Girl x Malbon Golf: taking dumb jock shit to new levels

[JoseCansnake0]

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Do a brief google on the environmental impact of golf courses and you’ll see how rad they are.

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Environmental impact? Seriously man, they are the least of our worries in the grand scheme of fuckery on this planet if you want to get technical. But go on, please post some links to open up everyones eyes to the horror that is GOLF COURSES.

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I guess just to scratch the surface (unless you don’t think drought issues are an important enough issues):

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/golf/climate-change-sustainability-spt-intl-cmd/index.html

“The 30 or so golf courses in the Salt Lake County of Utah drink up around nine million gallons of water a day to stay pristine green – that’s more than 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools.“

Couple that with the fact with

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.amp.html

And you see a poisonous cloud of arsenic becoming SLCs future because of improper/wasteful water management


You can also look into how it’s a horrid use of public lands, polluted ground water, can contribute to deforestation, destroys wetlands to create a nature-themed area rather than be actual nature…

Actually, maybe you could tell me a benefit?

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Thank you for putting in the time and effort AA. Bare with me as I try to poorly structure this response, and probably fail.

That CNN article is an absolute worst case scenario, obviously written to get your attention. If you read towards the end, they also talk about the solutions in the works to make it more sustainable. I will say this, as I live in the upper Midwest, there should not be golf courses in the middle of deserts. That is a waste of resources, and being in my locality, where I drink well water, I didn't take this into account. These local, elected officials in these areas are as equally to blame for approving these golf courses. Yes, climates have shifted dramatically in the past 20+ years, and actions should be taken to adjust. Close golf courses if need be, but not sure that will necessarily reverse any effects.

SLC's water issues are MUCH more deeply rooted than just golf courses. The salt lake is drying up at a frightening level, and this city is overpopulated, and continuing to grow. Arsenic is found in almost all ground water (my well water included).

I, for one, am a golfer, and really love the aesthetics of a golf course. The majority of golf courses were built into nature, to promote the natural landscape, which is one of their many unique qualities. Not saying every golf course by any means (desert).

The benefit, this one got me. Environmentally speaking, I don't have a positive answer, mainly because I'm not educated in this field to try to fake it. Golf is a great sport, and similar to skateboarding, encourage kids to get out, on their own, and practice. Not with a team. Learn at your own pace, and be able to enjoy this game well into your 80's, which is amazing. I personally walk whenever I can (some courses make you take a cart for pace of play), and it's great exercise.

I grew up on a POS 9 hole course. My dad had a set of goodwill clubs that I used (way too big for me). I would call this local golf course, and ask them If i could pick up cigarette butts and broken tee's to play a round for free. They allowed this and it turned into a summer hobby. There are great programs set up to introduce the game to youths who may not be able to access it or afford it. I will say, since the covid pandemic, the sport has grown dramatically, and greens fees have grown to borderline unaffordable levels.

Not trying to blast down too many rabbit holes here, but the natural and un-natural resources used to create skateboards, urethane wheels could be debated. Golf clubs last 20+ years if well taken care of.

I don't own a single piece of Malbon apparel, nor do I plan on it. Golf fashion is a bit too much, very similar to skateboarding. I love both of these equally, and will continue to set goals and pursue the passion that is perfection in both.

Peace, pars, and pivot fakies

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Well, you shut that nasty Aruba down!
Your counterpoints that you grew up playing golf, that it’s fun & you enjoy it are sure to put an end to the environmental concerns he raised.
I do have this one question though… You noted that many places have established programs to introduce golf to kids (“First time is free, little dude.”) so I wanted to ask: was picking up grit butts on the greens in exchange for use of the course one of those outreach programs?

Just giving a personal little background so people know remotely where I'm coming from, and by that I mean not an entitled background, we were poor as shit.

This was in the late 80's, right around the time I started skating, and no Lou, it was not. Golf wasn't nearly as popular as it is today. My family couldn't afford to pay the greens fees, that was me and my neighborhood buddies doing what we could to get out there to learn and have fun.

[headtowall]

I bought some of the collection (hat, ball marker and divot tool). I support both

[birdplops]

Between the gun nuts and golf kooks this place is depressing right now.

As long as they get a hole in one they'll be happy.

That doesn't really make sense, but I committed.

[WavyDavy]

(blacklight mini golf is acceptable)

[TurdyBird]

Now that the spotlight has been brought up of the impact golf has on the planet, it stirs a few curious thoughts for me.

I wonder if there is a base measurement that can compare both the skateboard industry and golf as far as how badly each damage the planet. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s golf but we have to be conscious of skateboarding as well.

Overall, the capitalist system isn’t a sustainable model to preserve life on Earth.

[Síota]

Now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat

[showbobs]

That video didn't need to be 3 minutes long.

[McBrandt]

Between the gun nuts and golf kooks this place is depressing right now.

Agreed.

[sus]

imagine if travis stenger was in that golf edit

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

they should've traded mikey taylor and tyler bledsoe for alex olson after mind field. a win-win for both brands.

[reptar_bar]

OP hates golf confirmed

[Baswell Cerry]

Who?

[Punished Skateboards]

Tax stuff too

[Lou Strux]

Between the gun nuts and golf kooks this place is depressing right now.

Now you're gonna die wearing that stupid little hat

That video didn't need to be 3 minutes long.

Okay. But surely you can both agree that there is a certain perfect, Venn Diagram overlay between the golfers & the gunners, encapsulated herein.
Bravo, @Síota.
Well played.

[Steely Daniel]

Now that the spotlight has been brought up of the impact golf has on the planet, it stirs a few curious thoughts for me.

I wonder if there is a base measurement that can compare both the skateboard industry and golf as far as how badly each damage the planet. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s golf but we have to be conscious of skateboarding as well.

Overall, the capitalist system isn’t a sustainable model to preserve life on Earth.

That is a fair point but it has to be golf easily. It's way more popular and the amount of land and water wasted, and nitrogen pumped into the ground (polluting ground water etc.) is pretty astronomical. Imagine all the food that could be grown or other positive things you could do for a community in the 120 to 200 acres it takes to build a par 72 golf course. That's not even getting into how exclusionary some of these places are. I am curious though how much the skateboard industry has an impact on Canadian maple forests and can't just stick my head in the sand. 

Also I just watched that Falling Down movie the other month for the first time ever and that clip is indeed perfect as stated above.

And that guys corny joke that didn't make sense cheered me up so thanks haha.

[Lucky_Basek]

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Do a brief google on the environmental impact of golf courses and you’ll see how rad they are.

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Environmental impact? Seriously man, they are the least of our worries in the grand scheme of fuckery on this planet if you want to get technical. But go on, please post some links to open up everyones eyes to the horror that is GOLF COURSES.

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I guess just to scratch the surface (unless you don’t think drought issues are an important enough issues):

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/golf/climate-change-sustainability-spt-intl-cmd/index.html

“The 30 or so golf courses in the Salt Lake County of Utah drink up around nine million gallons of water a day to stay pristine green – that’s more than 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools.“

Couple that with the fact with

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.amp.html

And you see a poisonous cloud of arsenic becoming SLCs future because of improper/wasteful water management


You can also look into how it’s a horrid use of public lands, polluted ground water, can contribute to deforestation, destroys wetlands to create a nature-themed area rather than be actual nature…

Actually, maybe you could tell me a benefit?

Not to mention land grabs and direct deforestation, especially in Southeast Asia for golf courses for the 0.5%

[manysnakes]

Between the gun nuts and golf kooks this place is depressing right now.

Gotta know better than to even click on a thread about a pro and their guns.

[ok boomer]

Nothing exceptional to add to this thread but I call golf "galf" and it makes me laugh

[KBizzle]

Kind of a weird thread. As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

That being said, there's jocks and idiots in any culture. Shouldn't stop you from having fun with friends/family out there.

[WavyDavy]

As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

Is this maybe some US culture thing? Most older business people I know or knew go running or to the gym.

Also your  Nike/ sweatshop take is really not so clever you thought it is. Everyone is dependent on their economic circumstances. You can criticize something and still be dependent on it. It's just like telling someone to quit if they are suffering from their job because of the conditions that come with it.

So can I assume that golfers approve of the exploitation of people and the destruction of the environment?

[Steely Daniel]

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As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

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Is this maybe some US culture thing? Most older business people I know or knew go running or to the gym.

Also your  Nike/ sweatshop take is really not so clever you thought it is. Everyone is dependent on their economic circumstances. You can criticize something and still be dependent on it. It's just like telling someone to quit if they are suffering from their job because of the conditions that come with it.

So can I assume that golfers approve of the exploitation of people and the destruction of the environment?

I think he means more it's part of the business world like you take your client or whoever out for a game and schmooze them over drinks and smelly cigars while you try and close the deal. Seems antiquated and stupid to me but whatever.

[Arto!Arto!WakeUp!]

Kind of a weird thread. As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

That being said, there's jocks and idiots in any culture. Shouldn't stop you from having fun with friends/family out there.

The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about = the comparison i'm making may not be valid, but irregardless i conclude that if you've ever been in the least way implicated in anything shitty, you have to let everything shitty slide forever, no matter the scale or scope.

"oh shit there's a kid getting murdered over there. but who am i to judge? i once played golf! in a nike polo no less!"

[Rocuronium]

  Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and cigar chomping douchy frat bros' love golf, it's their hang.

The runoff from this one club in Kauai fried the adjacent coral reef within a few years of being built. I saw it happen.
https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/sgcr/

There are plenty other really fun things to do and  you'll end up with a cooler crowd.

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

Cringe at first, but at least it's something those guys are genuinely into, and have been for years ...

[manysnakes]

Kind of a weird thread. As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

Nike, the company in no way integral to golf.

[carlwinslow]

Kind of a weird thread. As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

so is nike cool or is golf bad?

[backside_reacharound]

Kind of a weird thread. As you get older, Golf really is dope and a huge part of the business world. Anyone on their high horse about golf and the environment, better not be wearing Nike's or any clothing made in sweatshops. The comparison may be apples and oranges, but you can't pick and choose what to morally care about.

That being said, there's jocks and idiots in any culture. Shouldn't stop you from having fun with friends/family out there.

Lucky for you, you'll be able to find lots of posts in my history talking shit about Nike as a company, so no need to worry about logical inconsistency friend. Golf is a stupid douchebag sport, terrible for the environment, not to mention how shitty the racist and classist history of the sport is. It's not even remotely "dope" and surprise surprise, the business world is absolute dogshit as well, so they the fit perfectly together.

[SwitchNollieHeel]

What does Malto put up for scores tho? I’m going mid low-mid 80s

[cky enthusiast]

shop sponsor

[eranka]

Cringe at first, but at least it's something those guys are genuinely into, and have been for years ...

yeah, when they stopped caring about skating they just switched to Golf to get the same homie vibe but without getting dirty.

In most of the world Golf is expensive as fuck generally unattainable for 99% of the skaters i know.  do they really think they can capture the 40+ skater demographic with this lame collab?  Girl feels lost.

Tell tale sign there are too many middle aged white dudes in skating…..

100%.