Comments on: Kalk Bay localism http://www.huckmagazine.com/features/kalk-bay-localism/ HUCK is a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine rooted in surf, skate and snowboarding. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Susan http://www.huckmagazine.com/features/kalk-bay-localism/comment-page-1/#comment-41914 Susan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:45:23 +0000 http://www.huckmagazine.com/?p=12238#comment-41914 Articles like this spoil the illusion that surfing is this eye-opening, enlightened sport where people co-exist in harmony with nature. It is basically the same as everything else. You get elitists that treat the sport as if it is theirs and act as if their local beaches are their personal property. At least with land-based sports people seem more able to share spots because, unlike waves, you can ride an obstacle or series of obstacles with several people at the same time. I get why people would want to protect their spot because they frequent it and it affects them the most, but that doesn't mean you get to dictate who uses it. Articles like this spoil the illusion that surfing is this eye-opening, enlightened sport where people co-exist in harmony with nature. It is basically the same as everything else. You get elitists that treat the sport as if it is theirs and act as if their local beaches are their personal property. At least with land-based sports people seem more able to share spots because, unlike waves, you can ride an obstacle or series of obstacles with several people at the same time.

I get why people would want to protect their spot because they frequent it and it affects them the most, but that doesn't mean you get to dictate who uses it.

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