I just reiterated what DTC before, so please give him some props. I am glad you are posted good questions and trying your best to improve. Please don't get discouraged. The better you get, the less mistakes you'll make.
That said ............. Now you're going to get a mouth full. Videos are great to work on your technique. But just like police bodycams, they can work in your favor or against you.
lachyd333 wrote:I quite clearly got off the wave as soon as I realised I had dropped in. It's easier said than done to not drop in on people when there's 100+ people in the water.
When you spun around, you looked to your right, then you looked to your left and CLEARLY saw the girl paddling for the wave inside of you.
You were still paddling when she was already standing. I didn't see you check/glance back once. You set your line and went down the line. It didn't seem you could do a Down, Up and Out. She came up on you THEN you decided to get off.
But by that time she already straightened out ( to avoid running into you or you into her ). She gets stuffed into the soup and you cut out of the wave.
I saw you were sitting inside of a guy and four girls. We don't know the whole story. Maybe those surfers missed a lot of wave previously. Maybe that girl goes left or straight usually. I to sometimes paddle on other surfers just incase they miss, it's called "Poaching". But you have to be able to quickly and safely pull out if they get on. You burned her and not only dropped in BUT ALSO wasted the wave. She didn't get it and neither did you, so a wasted wave. Hell, after you realize you melted her, you should've continued on, get a good ride and paddle back, apologized and thank her for a good wave. She actually might not had a problem with it.
You KNEW you were dropping in. The video shows the proof. If you use the excuse that it difficult to not drop in when there's 100+ surfers, then someone can use the excuse that it was difficult to not put their fin into the back of your head or thru your board. Give respect - Get respect.