Plastic bad (unless used for paddles etc.)
In an extraordinary moment, one that just may tip the planet to the apocalyptic event it could be steaming toward, a gaggle of SUP pilots, goat boaters, etc. paddled out near Cornwall, England days ago on a never-before-seen amount of plastic in order to protest plastic.
The G-7 Summit, as you well know, is taking place near Cornwall.
The protestors are angry that world leaders are not doing enough to stop plastic production for things other than SUPs, paddles, kayaks, plastic sharks that declare “eat people not plastic” etc.
You can watch here.
More than 1,000 of surfers stage paddle-out protest at G7 Summit
I don’t have much to write about the protest other than SUPs continue to suck in heretofore unimagined ways.
Erik Logan.
Puritans. Soon they’ll be burning people at the stake.
No way
It’s awesome
LOL do you really think plastic will disappear if you stop buying stuff from China? Once China becomes more developed the factories will move to the next 3rd world country. Its not a China problem is a world problem.
Yup – has already happened with mass produced clothing moving to South and South East Asia
A smattering of paltry ‘public nuisance’ arrests was all the dissent we could muster, and this literal raft of twats would have been much better off using a fraction of their number to paddle out in Carbis Bay itself, under the eyes of the G7 themselves to spell out the acronym of (S)AVE (O)UR (F)ISH (T)ERRITORIES – (C)RIMINALISE (O)RGANISED (C)ETACEAN (K)ILLING (S)TAT! Using SUP’S lashed together perhaps.
Funnily enough, i spent the day at home nearby to the G7 events emptying my pods into tissues in prep for some evening bonkies that never materialised. All in all about as useful as this bunch of self-gratifying eco wank-offs then, not to mention the utterly lacklustre outcome of the summit itself.
I learned to paddle a bamboo basket boat in a Vietnamese fishing village a few years ago. Spent the summer in it going out to an island about 1km offshore every morning. The feeling was so nice. It was like lightly cohering to the water’s surface rather than barging through or skimming over it. Connected to the sea, immediately responsive to its shape and movement. The boat moved constantly – up and down and from side to side as well as in whichever direction you were going – and although you wouldn’t call its speed high it was super-manoeuvrable – you could turn it on a dime or stop and set it to spin just like that. The oar was attached to the rim of the basket boat in the twist of a rope. To paddle you stood with your hands on the handle of the oar at your belly and the blade in the water almost vertically below the handle, which you moved from side to side in a semicircle as though steering a bicycle through a narrow slalom. The motion became mesmerising and addictive after a while. Yes I can say that. Gee I miss it.
You can get them at Bunnings
Made in plastic.
Oh shit already? I was just daydreaming about mass-producing in plastic with Gerry or Kelly’s signature to fill the lineups and do my bit for surfing, grow the sport. Thought I was going to pioneer something.
Reminds one of Dunkirk!
(1) more,….ok, just (1) more…..I’m good. Just a little one…..
Buy Here, Here, and Here.
I’m China stop!!
Cornwally’s are always good for comic relief…
Cornball’s…
In fact the SUP is the perfect paddle out protest weapon and must be strongly promoted as such. Let them protect the planet while staying the fuck away from my waves
Those that are anti-environmentalism are way more likely to have the most kids, they’re going to win(lose) in the long run.
Good point.
It’s natural selection
Nothing a world war couldn’t clean up
Coming soon to a Country near you…..
It’s not black and white, goat boats are not single use plastics. I can rub a bar of wax on your window while still being anti waste.
I appreciate your sense of environmental discipline. Is there a moderation to achieve this enviro application, such as half a bar/full bar?
I’ve always favored key bumps
Way more hygenic.
And enviro whatever
How about the extra long pinky nail dip? I was in grade school in S Florida in the late 70’s and there was a quite flamboyant for the tines dude who worked in the library, it had to be explained to us by an upper classmate what the solo long nail was for.
More proof
Leftys are kooks
Hey … I’m a goofy
So is Gmed
surfer/environmentalists = putting the moron in oxymoron.
Pick one, cant be both.
You’re so old school
I’m a surfmenatlist!
Words of wisdom!
Centuries of inbreeding to support a narrative of “royalty” has consequences. See above…