South Straddie ULTIMATE SESSIONS - Save Our Spit ACT NOW!
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
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Joel Parkinson, Mick Fanning, Dave Rastovich, Jay Morairity, Andy Irons, Heith Norrish, Anthony Pols, Munga Barry, Jay Thompson, Sunny Garcia, Dean Morrison, Rochelle Ballard and many more tear apart South Straddie in the session from heaven (actually a whole lot of sessions over the years) and Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate in fine form, demonstrating his utter contempt for a $20 million dollar surf break and the entire world wide surfing community.
This clip shows exactly WHY this treasure, the best beachbreak in Australia needs to be SAVED NOW from destruction, saved from the grossly irresponsible proposal of a cruise ship terminal going ahead.
DON'T DELAY!!! The time is NOW to act, otherwise this place WILL be lost forever
It doesn't matter if they put this thing at The Spit, or at Wavebreak or at Tugun or Kirra, it's going to be an absolute irreversible disaster for Gold Coast surfing!
The world famous break at South Straddie (TOS) on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia is right now facing its biggest threat ever, with a real chance it could be destroyed forever. The now imminent construction of a proposed monster cruise ship terminal and its up-keep, will increase water turbidity (particles in the water) and the massive amount of constant dredging could destroy this place forever. This drastic land-grab by the private sector and local council will also bring with it the loss of wavebreak island, the loss of breeding habitat and potential fouling of a pristine aquatic area (home to over 450 marine species), heavily impact a multi million dollar diving industry and allow them to impose public access restrictions however they see fit, for the entire area - all in all it is a fast tracked scheme to claim land that belongs to all of us before we can get a chance to stop it. The mainstream media, local council and state government are trying hard to drop a thick blanket over any opposition to their plans in an attempt to appear that they have public support. This IS state controlled CROWN LAND that the council has no authority over. These changes would be irreversible and would render this amazing and unique area a marine wasteland, wiping out multiple multi-million dollar industries and our best free, open, public spaces. Hit the www.savourspit.com website to find out more...
ALL surfers need to unite now against these money driven forces that want to sell our free spaces, sell our crown land and in effect sell our surfbreak from right under our feet, to a Singaporean construction company - who will in turn replace it with massive churning ships, concrete and steel, facilities for the wealthy, massive hotels and pensioner-consuming casinos.
How can you be a part of saving this magic place? (YES WE NEED EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO HELP!)
1) register your vital support for the Save Our Spit Alliance, a non profit community group that is spearheading the challenge at
www.saveourspit...
/ saveourspit
2) Write to, and keep writing to the following politicians to express you concerns, don't hold back!
QUEENSLAND PREMIER
thepremier@premiers.qld.gov.au (Mr Newman)
LNP REPRESENTATIVES
surfersparadise@parliament.qld.gov.au (Mr Langbroek)
broadwater@parliament.qld.gov.au (Ms Barton)
southport@parliament.qld.gov.au (Mr Molhoek)
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Excerpts from ABC 7:30 report, Channel Ten and Nine Gold Coast news
Music by Parichayaka and John Butler
some great memories of surfing here and broady pumping back in 97/98, el nino summer, epic
Thanks mate, get involved and you're welcome to come and get barreled here any day!
I live on the east coast of the U.S. and the only thing we have is Beach breaks and as a sponger so ive learned to love them. this is ridiculous and that remark that Mayor i think said at the end truly made me mad. this place seems killer. R.I.P. Andy.
I live in South West-England, UK and my Aussie friend told me about this when we went surfing a couple of days ago! I hope you manage to save your spot! I know what its like to have your some of your favourite beaches ruined by capital investment. Just leave everyone's beaches alone! good luck guys!
Got my first barrel at straddie! it was tiny near the jetty, so I paddled over with a friend and it was barreling... Amazing spot! They should leave it alone!
that looks awesome i wanna surf their now
There* 😀
His last comment proves he knows fuck all about the place he's supposed to be serving.
Rest in paradise A.I. Legends never die
Hey Jen, please dont forget the area is a major diving location as well :)
Maybe all the guys that make millions out of surfers and surfing could put Millions into saving this place . But I suppose a new car , house and a plastic life style is more important . I hope you guys get to save this great break from these Money grabbing stooges !!!!
"A great time to send all three Gold-Coast LNP state members an email, arriving on their desks Monday morning after re-election" 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I heard it wasn't going to destroy the place at all, that it was just about a cruise ship coming through every week or so....so what's the real story? wtf's going on???
Nice edit, Great cause.
It's more like a couple of hundred meters on a small day. It's south straddie and DBah. That's it.
only if the mayor understood more about how good surfing a break like that is, shame on him
You can wave good by to that break.
RIP A.I & Jay \m/
Sick
get them to paddle it when 3 trawlers are heading back into the seaway,dumping blood and guts....
Yes, there are too many surfers in the GC and only 3km of great surf breaks on the GC. It's a problem that has lead to surf related violence and aggro and is why several calls for a decent wave pool has been considered on the GC. Another factor against saving this place when they could possibly build a Webber/Slatter wave pool and make millons directly through that business.They should leave this place alone and not go through with the development, chances are though, that the developers will win in the end as proving that the GC would lose 20 million dollars per year if they ruin South Straddie is tough to prove in the minds of politicians. Politicians just think big business and are not sympathetic to the desires of what they perceive as a bunch of dole budging surf bums, like it or not, that's how most politicians think. The area in question in South Straddie is also mainly only accessed by surfers and not the community at large, it's not a family place, this is also known by politicians. Yes, I personally agree that they should save this place. I don't think it will happen in the end unless the whole community (not just surfers) peacefully but diligently protest the development. It needs the whole communities voice to oppose the development - most politicians just won't take surfers that seriously. Also, the politicians are well aware of surf related violence being well documented in the Gold Coast. Using South Straddie as a draw card for tourism when a fair portion of local surfers are known to be either openly hostile or non approving towards non-locals and tourists is also an argument killer and hypocritical in the eyes on politicians. Even at the 6 minute point in the video, there is a scene where one surfer is aggressively hostile towards a guy on a body board - the BB may or may not been trying to drop in - it does not matter to a poli, either way, that kind of hostility is not a good look in the eyes of politicians and hinders your argument that the place is a tourist draw card which the GC mayor does not seem to believe anyway. Having images of aggression and hostility will just reinforce the perspective in the minds of polis that surfers are a bunch of bludgeoning bums, it does nothing to boslter the argument that Sth Straddie is a tourist draw card worth 20 million bucks. As I said, I am FOR saving this place from the developers, I just think you need to target your campaign as a 'community project' and not just a 'surfer project' if you want to influence politicians. Somehow, as hard as it may be, get the whole community opposing this, not just surfers. I hope that I have injected some reality into how a politician thinks so that your campaign might be successful. I do hope the developers are stopped. Good luck. Maybe if a more sympathetic mayor is elected it could happen. That's an idea, get a surfer in on the inside of council!
Great case man
With only 3km. of ridable quality waves, and millions of surfers from around Australia & the world over populating them.
Simply do the Maths!
The ever elusive flip called reality you.
same with the surf coast shire
6;47, RIP Jay xx
No Nick, sadly the campaign to install massive development and a cruise ship terminal in the area is still being vigorously pursued by the Mayor and the local council, with the state government supporting it.
I am sure without the surfing community their would be more tourists drowning as they work the unpatrolled beach's,as I myself have had to hand my board to two tourists in need of saving, and I am sure many others would say the same,I vote pray for those in politics, peace
They have already announced a massive upgrade and expansion of the Brisbane terminal, yet another thing to add to the massive pile of reasons to not go ahead with this.
feels like the 90s songs on ponit
this place reminds me of powlett river
The Rock Sir Jo???
Can't the ASP do something about this? And Quicksilver, they're a billion dollar company, can't they buy the first chunk of land where the best waves are ?.....COMON !!!!!
Yes Doblas, unless you were there that day and know otherwise? RIP A.I.
i have surfed south straddie many many times, it is remarably good but it is by far not the best beach break in australia lol, -Luke ( on my mums account )
I see this was 2012. Did anything happen? I surfed that break a good many years ago when I came over to visit my brother who lives at Paradise Point (short boat trip over to Straddie).
Money and greed wins every other time. Hopefully not this time.
What is this world coming too.. It's a shame!
Fuck the cruise line bullshit and keep the awesome waves
why does this video look like it was from the 90s
What's common out the pipe ???
Tate doesn't seem to understand this stuff & he clearly doesn't understand how much money it already generates for the local economy. Some surfing friends used to travel down from Brisbane every week just to surf TOS. Afterwards they always went to Main Beach for breakfast before the trip back for work. The only reason I even moved back to the Goldie was for the surf at places like TOS & Burleigh.
Private sector can build a jetty off Surfers Paradise instead & it might create a new break.
Did it get saved?
isnt it a national park jervis bay they want to build a rock wall at sailors grave for a mariner but since parks took it over havmt hear nothing of late
just another beach break.
No actually its very good consistant, bigger than anywhere on Gc except Dbar (same) easy to get out usually, handles big crowds, beautiful spot clean water abundant wildlife.....
I really hope there is just one person patient enough to read my comments below.
Is gold coast far waway from brisbane is it quite a drive?
Nah- about 40 mins on a good run on the F3 south.
If they end up fucking up your local surf spot i hope all that contributed to ruining it burns in hell for eternity. They have no right to take something thats so special and dear to the locals there. Places in the world this special are blessings to us that they should leave the fuck alone. I'm from kauai and seen some serious changes in my 27yrs of life. Always fucking up the very essence that makes the places beautiful.i hope thebest for straddie and hopeits still bestbeachbrk wen i get there
Nope, next term he is a gonner.. just working to make sure this proposal is dead in the water and goes along with him..
won't be the Mayor long...
Whaaat
DNA?✌
I agree that a cruise terminal would be stupid but either way no terminal of leave it alone the whole coast has developed into a cess pit. The current traffic at the spit is a mess, its strewn with litter and marginal people. 30-40 years ago the coast was good. Now its a lost cause and the bogans and criminal element are the sort of the lipstick on the pig...sad really
Isn't Stradbroke islannd run by Redlands council anyway?
noice
straya
IN fact I wouldn't be surprised if this clip was backed by the very same corporations and lobbyists that I am talking about in an attempt to kickstart the reductionist campaign. They've got you by the balls and you don't even know it. Knowledge is power. Power is money. Money facilitates accounting. Accounting is reductionist. Without this knowledge your campaign has already lost before it even begins.
F@$Kn save it people otherwise itl jus b added to the list of murdered breaks eg: West Oz's insanely epic but shortlived Pyramids from the Dawesville cut R.I.P.
First Kirra,..(!!!)....then this..(!!!)......the Australian surfing world are unanimous: Leave the waves, and especially absolutely, utterly World-Class waves like these Alone Altogether....!!!!... Gold Coast council, you have no Real concept of what you're doing at all...(!!!)...Not even close....
you cant just make waves they need to naturally
work
He's not an idiot. There's not one CEO in the world who is naive enough to be designated as such. He's just playing a game which you are not familiar with. And that's why you will lose. Read my comment above.
cant they upgrade the one in brissy, hope to hell it doesnt go ahead and common sense prevails
Andy irons? nah
Sand
the best beachbreak is in france!!! hossegor, capbreton,seignosse,labenne,......
I reckon mayor tate has lost a few votes lol
Fuck Kirra and now Straddie, fuck whats next? :(
Ill say it..."whens ya next court date tom tate....He likes chinese he gets down on his knees
I have surfed most of Australia and it is one of the best beach breaks. But i think that since the sand has built up about half a k out its not as good.Tate is a jerk has no idea, people travel from all over the world to surf here. First place i went when i first came to qld.
Yea , the pollies clearly dont surf.......Only a surfer knows the feeling
the "best beach break in Australia"? Big call. And wrong.
it disgusts me on how much crap they put in the ocean!
I don't understand money can't buy a beach break in fact any break at all you've fucked up Kirra just leave our beautiful Australian coast alone
1:46 "With a rich surfing, cultural, economic and social value"
Oh ffs.Take 'economic' out of that sentence and you may have a point. By using that word you framing your debate on the corporate home ground. It's an advantage you won't be able to overcome. Accounting is reductionist. It takes social values and ethics out of the debate. By arguing over quantum you are playing directly into their hands. That plus you will be going up against lobbyists with international funding and
Tate don't surf
.....rhetorical capability through naive journalistic practices. Do you really think you have a chance? This is a critical philosophical question, not an ideological one. What you guys are saying is that capitalism is the way forward when we all know that it is the aether of modern societal poison. Surfers versus corporate CEOs. I know who my money (no pun intended) is on in that contest.
look who won mate