early summer benny accident

a few swells back like 3 guys kept sitting right where i was or right where id go on take off...so im either yelling "yo" since i would be deeper and up sooner...or i would let the wave go without me when they were sitting behind. yelling yo resulted in one of them telling me not to be so agro...i told him im as mellow as it gets and just look if someones already up before you go...he ended up moving somewhere else. after letting a few waves go and these clowns not responding to me def looking pissed i stopped letting waves go... i paddled for the waves that were coming and would just stare them down...they got my point and all moved. another day i was paddling back out after a ride and a longboarder who was paddling by bails off his log as a wave comes...i duckdive and his board missed me...as soon as i saw him i told him as nicely as i could that if he ever bailed like that again around me the conversation wouldn't be so polite...he was shocked. my point is people don't know and if they do they def don't give a **** about common sense in the water.

 

stuff like that happens everyday,everywhere on the planet.people need to learn to keep their cool.you never know who those kooks are lol,what they are capable of.but there is a difference between a beginner and an a-hole.surf etiquette,the one closest to the curl has priority.theres guys that think they are the sh=t and try snaking everyone,then the groms team up and beat the poop out of him.just saying the ocean is a dangerous place,the last thing you want is to get your lights knocked out in overhead surf and drown.its happened to me and iv done it to others,i am not a tough guy or anything like that im a peaceful hippie from an urban area far from the beach,especially when those guys been drinking and they start fights with anyone.be smart.like iv been taught by so many(prisoners,pro surfers,friends)its better to walk away.you throw a punch,next thing u know ,u have a knife in your gut.just sayin.i quit skating because i was tired of fighting rollerbladers,bmxers,and other skaters.walk away or pay with your life one day

 

and trust me,i know the kind of people you talk about.BUOYS!!nj has a lot of them and i quite dont understand.they are a-holes but its better to bite your tung and walk away.had a situation like that happened to me at work today,and i wanted to go off,but kept my cool and kept working.i hate when ppl who have no fkn clue try to tell you how to do your job,whether business or in the surf.

 

How about skill recommendations with the surf forecast/break cams. It would be like the ski resorts (green circle, black diamond, etc). It could help with the beginners at least

 

how about this:

 

Haha, keeping them away from the better breaks I mean but tuche

 

I've been surfing for 25 years, been all around the world, you can trust me that I am right, jesus its common sense - if while riding a wave you lack the ability to avoid someone who is either stationary or paddling for the lip, then you're the kook and you deserve to have your wave ruined

 

everyone complains about bennies....they always come in the summer and they cause issues, everyone knows this. stop complaining about the obvious. if you want to make a difference in a benny's life, bradshaw his board..just take a bite out of that **** like it's a big mac and teach that benjamin a lesson.


or just stfu

 

you. are. wrong.

mentioning your experience just makes you look like a fool.

 

I agree with nj, I do not trust your judgement dave

 

let me clarify - if you are up on a wave, you have the right-of-way, but as per the most basic of water rules, even if you have right-of-way, it is your responsibility to avoid any collision, once it becomes apparent that the prone paddler is not giving way for whatever reason.

 

how about yelling my wave loudly as you take off

 

you would do this when someone is paddling from the shoulder for a wave you're riding but not @ someone who is paddling out.

I'll say this: next time you're up and riding and someone is paddling out and can't get to the shoulder or the whitewater you just run them right over and maime them. Then when you are in court as a witness in your defense in a civil trial go ahead and explain to the judge and jury and personal injury attorney how it was the victim's responsibilty to get out of your way and they didn't so you ran them over and injured them.

 

This is why most lawyers need to be assassinated.

 

Hey.....my father and brother are both lawyers, but I often agree with you.....too funny

 

I think this can summed up fairly easily.... when the surfer up and riding realizes that the person stuck inside either cant' or won't get out of the way, the aforementioned surfer now must make the move to avoid the collision.

this one time at band camp.... lol, I was actually stuck inside with about 4 other guys and a random outside big wave came in. One guy out there and he gets it. but the inside is littered with the rest of us and there was no way to go. the guy up and riding had to bail off his wave to avoid us. He then called me an azzhole... and you know what... I would have said the same thing.
so... end result... sucks your wave and board got f'd up.. but you bear responsibility too in this case you described.

 

6 pages of etiquette debate after a guy posts this:

"i didnt see him because my back was turned but my friend told me this guy just stood there watching me come right at him until we hit each other."

Really?

You guys are debating whether or not it was his responsibility to take evasive action, when he starts off by saying he wasn't even watching where he was going?

 

Totally agree along with "the surfer closest to the peak has the right of way on the wave". People who question this ARE part of the problem. If I'm on a wave and somebody freezes in front of me of course I will do every thing to avoid them. Sometimes I wish they would stay still because Ive had times where I will turn hard and at the same time they will move in that same direction. My pet pev is the dude who paddles out and sits 10 feet in front of you. WTF - REALLY? - gotta wonder what planet they came from.

 

No I waited three days to see if anyone would point out that you're responsible to avoid riding into or over anybody- which would require watching where you're going.

Maybe the OP was noseriding that two foot wave backwards

 

exactly, the correct move for the person not surfing is to stay still and let me choose how I'm going to get around you. Anyone who's spent any time on the water knows about rights of way