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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Surfers destroying the coral reefs of Bali? - 2012/01/25 17:13 I wrote something recently about a coral reef regeneration project in Bali which was needed due to the local tradition of dynamite fishing. This got me thinking about the damage that us surfers do to coral reefs.

Obviously surfing isn't comparable to dynamite fishing in terms of its destruction of coral reefs but if you go to let's say Uluwatu, Balangan or Impossibles, among others, you will no doubt stomp your way out across the reef and break countless heads of coral (albeit small ones) as you go. With the hundreds of surfers doing this every day in Bali, and having done so for the past few decades, it made me wonder just how much coral we have destroyed underfoot, making the phrase 'leave nothing but footprints', which so many surfers pride themselves on, seem rather ironic.

Coral reefs are extremely fragile so it seems that stepping on them constantly cannot be doing them any good, despite most of us claiming to be so eco-friendly.

Any experts out there on coral reefs?

Cheers,

Life in Bali
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Surfers destroying the coral reefs of Bali? - 2012/02/02 05:12 All I know is the coral hurts like the dickens on my feet, that is why I wear booties while trampling the coral, oh yeah......those urchins are a bitch too!
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Surfers destroying the coral reefs of Bali? - 2012/02/08 00:05 Well, L8DROP, in case You got something wrong - the issue is NOT that coral hurts US!
Bloody tourists break coral wherever they snorkle, paddle, dive or swim. I think we surfers should not join those idiots but rather be careful out in the reef.
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Surfers destroying the coral reefs of Bali? - 2012/02/09 07:47 I was kidding!
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Surfers destroying the coral reefs of Bali? - 2012/02/16 22:54 Ok L8DROP, so I got something wrong!

...but destroyed coral is a big problem and everybody should be sensitized about it.

Keep surfing!
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