“Uses Less Water Than a Golf Course”: Hours After Getting Mocked, Kelly Slater Hits Back With Perfect Reply to a Fan

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The surfing legend clearly doesn’t feel he is doing wrong by taking the decision to create Surf Ranch. This isn’t the only time Slater was criticized for being insensitive to the environment. Earlier,

Steve Longtam Shearer ensures Slater in a 2020 podcast

During the 12th episode of the Dirty Water podcast in 2020, Shearer disclosed his views about Slater while talking with Chas Smith and Derek Rielly. The journalist stated,

Holding Slater responsible for negatively impacting sharks, he also spoke of how artificially produced waves are not good for the environment. His views clearly reflect how he doesn’t find Slater’s actions positive for the environment.

The fan’s and Slaters’ views once again raise the debate on whether surfing and golf events have detrimental effects on the environment. Fans will definitely hope to see Slater overcoming this controversy and once again prove that he genuinely cares about the environment.