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Uh what? Even if there is a god or gods wouldnt it be there work putting the trash there too? You religious people love to believe your "god" is all daisys and rainbows
Yeah I agree. Why is Vice even reporting on golfers who are polluting the ocean in the first place? Rich golfers are exempt from doing wrong, even their shit smells like roses.
Pebble Beach is exceptionally expensive. If she lives at Carmel by the sea which is a gated community you have to pay to drive in and see the views then her family is wealthy too.
Im a weekend golfer and yes i loos a ball hear and there. And it never downed on me but thanks to theses youngsters. I hope that the golfing community will see and do what is wright and cleen up this mess. Thank you for a job well done.
If an office supply store was dumping dumptruck loads of rubber bands into the ocean people would see that as a problem. Golf balls are like a slow motion rubber band bomb. First the outer layer gets sanded down, releasing microplastics. It might take a few years but eventually they'll bust open and spill their dangerous contents onto the sea floor, affecting sea life. This is just as unethical as dumping truckloads of rubber bands into the ocean.
Well if we want to put things in perspective I can, she made it seem like all golf balls are like that which they aren't, next they stopped making wound golf balls (the ones with "rubber bands") in the late 90's, so she was lucky to find that one. Those golf balls are more than likely long gone so in actuality yes we should forget about them the likelihood of those golf balls still being in their for lets just say 18 years is slim to none.
So, just for the sake of argument, let's say you're right about the rubber thread core balls being last manufactured in the late 90s, this still proves my point about them being like "slow motion rubber band bombs." Do you think she was making it up, all the barrels of balls? Sure, many of them were new, but if even a quarter of the ones she was finding were that old style, I think her efforts are worth replicating across the globe. 1- because the very fact that she's remarkable in doing this says that ball retrieval is NOT common practice while unfortunately it is fairly common worldwide for golf courses to exist on ocean shorelines. 2- so the coasts alongside other golf courses probably look a whole lot like this one did before she started collecting the balls. Depending on how long the golf course has been there and how heavily used it has been would determine the exact proportion of rubber string cored to solid cored trash grinding away beneath the waves off the coast of any particular course. 3- speaking of those newer, two and three layer balls, I think they still count as trash too. They still release microplastics, and later micro bits of whatever the cores are made out of. Saying "well your efforts at cleaning up this mess arent worth anything because you're factually wrong about the manufacturing process used in ball making for the last 18 years" doesn't really hold much weight. That's like saying 'if we see any of those plastic soda six-pack holders out in the ocean, or anywhere in the environment, we shouldn't bother cleaning them up because we've switched away from them to more popular use of cardboard soda boxes, so now the problem caused by those plastic rings has just disappeared. And we probably shouldn't waste time cleaning up the piles of wet cardboard either since it breaks down more completely than the plastic holders. Screw it, we're not picking anything up!' Reality doesn't work that way. The problem caused by the old manufacturing process don't just disappear because we've been doing it a different way for the past 18 years. How many tons of balls, old and new, do you suppose sit unseen at the bottom of the ocean right now? And how many of them do you suppose would be there if we, as humans, weren't knocking them into the sea on a daily basis? How many are a naturally occurring phenomenon? How many golf courses actually have a ball retrieval diving program in place?
Ok first let me say I have been playing golf for the majority of my life and unlike some people on here I'm not trying to lie to you or cover things up, there are very few golf courses on the coast if I would just guess I would say less than 5%, so no it's not "fairly common" to have golf courses on the coast . Now do courses have ball retrieval programs, no but I can tell you that there are companies that have contracts with golf courses to go out and pick up golf balls that have been hit into water hazards. I'm pretty sure that these companies do it for free because what these retrieval companies do is get the balls and then sale them for up to about $2-$3 a piece for the top quality. I also never said it was pointless to do this but like I said she is factually wrong on more than a couple points, if she is so passionate about doing this she should at the very least be honest with people.
When I first read the title, I just figured she collected them to resell them lol...but then to see how many are out there and how it effects the environment is just sad
*I hope she's getting paid by the gold club. If not, they should be heavily fined, shut down, or at least build a high fence and pick up their own mess!*
EliteXtasy I guarentee that there is no chance in hell that pebble beach would build a high fence or be shut down because it's the WORLD'S BEST GOLF COURSE!
Future Hindsight no not really because hitting a ball into the water adds 2 strokes to a player's score. The people who hit them into the ocean are at rich people's water front properties
The students profiled here were also interviewed last year by Dr. Wallace Nichols, author of Blue Mind in his Facebook online book club. Sending kudos to Alex and everyone involved.
I totally agree with this but newer golf balls don't have rubber bands inside of them anymore, though it does not solve the whole problem it certainly helps
GOOD WORK !!! saving the planet !!! golf course should buy back all the collected balls , use the ones that are still usable and give the heavily distressed ones to recycle, that will help reduce pollution even more since those golf courses will reduce the number of "new" balls they purchase and and then procede to throw away!!!!!
i feel the need to point out that rubber is not plastic or anything artificial. it is made from the fermented/ aged sap of rubber trees, completely natural, but can take 1-2 years to biodegrade
Golf balls in the oceans, shotgun shells all over the desert, shot up signs and cars. It's a myth that "outdoors men" care about the environment. This fall, hunters trespassed across my land leaving ruts two feet deep and fences knocked down. When I approached them about it, I was told that they were pursuing wounded game and weren't responsible.
It's not so much the issue of saltwater, but he fact the ocean swell is constantly bashing the balls around eroding them against the rough ocean floor.
Seems like a basic flaw in the philosophy of the game then... If a similar amount of people were into the sport of archery and regularly left arrows all around when they went into the fields and woods to target practice people would be outraged, but since it "just golf balls" we give them a pass. That's crazy. I have had friends who buy 4 or 5 boxes of golf balls every year. That means they are losing 4 or 5 boxes of golf balls every year. My understanding is that this isn't uncommon for golfers. Maybe these coastal golf courses should hire a few divers to pick up the balls that end up in the ocean. They could even charge the players a small ball retrieval fee (to cover the cost of the divers) as part of the daily fee to play. That way the people playing the game end up paying to get the balls out of the ocean
Collect and sell the balls = re-use , I'd say is the best way for us to address these very real concerns. I live in the Monterrey Bay and know that such a market already exists at some level. access to diving pebble is probably a current impediment or at least a component to regular collection and resale. Legislation is not needed, common sense and a practical solution are worth pounds of legislation. Cheers. Four!!
She should be somebody that kids look up, not ego maniacs money thirsty sociopaths like Logan Paul or mentally unstable closed in homosexuals like fusytube. Way to go girl, bravo!
I thought this was a video on a golf ball enterprise. The issue is real. Pebble beach is just one course. Any course with natural flow (ocean or fresh) to their water features should sit up and create some initiatives to reduce the problem.
Great story, great initiative !! This beautiful golf course you speak of should sponsor/pay for your work, at a minima they pay for trash collection, don’t they!? Also, What do you do with the balls? Must be a way to make everyone happy!
I feel bad because eventually she'll quit diving for them. Another 300 million might be back in the ocean, so she essentially helped remove 0.02% of this years golf ball emission assuming she dove for 50k balls in 2018 which is highly unlikely (unless your getting paid amazingly good lol).
Everybody says they care, few take action. It feels so good just to say..."Uh Huh". Maybe a new Specie of marine life will evolve that needs to consume Golf Balls. How can you deprive them and sleep at night?
I understand what they are saying and appreciate their efforts...they are better people than me. That being said if they took their calculations and exaggerated them by 1000... it's the equivalent of a ant pissing in a swimming pool. I'm not saying that it's not affecting our environment. I just don't think golf balls are the problem. Little things that I do to play a part is not purchasing BP products like fuel. British Petroleum devastates our Gulf Waters and is completely forgotten about so quickly.
Bluesunset TX ask your local city. Im sure they have dozens of ways you can contribute to your local community. Otherwise there are many groups you can find online. I know a few big ones but idk if you are in washington state.
Why not better design courses so that the holes are not facing the ocean, you can enjoy the view without risking 50,000 balls being lost. Or why not include some kind of fine for the golf course, where they must pay for every ball recovered, because there’s no way that they can deny its from their course. These are simple things that can prevent so much trash from being misplaced.
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VICE News You guys have done great work so far! Thanks for all the journalism and video production and effort, you guys have shed light on so many topics in a short amount of time since you began. Hopefully this will leave a lasting impression and lots of knowledge and ideas from this content that could change the world. THANK YOU
This student is doing the gods and goddesses work... Keep it up Alex.
No gods or goddesses... it's just us.
Heh??😒😒...😂
Uh what? Even if there is a god or gods wouldnt it be there work putting the trash there too? You religious people love to believe your "god" is all daisys and rainbows
chdreturns I'm glad someone is noticing goddesses (although male gods are not real). Her name is Liara.
Great coverage, should be included in the fees patrons use to play golf since many are the wealthier sort.
I'm sure vice would then do a segment how golf if being more exclusive to minority's by raising the price 🤣
Yeah I agree. Why is Vice even reporting on golfers who are polluting the ocean in the first place? Rich golfers are exempt from doing wrong, even their shit smells like roses.
Pebble Beach is exceptionally expensive. If she lives at Carmel by the sea which is a gated community you have to pay to drive in and see the views then her family is wealthy too.
Omg yesss bit knowing people are still useless do do anything
Greaseball Slim Are you kidding? Most golf courses have artificial lakes.
Play it where it lies.
Taco Stacks My boy Taco making an appearance!!😂😂
Im a weekend golfer and yes i loos a ball hear and there. And it never downed on me but thanks to theses youngsters. I hope that the golfing community will see and do what is wright and cleen up this mess. Thank you for a job well done.
If an office supply store was dumping dumptruck loads of rubber bands into the ocean people would see that as a problem.
Golf balls are like a slow motion rubber band bomb. First the outer layer gets sanded down, releasing microplastics. It might take a few years but eventually they'll bust open and spill their dangerous contents onto the sea floor, affecting sea life.
This is just as unethical as dumping truckloads of rubber bands into the ocean.
Yes, the plastic is bad but you and this bimbo are ill informed, golf balls today aren't made of rubber bands they're all solid on the inside.
So the ones being ground to ribbony bits in the ocean don't matter any more since "they don't make 'em like that anymore"?
Well if we want to put things in perspective I can, she made it seem like all golf balls are like that which they aren't, next they stopped making wound golf balls (the ones with "rubber bands") in the late 90's, so she was lucky to find that one. Those golf balls are more than likely long gone so in actuality yes we should forget about them the likelihood of those golf balls still being in their for lets just say 18 years is slim to none.
So, just for the sake of argument, let's say you're right about the rubber thread core balls being last manufactured in the late 90s, this still proves my point about them being like "slow motion rubber band bombs." Do you think she was making it up, all the barrels of balls? Sure, many of them were new, but if even a quarter of the ones she was finding were that old style, I think her efforts are worth replicating across the globe.
1- because the very fact that she's remarkable in doing this says that ball retrieval is NOT common practice while unfortunately it is fairly common worldwide for golf courses to exist on ocean shorelines.
2- so the coasts alongside other golf courses probably look a whole lot like this one did before she started collecting the balls. Depending on how long the golf course has been there and how heavily used it has been would determine the exact proportion of rubber string cored to solid cored trash grinding away beneath the waves off the coast of any particular course.
3- speaking of those newer, two and three layer balls, I think they still count as trash too. They still release microplastics, and later micro bits of whatever the cores are made out of. Saying "well your efforts at cleaning up this mess arent worth anything because you're factually wrong about the manufacturing process used in ball making for the last 18 years" doesn't really hold much weight.
That's like saying 'if we see any of those plastic soda six-pack holders out in the ocean, or anywhere in the environment, we shouldn't bother cleaning them up because we've switched away from them to more popular use of cardboard soda boxes, so now the problem caused by those plastic rings has just disappeared. And we probably shouldn't waste time cleaning up the piles of wet cardboard either since it breaks down more completely than the plastic holders. Screw it, we're not picking anything up!'
Reality doesn't work that way. The problem caused by the old manufacturing process don't just disappear because we've been doing it a different way for the past 18 years.
How many tons of balls, old and new, do you suppose sit unseen at the bottom of the ocean right now? And how many of them do you suppose would be there if we, as humans, weren't knocking them into the sea on a daily basis? How many are a naturally occurring phenomenon? How many golf courses actually have a ball retrieval diving program in place?
Ok first let me say I have been playing golf for the majority of my life and unlike some people on here I'm not trying to lie to you or cover things up, there are very few golf courses on the coast if I would just guess I would say less than 5%, so no it's not "fairly common" to have golf courses on the coast . Now do courses have ball retrieval programs, no but I can tell you that there are companies that have contracts with golf courses to go out and pick up golf balls that have been hit into water hazards. I'm pretty sure that these companies do it for free because what these retrieval companies do is get the balls and then sale them for up to about $2-$3 a piece for the top quality.
I also never said it was pointless to do this but like I said she is factually wrong on more than a couple points, if she is so passionate about doing this she should at the very least be honest with people.
When I first read the title, I just figured she collected them to resell them lol...but then to see how many are out there and how it effects the environment is just sad
Fantastic job! Wish you the best& thank you for your hard work!
The things we do to our planet and other living creatures is just disgusting.
@Ghastly Grinner Of all the comments here to roll your eyes at, this isn't the one.
Instead of all of us arguing to each other online I wish we were all doing something meaningful like this young lady. She's so selfless.
WELL DONE ALEX KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOUR SELF WHO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!!
*I hope she's getting paid by the gold club. If not, they should be heavily fined, shut down, or at least build a high fence and pick up their own mess!*
EliteXtasy I guarentee that there is no chance in hell that pebble beach would build a high fence or be shut down because it's the WORLD'S BEST GOLF COURSE!
Future Hindsight no not really because hitting a ball into the water adds 2 strokes to a player's score. The people who hit them into the ocean are at rich people's water front properties
Jack Tortolani They literally make driving ranges in the water 😂 😂
For the amount you pay to play on these courses they should hire some one to clean these balls.
Lol that’s pebble beach good luck with that 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Vice is garbage, but occasionally they cover things like this. This girl's efforts are applaudable!
J if Vice is garbage, why are you subscribed to them?
Dave Howson Hypocrisy
The students profiled here were also interviewed last year by Dr. Wallace Nichols, author of Blue Mind in his Facebook online book club. Sending kudos to Alex and everyone involved.
I would be selling those golf balls.
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oh she probably is but that parts left unsaid
I totally agree with this but newer golf balls don't have rubber bands inside of them anymore, though it does not solve the whole problem it certainly helps
GOOD WORK !!! saving the planet !!! golf course should buy back all the collected balls , use the ones that are still usable and give the heavily distressed ones to recycle, that will help reduce pollution even more since those golf courses will reduce the number of "new" balls they purchase and and then procede to throw away!!!!!
Thanks for sharing great coverage. People need to know.
i feel the need to point out that rubber is not plastic or anything artificial. it is made from the fermented/ aged sap of rubber trees, completely natural, but can take 1-2 years to biodegrade
Great work! Your research is so important. I hope it continues to develop and build momentum for legislative change.
If everyone of us were like her... The world would be a completely different place.
The best. Nice work Amiga!
This young lady is a champion
Golf balls in the oceans, shotgun shells all over the desert, shot up signs and cars. It's a myth that "outdoors men" care about the environment. This fall, hunters trespassed across my land leaving ruts two feet deep and fences knocked down. When I approached them about it, I was told that they were pursuing wounded game and weren't responsible.
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that's very sexist oh but it has to do with a man so never mind
She needs to start selling them at the golf club for $1 each.
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There is one big difference though. They get the sell able ones from non saltwater. Saltwater starts breaking down the balls quickly.
It's not so much the issue of saltwater, but he fact the ocean swell is constantly bashing the balls around eroding them against the rough ocean floor.
Both are contributing factors. One breaks down the covering, the other sands it down.
Seems like a basic flaw in the philosophy of the game then...
If a similar amount of people were into the sport of archery and regularly left arrows all around when they went into the fields and woods to target practice people would be outraged, but since it "just golf balls" we give them a pass. That's crazy. I have had friends who buy 4 or 5 boxes of golf balls every year. That means they are losing 4 or 5 boxes of golf balls every year. My understanding is that this isn't uncommon for golfers.
Maybe these coastal golf courses should hire a few divers to pick up the balls that end up in the ocean. They could even charge the players a small ball retrieval fee (to cover the cost of the divers) as part of the daily fee to play. That way the people playing the game end up paying to get the balls out of the ocean
THANK YOU, ALEX. Bless you.
Collect and sell the balls = re-use , I'd say is the best way for us to address these very real concerns. I live in the Monterrey Bay and know that such a market already exists at some level. access to diving pebble is probably a current impediment or at least a component to regular collection and resale. Legislation is not needed, common sense and a practical solution are worth pounds of legislation. Cheers. Four!!
She should be somebody that kids look up, not ego maniacs money thirsty sociopaths like Logan Paul or mentally unstable closed in homosexuals like fusytube. Way to go girl, bravo!
It would be so easy to put net's at the ends of the course just like in driving ranges. But a couple of grand is more important than plastic pollution
You’re doing an awesome job young woman 👏🏽
She's so beautiful and caring
Keep up the good work Alex !!!!
That sounds like a hell of a lot of golf balls.
Awesome person. Thank you!
Great job dude keep up the good work
Why is there no nets and boundaries to stop golfers from shooting them in
Awesome iniciative and great work creating awareness
Wow, interesting. Never thought about that.
I thought this was a video on a golf ball enterprise. The issue is real. Pebble beach is just one course. Any course with natural flow (ocean or fresh) to their water features should sit up and create some initiatives to reduce the problem.
Wow! Do we know if those balls are intentionally being dumped? Or are they lost?
Shes doing gods work
YOU GO ALEX!!!
Are those golf balls for sale cause I would definitely buy some
Wow. Just wow. This is amazing
She should sell the newer balls, I use to sell em for 1 dollar a pop when I was 12. Good money back then.
Thank you for doing what your doing
what a wonderful young woman!
Good work. Love it
Great story, great initiative !! This beautiful golf course you speak of should sponsor/pay for your work, at a minima they pay for trash collection, don’t they!? Also, What do you do with the balls? Must be a way to make everyone happy!
Really great work.
I saw this video and got to meet them in real life which was amazing because they are saving animals lives #monterey bay aqurium
Why cannot these balls be produced from biodegradable materials?
Great work!
Thank you alex
Keep it up I never thought of golf balls that way never like golf in the first place.
Thanks Great Video
great work!!!!
WOW I got a add that was this dude hitting golf playing golf? And they kept falling in the water
I'm just curious as to what she's going to do with them.
I feel bad because eventually she'll quit diving for them. Another 300 million might be back in the ocean, so she essentially helped remove 0.02% of this years golf ball emission assuming she dove for 50k balls in 2018 which is highly unlikely (unless your getting paid amazingly good lol).
Everybody says they care, few take action. It feels so good just to say..."Uh Huh". Maybe a new Specie of marine life will evolve that needs to consume Golf Balls. How can you deprive them and sleep at night?
I love sport Activities
People just suck at golf
The $$$ Pebble Beach is making, you'd think they could afford the cleanup.
Would love to volunteer next time I'm in Monterey.
People pay massive amounts in membership fees, these clubs can afford to pick up those balls.
Good work.
The title made me think she was collecting them for money to resell 😑😑😑clickbait
I understand what they are saying and appreciate their efforts...they are better people than me.
That being said if they took their calculations and exaggerated them by 1000... it's the equivalent of a ant pissing in a swimming pool. I'm not saying that it's not affecting our environment. I just don't think golf balls are the problem.
Little things that I do to play a part is not purchasing BP products like fuel. British Petroleum devastates our Gulf Waters and is completely forgotten about so quickly.
majority on the coast a gross overstatement
Hopes she knows she can sell those back to golf courses for dollar a ball
These golfers don't have the balls to change
Great work young lady.
I found 4 golf balls today on a jog
Where will these golf balls evidently end up in the future?
where do I sign?
Hmmm I read the title wrong....
Excellent initiative! I'd love to learn how I can contribute and/or volunteer. ✌❤🌎
Bluesunset TX ask your local city. Im sure they have dozens of ways you can contribute to your local community. Otherwise there are many groups you can find online. I know a few big ones but idk if you are in washington state.
They’re the pebbles!
She clearly watched Seinfeld.
Amazing work! Make those goof balls clean up their mess!
She’s so fine. It’s so attractive when a girl has a calling like she does.
What does the EPA say about this? Can we start taking dumps on the golf courses? Ps: I’m Malaysian but my love for America
(Earth as well) is real.
I wonder if we could make golf balls magnetic so they're easier to pick out of oceans. Hm.
Great job and Soo sad at same time
Why not better design courses so that the holes are not facing the ocean, you can enjoy the view without risking 50,000 balls being lost. Or why not include some kind of fine for the golf course, where they must pay for every ball recovered, because there’s no way that they can deny its from their course. These are simple things that can prevent so much trash from being misplaced.
This shouldn't have to be a thing. Instead of having people dive in to remove golf balls, why not remove the golf courses near the sea?
Mayors, Police Chiefs, Council members, county representatives have memberships there so it would never happen
Jesus this is a huge problem! Pebble beach should be paying her to do this.
dont they sell good 2
Yeah this have a simple solution, why dont the golf courses hire a full time ocean ball picker...20 grand a year not bad
Another reason to hate golf.
that girl has balls
Interesting, other videos show folks making millions selling the class 1 balls.. No use in storing them, sell them to help fund this girls passion.
Ya but straws, 99% of which are properly disposed of are the problem.
"a good majority of golf courses are on the coasts" Uhh, no.
Wow thank u
That’s great. Thanks Vice.
That would be awesome if the wealthy people could set aside money to create a golf ball collector job.
Does she realize those balls can sell for a dollar each
Inspiring