Ok the longboarders and funboards were bad enuf hogging the lineup. Now some of these asses have decided to really make themselves obnoxious. I speak of the stand up paddle boarder. You know, I think it is pretty cool that you are catching more waves and it does make me grin to watch the frustration on that guy riding the 10 foot longboard that you have cut him off from going right on every decent wave. But...... come the F on. I have been siting here for 10 F'n minutes. Please would you drop in and go left even though you might suck going backside, or just perhaps how about let me have one wave so the guy on the longboard can snake that one to. Thank you.... Anybody else running into these wave hoggers.
if i can speak my opinion on this: As far as I am concerned, whatever you ride is ok with me, but you have to be respectful out in the linuep. So, if your rolling on a 10 ft paddle board, and can sit out further than anyone else, and catch any wave you like, than good for u. But, you shouldn't be taking every wave... You should realize your not the only one in the water and pass up on waves, even tho you could very well catch them. And that goes for anyone on any board - I've seen guys who are paddle machines, trying to take get in position on every wave.
Waves! I dont care what I ride or what anyone else rides. But I don't let it bother me. If someone is hogging i just drop in on him. If he wants some, I give him some. But don't rag on standupers. It aint the board thats pissing you off. It's the person. So just give him a friendly crack to the jaw. Then you can smile, paddle off, and take all the waves you want. LOL. Going some where else works also!
Last weekend and the weekend before it was the same dude snaking the outside. And my bro unknowingly would start stroking for the same wave this dude was already surfing. This A-hole would just friggin lose his mind and start screaming and on his way paddling back out would be shaking his head. And yea it was really starting to piss me off and I was just about to say something that would have escalated the situation. But, instead of ranting profanities, I asked the guy about his board and how long he had been doing it and it really seemed to relax the situation. I looked at my bro gave him a thumbs up and he mouthed pus*y to me. goat
If your not in the right spot dont ***** and complain, longboard or short. If its a frigging left get right of me and start paddling and you get the right of way, if its a frigging right get left of me and start paddling and you get the right of way. If you dont do either, cant paddle into position, and you sit inside and barely make any waves and get mad shut your face, poser.
Chong you I think you are assuming that peeps will give the right of way. I position myself where I can catch waves on my shortboard and try to be polite and not drop in, or shoulder hop on others unless we can split the peak. Posing?? yea for about twenty years. My job, wife, 2 kids, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 guinea pig, 4 chickens and cutting the grass have sidetracked my professional surfing career. goat
Some of you people crack me up... Some...I take that back..MOST amazing surfers I know and see in the mags have a quiver with every kind of board in it. Many have bodyboards too. Why cant it be about the stoke and not the vehicle?
In my eyes, a true “waterman” doesn’t care what your choice of surf craft is, as long as you respect the other wave riders out there with you. This means that even if you have a craft capable of catching every wave, you still let many go by, so everyone gets a chance to enjoy the stoke. Case in point, my buddy and I went out last night on our waveskis. We started off on the side of the pack but eventually paddled into the line up because of the consistent peaks. As we would paddle for a wave I heard heckling and some booing. As my buddy paddled for his next wave I looked to see who had the attitude. It turned out to be a couple guys of sponge boards. What’s up with the attitude? I’m started body surfing at 15, I’ve belly board surfed (dating way before the sponge board) , stand up surfed, kayak surfed, and now waveski surfing. I’m 55 now, so I’ve spent more than a few years in the lineup and I can’t seem to understand the aggressiveness and hostility that exists in the water at times. It’s all about the stoke and sharing the stoke with your fellow watermen. Even if I don’t know you, I’ll give a hoot for a fellow wave rider that’s “in the moment”. It’s simply really. Let some waves go by, don’t drop in, surf and let surf, regardless of craft. We’re all out there to have a good time and there’s plenty of waves for everybody.
Goatman, I wasnt calling you out, I was just making a general observation about babys in the water. Basically, if you not actively trying to get a wave and you expect waves to get handed to you then go away.
i dont like it when little shortboarders claim the wave and as your paddling, try to swoop under you which stops your paddling and the wave ia all theirs. I used to be the hot dogger but now that i ride a shorter board but i still take off deeper and farther out. Or.... You can bodyboard like i also do. SpUnJAh 4 LYfE
Theres only one guy that i always see riding a stand up paddle board where we go. But he always goes off by himself away from where everyone is.
HAHA this argument has been on many messageboards. I like the people that say, "if you are good, you will catch waves no matter what you ride. If you suck, get out of the lineup" haha. Apparently people that say this know nothing of physics....and they should since they surf. When the longboarders are taking all the waves, I'll usually drop in on them after I have given them 10+ waves in a row, or i'll pull out my lonboard and join them. Those are really the only two options if you want to surf that break. It really is a funny issue though.
I can remember a certain flat summer about a decade ago similar to this past one that made me go buy a long board. I wanted to surf as much as possible and the only way was to surf something bigger. I know it can be hard to hold back catching as many waves as possible on a long board and during the Summer the city confines the surfers to such small areas I am surprised that I haven't seen surfers come to blows over wave priority. Yelling, stares and the finger yes, but fights no. When the waves are scarce, the forecast calling for something a little better than it is and the crowds there expecting it, frustration definitely sets in. I can't out paddle a person on a long board. A lot of the times I will sit out on outside a bit,basically with the long boards and just paddle my ass off to get priority. Sometimes this works in getting the guys on the longer boards to realize that I am not just going to sit there and let them take all the good sets and give me the leftovers. So, instead of dropping in on others, I just get a bit more aggressive in my paddling. goat
Hmmmmmm. . . What a bunch of wuzzies. It's really all about positioning afterall, that and your own physical paddling condition. Just ask Big Wave Dave. Woo Hoooo!
I started this thread more as a mere outlet for for just one annoying experience and tried to spin it in a sarcastic, or at least an amusing tone. I don't think anyone needs to be told that it is about positioning. It isn't rocket science. A person on a long-board will out paddle and therefore out position a person on a short board. It is about common courtesy of sharing waves in a lineup. I really don't believe that dropping in on someone because they are being a **** solves the problem. But, in my experience, just like in driving a car, a simple wave or acknowledgment of the other persons existence goes a long way to easing tensions. later goat
"But, in my experience, just like in driving a car, a simple wave or acknowledgment of the other persons existence goes a long way to easing tensions". I couldn't agree more. If you are friendly and someone still is being an ass, well, they are just an ass. I have yet to see any canoe-ers here in decent surf, so can't complain if they are surfing lake atlantica stand up style. They are on the right board for the conditions.
HA Big Wave Dave is Awesome...... I think it's amusing as all hell when there are 30 surfers out and 1 is catching waves. Most likely it's because he weighs about 120 lbs and surfs a 11 ft board. And the Grunting and WOOO HOOO's, it's classic. If you can catch them, then surf them.... Just use common sense, and don't hog the break. Have fun playing leap-frog in the lineup to gat far left on a right or vise-versa. It's all in a days surf.........
Why are standup paddle boards all the rage now? is it because there has been no waves this summer/fall? Its one step away from paddling in a fishing boat.
