Also stealing the whole kitty.
Legendary surf figure, and Torquay’s first son, Maurice Cole, days ago, pulled a hammer from the re-enforced loop of his handsome cargo shorts and hammered the World Surf League over its performative environmental whatnot, plus taking the entire door, at the just-wrapped Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.
Robber barrons.
My friends at Surfers Appreciating Natural Environment (SANE) were invited to a Bells tree planting session with the Surf Coast Shire (SCS) and the World Surf League at the start of this years event….where SANE did all the work …set up photo/film opportunities…which was used on the @wsl website……where the claim is that the WSL has been revegetating Bells for 50 years….check out the WSL webpage…
…the longtime shaper and pioneer began before really laying in.
We all know that since they started in 1988 SANE has led the charge and done most of the work to revegetate the Bells reserve, doing working bees every month in the Bells Reserve for 34 years!
The WSL have continually ripped off the local Surf Coast Shire surfing community groups here who actually have had to continually fight the WSL and the Surf Coast Shire from inappropriate commercial development. The WSL still take all the gate money from the local community, which is the only contest in the World that charges an entry fee for spectators.
The latest 3 year fight was to stop the WSL building a viewing platform at Winki-Pop as the WSL might want to use the platform at Easter for a few days. The cost/angst and years of fighting the inappropriate development proposed by the WSL, created disharmony and distrust between the recreational surfing community and the Govt organizations such as the SCS and Surfing Vic. Local and international surfers cannot trust the WSL greenwash machine and now the WSL are giving the impression they are leading reveg efforts at Bells and caring about the local community.
I know how upset the guys from SANE are about being used by the WSL with the planting of a few plants, and there is a meeting on Weds morning to discuss how they were abused by the WSL, and simply put….green washing seems to be the WSL’s Modus Operandum…….. we all want an Easter Pro, but not at the continuing expense of recreational surfers who have to fight the ongoing presence of Green Washers!
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This is not the first time the WSL has been accused of posturing for the sake of social approval in areas of equality, care about longboarders and, of course, environmentalism.
A partnership was recently announced with a manufacturer of cheap Chinese SUVs.
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Make or Break.
Jesus the original woke socialist
Would someone make this narcissistic old git fuck off. He is not speaking on behalf of the recreational surfers on the Surfcoast, because majority of the recreational surfers hate the fucking guy and have enjoyed some peace recently while he was forced out of town because of his ongoing LUNACY.
He was conspicuously absent from the bells staircase. Where is he?
In the mean time the WSL has set up a huge judging stand in the highly sensative sand dunes opposite the Box , one assumes the atheletes all support this otherwise they would take a stand against holding heats at the Box .
Yesuss!!!!
WSL X IKEA surf inspired disposable furniture https://youtu.be/JXTDP1wxm68
Sorry never been to lennox (or aus for that matter). Care to provide context?
I assume its full of old dogs owning the place and Warchild-types sending people home, willing to bash Elo on first sight
Lots of turds out there–just got to want them and Negs provides.
They all work for Rip Curl and don’t want to lose there jobs.
Every single person who comments here watches their national football league. This league will shamelessly take every sponsorship dollar they can get their hands on and burn umpteen tonnes of carbon running the stadiums and providing ways to get to to the match. Mc himself is a mad afl and correct me if im wrong, stkilda footy team supporter, both entities do fuck all for the environment. Yeah the wsl might battle to live up to its green wash goals which to some may make it look hypocritical but at least it has some goals, most companies and individuals (how many of you tick the carbon offset cost when you book a flight) like to think green but do sweet fuck all about it, have you bought an electric car yet, stop being hypercritical wsl bashers, its starting to get real boring, sure make them accountable but lets not get stuck in the weeds again its getting real boring.
I wish! My national league is equivalent to
an English pub league. Stadium capacity is a few blokes smoking joints peering over the fence.
Agree that some virtue signalling better than nothing though marketing yourself as green when you own wavepools and bulldoze wetlands is BS.
Sorry to destroy your thesis, but I detest team sports.
Nope, no football here. Don’t really watch the surfing either. Live commenting on BG is the only professional sport I follow. Hope my energy consumption isn’t affecting the charging cycle of your GWM.
Go Manly!!!
I don’t follow any football but thought BG is a sport and putting shit on wosl is the goal.
At least they greenwash at Bells , here in Margs the local point gets bent over by the wsl and we don’t even get a few shrubs planted in some token gesture
Total freeloading cunts Sutfing WA are no better perthy businessmen abusing the hospitality of the local community
MC had a fair hand supporting tbe ASP and pro surfing events while he lived in Margaret River , not to mention his efforts to open up the beaches to the south of grunters and wanting to drive through the dunes onto the beach at Boodgie etc. If he has learnt from his past mistakes great if not then he can foff in my books.
Fuken legend.
Mohammed woulda stoned her then fuked her
I see your direct action point and like it, but if confronted and threatened he would just keep walking and ignore it, like he would to a homeless crackhead, keeping to his strict hotel/venue/hotel/airport routine. Don’t think he goes for a surf and pub afterwards, mingle with the oi polloi.
So without any social media to voice the greenwashing, you don’t expect wsl or surf media to report on it. And we wouldn’t be discussing it here.
I think the real enablers here are local govmts who issue permits and validate the whole shitshow.
I sort of like watching the comps. But do so guiltily, aware of the endless flights, broken boards, shitty SUV sponsors etc. When I see some muppet planting a tree or waving a bit of plastic rubbish, it’s an insult. It’s a pure greenwash. They could actually do something. Restrict board numbers. A schedule to reduce flights. Perhaps a road trip to cover a few events in Oz, Europe, cali. Electric skis, or better none – bigger or overlapping heats. Reduce numbers to an elite. I’m guessing the entourage is massive now with the tv show, it must be getting worse. Nevermind, just get someone to wave an extra seedling in front of the cameras.
I thought people were tuning into Bells because it was a surf contest. Is there some imaginary audience that’s being duped to watch by greenwashing?
Why does he call it the Eastern Pro?
Look Maurice has his heart in the right spot and I applaud him for putting his head above the parapet.
The problem in Torquay isn’t really the scrub on the bells/winki headland. Stan Couper and the ASA were running theBells restoration comps, where everyone planted trees and shrubs way back in the 70s, maybe even 60s. And there were weirdos like “Charles of the Sea” who would refuse to pull rubbish out of the sand because it had now entered the ecosystem. So yeah, there’s a lot of well meaning dimwits out there.
The problem in Torquay is the fuckwit infested housing estates like Warralilly and Armstrong Creek. Torquay is FUCKED and anyone who can get out is getting out. The surf coast shire should start at Anglesea (or even Aireys Inlet) and just leave Torquay to get swallowed by Geelong. You guys blew it.
The way land is endlessly opened up for car based development in Oz annoys the crap out of me. About 1% of new developments ate walking distance to a shop, school etc. It’s been dumb for years and continues.
We cop it from both parties. The conservatives want to flood the country with plebs from overseas so they can keep the wages down and tax base up. The progressives (to use the term ‘liberal’ in australia just invites confusion), want to flood the country with plebs from overseas because they are obsessed with hand wringing about the poor people.
Both options lead to a cities with ever-expanding suburbia.
Then you have this absurd “seachange” phenomenon where every aspirational dickhead from Geelong wants to live on the coast and pretend they are in Byron Bay hanging with the Hemsworths.
Left your run about 25 years too late amigo ….
Haha not me, ive never lived there, i live down the road a bit with no traffic lights, no maccas, no bunnings and no shit job in geelong.
If i was an original torquay local I’d be spewing about what’s happened to my town.
It just shits me seeing my rates sent to torquay to build their shitty vanity projects.
They all fucking work in geelong anyhow.
I spent a couple of winters hanging and surfing on the west coast with some warambool lads , it was always a joke to go to toqueer or torquil and surf even then , can’t imagine how bad it is now
Good times mid 90’s
The way to spot someone from torquay is if they employ the “torquay power paddle”. It involves paddling out with chest puffed up and arched at the front, while arms are permanently set at 90 degrees from the elbow. Looks fucking ridiculous and immediately ruins the vibe.
😂😂
i know this exact paddle. some crew even take that aesthetic on to land. we used to say they were ‘carrying books’.
To be fair, he may have had some muscle quietly, but obviously shadowing him.
JMD furiously typing a ‘stop it Moz’ letter. More to follow…
depopulationism is the only way to save earth . depopulationism was created by the Chinese government in 1980 . depopulationism is also known as the ONE WOMAN ONE CHILD POLICY . Charles Webster Baer has been trying to say this in the surf media since 1993 and in the snowboard media since 1996 . in fact , Charles is banned from this very web site , beach grit . in 2000 Charles came up with gig to save the planet . global internet government dot com .
Just so you don’t waste any more of your time. You’re shadow banned here Charles. Only you can see your own comments on the thread (and me if I spot them in the backend)
But in a gesture of goodwill if anyone is interested in your global internet government and depopulation. I shall post a link.
https://globalinternetgover…
Twittertron
He’s actually got lots of skills that aren’t even plumbing adjacent. True renaissance man, our Negs. Probably how he keeps up with the young birds.
Its all so crazy. Harpo, billionaires band aid distractions from apocalyptic times. So the pretend Bohemians can frolic in their secluded groves. While the rest of us dread some eminent old age cut from the love of our life. Only hopping for the chance to watch our kids enjoy something close to what we had. Joy and community.
Looks like the unabomber got out of jail, but what’s he doing on a surfing web site??
Charles has been attempting to force his views on every surfing website for well over decade now.
Give him a Karin badge while you’re at it, Negs!
Good on ya Maurice – these cunts blow in to an area film the surfers doing something “green”, righteous, global, conscious etc – then spruik this as their own ideas to sell their brand.
Go and get fucked!!
Cant wait for the surfers in WA to be kissing Quokkas whilst promoting margies wines!!!
Hahahahar, I reckon Morgy would do well with quokkas, being the same size and all.
Same teeth too