by Big H » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:29 am
by BoMan » Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:02 pm
by oldmansurfer » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:31 pm
by dtc » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:57 am
by jaffa1949 » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:59 am
by Tudeo » Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:17 am
Big H wrote:This was posted on Facebook today in one of the surfing groups here. It addresses the behaviour of one guide out at Airport Lefts today....
by RinkyDink » Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:47 pm
Tudeo wrote:Then he and his crony friends started getting more aggresive and shouting at me: "You're a good surfer, you don't need to do this" or something senseless of that nature. I was alone there, so I understood I beter de-escalate because it was heading for violence, but I couldn't help thanking them in irony for the compliment..
I paddled over to the right takeoff zone, and continued my surf in relative peace. But a thing like that destroyes my fun, even though I had some nice waves I felt angry and depressed by it.
Tudeo wrote:I've come to Bali to enjoy what the island and the people have to offer, and do so respectfully knowing I'm a guest to the island. I live among the local people and keep a low profile and try to put in my share. But in the surf and outside the surf I see the island change for the worse by plain greed, in my opinion the space for enjoyment in Bali is shrinking fast.
by waikikikichan » Sun Mar 19, 2017 6:45 pm
by Tudeo » Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:11 am
RinkyDink wrote:I don't know if your consumption of whatever treasures the island of Bali offers are any different from the greed you observe in others.
by RinkyDink » Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:20 am
Tudeo wrote:But I despice your remark of my supposed greed being the same as that I complain about. But you're right you don't know about my consumption. You would be surprised. Also I understand you're making this in a general statement about global consumerism, that's ok, I just don't like the general frame you're applying on me.
You don't have to feel for me, I'm just contributing to a surfing topic with some first hand experience, that's all. But maybe it's good to point out to you that civility, you cleary give so much about, is build on people's feelings for each other. And that my friend, is often overlooked by activists for a better world.
by Tudeo » Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:44 am
RinkyDink wrote:If your consumption is different from everybody else's, then explain what makes it so special.
by RinkyDink » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:06 pm
Tudeo wrote:Hey Rink, ask me about surfing and I tell you all I know, but please don't bore me with what's wrong with the world in YOUR opinion. There must be some fora on the net better suited for that subject.
by icetime » Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:11 am
by girlgonesurfing » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:31 am
by Tudeo » Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:06 am
girlgonesurfing wrote:That's terrible. I'm planning a surf trip to Bali in April and as it is my first one (of many...I hope!) I'm going to hire a surf guide. I hope my surf guide isn't like the one in the report. How do you spot them?
by jaffa1949 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:29 am
by girlgonesurfing » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:35 am
by Big H » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:41 am
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