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As someone who lives in Bali I can say that Kelly is spot on. A massive culture shift is required to change the Balinese mentality of throwing away rubbish. There are plenty of companies helping like Quik who organises grass roots beach and village clean ups but Government needs to pull finger and implement the basic rubbish removal infrastructure that all cities need. Government then needs to educate the people with an ad campaign similar to Oz in the 70s/80s don’t be a litter bug so that it becomes an embarrassment rather than the done thing.
People can have a crack at Kelly but he ain’t the only tourist who won’t return to Bali in the future if change is not made. Bali has no other industry to rely on if the tourists stop coming and the rubbish in the water and on the beach has more potential to do long term reputation harm than any terrorist bomb.

This is one of those things that CAN be addressed. We, if we engage over the long haul, can shift the tide of plastic trash. Yesterday, Hawaii became the first state in the US to ban single-use plastic bags. 45 cities/towns in the US have done so as well. Many other countries (Ireland, China, etc) have embraced similar measures. NONE are enough and not all are enforced. I applaud Kelly for engaging in this subject. Plug in, orgs (inc Surfrider) are working on this issue. We, Surfrider, need all the help we can get.

nonsense talk brah. too much ego, hate and jealousy. live your on life and enjoy it. you don’t need to be king kelly to be happy. stop being frustrated and start recycling your garbage. fool!

haha deus ex machina, bellend factory

Response to #8: That’s a poor statement you just made. The fact that the guy conquered all the materialism he has in his life doesn’t take the goodwill out of his care about the ocean. In a worst case scenario, even if he’s being the ultimate egoistic prick to get things clean so he can surf more in Bali, he obviously knows he cannot do it by himself because he’s just a human being that happened to excel in his workfield and needs to get most of surfers and non-surfers involved around this issue to get things done. Don’t be a fool, and even worse, do not take the focus of the concern. Kelly is not part of this particular problem, he’s part of the solution. Don’t even start that tall poppy shit.

Hate the place. To crowded. To many BNL’s (Brand New Locals). To Much rubbish. To Much Hassle. To Much Hair Braiding. To much do your nails. To much Billabong, Maurijuana, XTC?Add to that I already live somehwere more better looking.

Haha BNL’s, love it. For sure by the way. So many kookies, “I live in Bali”.

After 1998 —> downhill. I will miss those earlier days and I will miss Bali, not going back for all the obvious reasons I don’t have to type out.

Folks in developing countries aren’t educated enough on the ramifications of their garbage. Go to almost any developing nation and you’ll watch people unconsciously throw their garbage anywhere. Indo is no different.

educated? the folks that live there are fucking poor and don’t have the cash. the powers that be are elsewhere in Indo and don’t give a shit they just want the cash rolling in (see Dreamland, other crappy developments). i’m not sure the wave of money rolling in from russia, china and other parts of asia actually gives a crap about the pollution. they never touch the water or even spend much time it’s just a place for them to park their cash

This is one of those things that CAN be addressed. We, if we engage over the long haul, can shift the tide of plastic trash. Yesterday, Hawaii became the first state in the US to ban single-use plastic bags. 45 cities/towns in the US have done so as well. Many other countries (Ireland, China, etc) have embraced similar measures. NONE are enough and not all are enforced. I applaud Kelly for engaging in this subject. Plug in, orgs (inc Surfrider) are working on this issue. We, Surfrider, need all the help we can get.

Believe me, if Brownsville, Texas can come together and address their plastic pollution in the apathetic culture that s South Texas, anyone and any place can overcome their differences and make their community and environment better for the future.

Thank you Kelly for leveraging such an important and time sensitive issue. Water pollution is getting worse in many parts of the world and surfers, out of all people, should be concerned and motivated to take action (www.surfrider.org).

His highness offended by garbage? My god peasants, clean your beaches lest he cease to grace them with his royal presence. Kelly and the surf industry are largely responsible for the degradation of Bali and now this bothers him? Maybe a big hipster party at deus ex machina with a matching fundraiser ball at mollusk broadcast live through insta twit would solve the problem? Then kelly can burn another billion gallons of jet fuel chasing swells and chastising us mere mortals on our many shortcomings? If only we all could be like the king how perfect the world would be

nonsense talk brah. too much ego, hate and jealousy. live your on life and enjoy it. you don’t need to be king kelly to be happy. stop being frustrated and start recycling your garbage. fool!

No ego, hatred or jealousy here. And no bullshit either. Just a lot of amusement at the hypocrisy of someone like Kelly who has a massive carbon footprint telling the poor people of Bali to shape up and stop littering. Those are the words of a fool. Kelly is an awesome athlete but when he ventures into other realms he often stumbles. No big deal. Just funny as hell. Now back out to surf more perfect empty overhead waves.

go for the nuts SpitBall and point out the number of Quiksilver stores that have opened in the poorly planed developments of Bali in the last couple years to sell things to all the tourists flocking to the poorly planned hotels that are screwing up Bali. course Kelly doesn’t have any pull with them.

As someone who lives in Bali I can say that Kelly is spot on. A massive culture shift is required to change the Balinese mentality of throwing away rubbish. There are plenty of companies helping like Quik who organises grass roots beach and village clean ups but Government needs to pull finger and implement the basic rubbish removal infrastructure that all cities need. Government then needs to educate the people with an ad campaign similar to Oz in the 70s/80s don’t be a litter bug so that it becomes an embarrassment rather than the done thing.
People can have a crack at Kelly but he ain’t the only tourist who won’t return to Bali in the future if change is not made. Bali has no other industry to rely on if the tourists stop coming and the rubbish in the water and on the beach has more potential to do long term reputation harm than any terrorist bomb.

haha deus ex machina, bellend factory

Response to #8: That’s a poor statement you just made. The fact that the guy conquered all the materialism he has in his life doesn’t take the goodwill out of his care about the ocean. In a worst case scenario, even if he’s being the ultimate egoistic prick to get things clean so he can surf more in Bali, he obviously knows he cannot do it by himself because he’s just a human being that happened to excel in his workfield and needs to get most of surfers and non-surfers involved around this issue to get things done. Don’t be a fool, and even worse, do not take the focus of the concern. Kelly is not part of this particular problem, he’s part of the solution. Don’t even start that tall poppy shit.