basics I don't care how good you THINK you are, if everyone followed the basics of wave priority you wouldn't have all these hard feelings. Give and get.
Zippy, that guy up in the board room's name is Kevin Cranfield. He isn't working for us anymore but out in the water he is a fo real ripper. Longtime sponsor of Ripcurl, and comin straight outa Cali he knows his stuff. He's one of the more respected surfers out there. But you shouldnt judge a book by its cover. Other big names to come outa Kcoast being, "Chad", "Hairball", Eric simmons those guys all know their stuff, and are nothing but respectful in the water hoping to get that respect right back
I'm not sure this is true. let say you are out and the waves are fun and then another guy shows up. you're both in the line up and a nice set rolls in. he he priority so you don't hassle the wave. he paddles and fails miserably. this same scenario happens a few more times. what do you do? I'd say at this point, drop ins are permitted.
i agree with austin, call out a direction if ur in that position on a peaky wave. i simply dont care, if i see some1 paddling i just let them go, there will be plenty of waves to come.
Austin, yeah I never asked his name or saw him surf. I never doubted his ability in the water, just his sales methods were a bit annoying. I was used to a layed back approach when I would come in and he had a hard sell attitude. He even forced me to buy a wetsuit offline because he refused to call for a price on a hyperflex that you didnt carry but he swore was twice as much as a ripcurl I was looking at. I doubted that, and found it online, and since I needed it I bought it, mostly because I didnt want to come back in and be told I was a dope for wanting the hyperflex and be hard sold on something you had on the rack. I tried to come back a few times and he was on me faster than I could believe. K-Coast was the first store that I went into when I moved down here (the little store) and is still my favorite .
shop at Ocean Atlantic. I must say that yes i did see a lot of people dropping in on each other on 8th st last week and was thinkin that thats whack and why they're all surfing in the same spot?Well a buddy and I (hes a stand-up) went down one jetty and got all the waves we wanted. Then I noticed- they were all groms!! haha let'em shred each other up
being a sponger from md i have alot of respect for the k-coast team and what they do, however wen i was up in oc last week on the 14th my bro needed to rent a suit and they said it would start at $85 just to rent a spring suit for the day!!!!...are the prices always like this!?.....
If I'm right about who started this topic, you are that long haired kid who got *****ed at by Ian Tilgman at 48th street on saturday. And if this is correct, you are a complete asshole for dissin me and all my teammates and the good people at KCoast, becuase Ian Tilgman doesn't even ride for K-Coast. And he wasn't yelling at you, he was just instructing you on how to get out of the way properly when someone is flying down the line at you, and you took it the wrong way. Someone has to teach people how to get out of the way properly or people will end up getting beat up bad. If, I'm wrong about who this is then, sorry.
sounds like you think your the top dogg and tried droppin in on the wrong crowd, any local will drop in on any new face any were no matter who you are, so ya better get use to it or find somewhere new, good luck.
Hes doin pretty good he hurt his back again last winter but doin a little better again he doesn't have to use a cane anymore .
Yeah I was there when that happened, the waves were super small. I just thought it was dumb to call that guy a retard and try to start an argument over 2ft waves. I don't see how K-Coast got involved in this or its team members. I surf there every swell and the same guys are always there ripping and I have never had problem with them, or getting waves. It does suck when you are flying down the line and someone is in the way, but not worth fighting about.
You are right about who started the thread and if I was wrong about who someone rides for then I definitely apologize. I know who you are also, it's always great to watch you surf, you're a super talented kid. If you read the original post I really had nothing negative to say, just to respect everyone else. Everyone who surfs year round gets frustrated about this time of year. If some "rule" has changed as to where you're supposed to go when someone is coming down the line, then maybe you could clear that one up for me. You paddle toward the white water, no matter if it's 2' or 8'............. been that way forever. Anyway, this thread really got out of hand and it ended up being something that it was not intended to be. ps. i edited the original post to hopefully put an end to this thread.......
Zippy, all good man, no worries at all haha, Kevin did have some aggressive seeling methods compared to some of us hah, but its all good
