RIP and Eternal Respect Matty Stahmer

We lost a beautiful man this morning surfing his beloved St Andrews.

Matty Stahmer loved to ride those breaks close to home.

Matt was a founding member of the Surfrider Foundation on the Peninsula and spent his life as a tireless campaigner for the ocean and the environment. He was a solid surfer and a great community man who represented the surfriders with distinction in the campaign to have Marine National Parks around Flinders and Western Port.

Matt worked for Parks Victoria and Matty always had a great big smile for all his friends and his chilled vibe was utterly infectious. His death will bring a huge amount of grief and warm thoughts of a ripper bloke.

RIP legend and eternal respect.