watching that, i tried to justify what the dude said....
"i tell everybody watch out, because im going to drop in on you"
I dont know, i'd be effin pissed. He put that dude in a bad place... between a death pit and a paddle boarder. They are lucky it all worked out so well.
ive never done it and SUP seems really fun and all but nobody forced that guy to paddle out. having an attitude of "well, i cant really get down and dive under the coming set so i have to drop in on you", just isn't cool. especially at a wave as intense as teahupoo
the most telling remark in that piece is when veta david says, "i didn't even know he was behind me until the end..." what a f--king @$$! if he'd gotten clipped, he'd likely have taken towner out w/ his kayak & possibly gotten him killed...classless move on his part. those are not conditions for SUPs. period.