"Bye Bali..."
Dark news floated across the Timor Sea, yesterday, that Santa Cruz surfer turned Bali transplant Mara Wolford had been found dead in Benoa, a 30 minute jog from Kuta Beach.
The owner of the rented villa, where she was staying, failed to reach her by phone and called the police, who entered the apartment and found her body on the floor.
Investigation into the cause of death is ongoing.
Wolford, a BeachGrit contributor (read here and here), was also a fiery presence in the comment section, posting under the moniker Impervious Blonde then BazzaBitch and often crossing proverbial swords with one-time Surfer magazine editor Ben Marcus.
Four years ago, she alleged that she had been dosed with rohypnol, the “date rape” drug, while at a local Kuta Bar. The story was picked up widely by international news outlets and did not paint a rosy picture of Bali or its locals. She ended her re-telling, “Bye Bali and fuck you as well.”
Wolford is the second BeachGrit contributor to meet an untimely death. Michael Kocher, an early favorite who faked cancer for money (read here, here, here, etc.), was killed by a hail of police bullets while he held an ex-girlfriend hostage.
Just as you cherrypicked those moments to sketch Mara, I’ll cherry pick this piece to define your work. Fair trade.
Haha, so true; now we have people like Elo flooding the lineups with their bullshit, uneducated, political idiocy.
When did the BG commenters turn into such pussies?? Not sure what you all have been reading for the past few years but this site is mostly satirical and this article should not be classified as anything but satire. I didn’t know this chick but received the brunt of her anger at something I once posted. She appears to have been very outspoken and offensive to many people including the Balinese. Take this piece with the same grain of salt that you do all of Charlie’s other articles. If you need some love and sack rubs read NC’s piece about her, seems that is what all you soft ass pussies need.
WTF
GFYA. You’re an empty voice on a stupid surfing website. Your opinion and $5 will buy an Amercano at Starbucks.
Wow, had a good argument here a year or 2 ago with Bazza Bitch over Ken foreskin Collins and his right to be a cockhead (or how good a bloke he is) and what a fuckwit , icehead cunt of a place Santa Cruz is (or isnt if you asked Bazza), didnt know she was a woman either? (Bazza is Aussie slang for Barry), although in hindsight it makes sense.
Dont ever fuck with Indonesians in Indonesia (no matter who you are) .
Sad event . RIP Bazza and condolences to her family
Aussie slang for Barrel too!
Your right, also for Bogan , they all fit it would seem
Ben try to have a bit of class about the deceased.
Chas, this story didn’t come across your desk yesterday, it’s been news for about a week and there’s been posters here asking for an orbituary as soon as the news came out.
I don’t know why you sat on it.
Everything i’ve seen has insinuated that her demise was self inflicted.
But I found out about it yesterday…. and now Nick has penned a beautiful piece.
i remember the days when evreyone agreed that politics was for dorks; now, everyone is angry about this and that; the cocksuckers dividing and conquering are laughing in private at how stupid people are.
As most your regular punters have pointed out..your slipping Charlie. Mara was a surfer who charged life, a generous soul with a good heart, contributed some cool articles across many platforms, including yours. If this is the best obituary you can come up with, then go and fuck yourself.
RIP Mara.
I never knew Mara, but I know Bali enough to know that it can be dangerous.
I’ve had many text exchanges with Mara, usually ending in one of us telling the other to fuck off.
But when they start like this I always smiled, rolled my eyes and started thinking of a way to avoid the storm that was about to blow though.
Well enough, we’ve heard enough jabber from the menfolk to last 3 lifetimes. Hatten down the batches, biatches and brace yourselves for the only woman with the gall, experience and poetic license to fuck up every archetype you’ve ever engendered or that was forced upon you.
RIP Mara if you can.
P.M.C
Can I just ask if it’s you or Ben that’s deleting the posts?
Ben deleting his own.
Still up to his old habits? Wow. If he’s messing with her even after she has passed, he just might get himself haunted by an angry spirit.
This is outrageously poor journalism. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Uhh, this is the Surf-Journalism website. If you don’t know the difference than you will continue to be disappointed.
So your intent here is to characterize and then disparage most of BG commenters? That seems way out there, but par for the course, although silence would be better and harder to twist.
Chas, there is no light without dark. This would have been an opportune time to show some contrast.
Darker?
Yeah sorry, there is no dark without light.
Not offended. There are things in good taste and things in poor taste.
Yeah man, this has nothing to do with politics.
stop politicizing everything… I don’t know the woman, but she was well liked around here and just didn’t deserve to be lumped in with some sociopath who also happened to write for BG…. real simple man, not offended.
they were not connected in any way. Chas’ post without Kochers mention is fine.
They were connected by BeachGrit as are we. Again, motley crue which is more and more and more rare. We should celebrate when we can.
The cancel culture blowback has already arrived
Thank Allah!!
I’m all for irreverence… but you’re reaching to suggest it’s all part of the game.
This wasn’t irreverent, though.
Why did you include Kocher’s anecdote?
Because those are the two BG contributors that have met untimely deaths!
Her death seems untimely, his death was entirely his own fault.
Still untimely.
No, it was a cunt move.
It wasn’t.
Why include the other moron in her story? What relevance did it have?
To give Bexy an excuse to downvote you like the child he is…?
I think they were both a bit nuts; thats the similarity.
Clearly. P.M.C.
What does P.M.C. stand for?
Was it in good taste to lump Mara in with a very troubled man, Chas?
Seems like she was well liked and deserved her own post.
Maybe Nick will type something respectful.
I think yes. BG contributors a Motley Crue!
She was more than a little troubled herself.
im not sure she was well liked; it was obvious she had mental problems, and i hope she is resting in peace.