCEANS ARE BEING IMPACTED.
EGG, WHY ISNT THERE MORE RESEARCG DONE ON BIO DEGRADABLE DISPOASABLE PACKAGINGS. EDIBLE COFFEE CUPS, BIODEGRADABLE BALLOONS.
YES IT'S GOING TO COST MORE INITIALLYY.
BUT AS A SPECIES ARE ME MATURE AND CARING ENOUGH TO ADMIT, YES WE HAVE TO PAY EXTRA BUT WE ARE ALSO HELPING THE PLANET THAT SUPPLIES US ANYWAY.
IT'S NOT OKAY TO NO LONGER BELIEVE YOUR NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM. WE ALL ARE- HYPOCRITES ONCE, BUT HEROES NOW!

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truebluebasher Sunday, 26 Feb 2017 at 5:24pm

Recently I wrote to CSIRO about UNIVERSAL Marine Debris Card.
Allowing individual tally more easy transfers thus clearing of most urban beaches.
Universal card maps secluded beaches & live ocean surface Toxic Marine Debris.
Fast referencing danger to any environment with appropriate responsive time-frames.
Universal meaning same icons/columns across language re: (Bowling or putt putt cards)

Live mapping spacejunk has long been essential for communications and rocket launches.

From bark off a tree Surfcraft transformed to decepticons in length of a paddle-out.
Not my gig to direct Skegz to tick off robot parts on Marine Debris Card.
I do know Surfers whole look pretty shitty whilst they don't !
Screamin' Plastic Bag is wear'n thin.
Product mad skegz are best to [Come Clean] than [ Wear the Blame].

Surf ! Just Surf !

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truebluebasher Monday, 27 Feb 2017 at 11:21pm

Very sad! That 4 corners episode on marine debris...

All too obvious that spacejunk and ocean debris flip sides of same latte lid.
Starts out as Rocket or ship launched into sky or sea.
Planet eats it up into intercontinental alien mince then contagion soup.
Invisible nothingness is only the beginning of break down process.

Goodvibes!.."Hey Huey"! There's soup in my Smirnoff chowder"!
Does Sir Goodvibes ! Wish for a bucket of 1970's stubbies XXXX classic reserve!

Hydraglyph on back of Atlantis toilet door.
Bodybash or drown in your own \ / I /

Respect the beach....
Make peace with the ocean!