by waikikikichan » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:35 am
by Big H » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:37 am
waikikikichan wrote:( now if we could get that message thru to the Stand-Up Paddle boarders ........... )
by jaffa1949 » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:57 am
by Tudeo » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:18 pm
waikikikichan wrote:Give a wave, Get a wave. Give respect, Get respect
by Big H » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:31 pm
jaffa1949 wrote:Had a stand up paddle guy paddle up next to me in a good medium surf .
His opening comment was "I've had a a half hour lesson, I'm entitled to be out here!!"
WTF on that!
The small crowd gave him a wide berth, and laughed and made in his face rude comments about every wipeout he was entitled to!
15 minutes was all the humiliation he could manage!![]()
Manners would have meant he surfed in a surf that matched his ability.
by waikikikichan » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:42 pm
by Tudeo » Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:00 pm
waikikikichan wrote:That's why the golden rule gets thrown out the door, when it's a mad house, and every man for themselves.
by oldmansurfer » Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:30 pm
by Tudeo » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:14 am
oldmansurfer wrote:All this dialog makes me happy I don't surf a crowded break ....it's so peaceful and relaxing and fun when I surf.
by Tudeo » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:48 am
waikikikichan wrote:I think that one of the points, it's not Rules, but the Manners.
by Big H » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:16 am
oldmansurfer wrote:Often it seems that locals feel they are entitled to waves and feel free to drop in on anyone. It seems to me that they usually drop in on surfers who aren't very good like the guy who paddles and almost never takes off but at some popular places like pipeline they may drop in on pro surfers who don't meet whatever requirements they have for giving respect to the other surfers there. All this dialog makes me happy I don't surf a crowded break ....it's so peaceful and relaxing and fun when I surf.
by oldmansurfer » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:34 am
by oldmansurfer » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:53 am
by Big H » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:09 am
oldmansurfer wrote:I am not speaking about you but what I have seen and heard about in Hawaii. I don't surf crowded break but have run into a few guys who acted like they felt entitled to the waves, oddly enough there were no real issues just attitude. Also oddly I knew some of them fairly well and never had any issues with them in the past. Most of the time only me and them out so I was so confused to get that attitude because waves were abundant and it wasn't like we would even see each other very often much less try for the same waves. Other stuff I have heard from people who surfed pipeline.
by Tudeo » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:36 am
oldmansurfer wrote:I wrote a piece about all the aggression I ran into surfing in all my years of surfing...
by oldmansurfer » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:59 am
Tudeo wrote:oldmansurfer wrote:I wrote a piece about all the aggression I ran into surfing in all my years of surfing...
Wow OMS what a crazy localism there. Any idea why it's so extreme over there?
by oldmansurfer » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:19 pm
by Tudeo » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:33 am
oldmansurfer wrote:Here is a dialog about dropping in from the perspective of top end surfers.
by oldenglish » Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:40 am
by oldenglish » Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:42 am
Tudeo wrote:oldmansurfer wrote:Here is a dialog about dropping in from the perspective of top end surfers.
Interesting article, also the comments are worth reading.
There are 2 opinions that catch my eye:1. it's not the level of surfing, it's the fun someone has riding a wave, so everybody is equally allowed to ride every wave.
2. Let the kooks ride lesser waves, so the better surfers can optimally use what a good waves offeres.
I can understand both ways of thinking, if I must choose I would say it's better if u find a wave that fits ur abilities. So the kooks should stay away from the better and more demanding breaks.
It's exactly this reason why I never tried Padang2 when it's on.
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