From the threadde with a story about some idiot yelling "no" which sounds just like "go". What do you yell when: 1. Someone looks like they're about to burn you. 2. You don't want / are gonna miss the wave. 1: HEADS UP!! or HEY-AY-AY!! 2: GO GO GO GO GO!!
Yeew, which I guess sounds like Jew but high pitched. Or a low pitched, Yo Or, if two of us are paddling, ill ask, which way you going. If they are going left, and i can, i'll go right. Had a guy the other day pushing his kid (kid looked about 15) into waves. I drop in and the guy pushes his kid into the wave in front of me. I was still far enough away to turn out. The guy new he messed up because when I paddled back out he kept glancing over at me. I gave him the stare and he apologized. Situation done, I didn't even have to throw his and his kids sheet in the drink. But, at that point, I did yell anything at the kid because it was the father who pushed him into the wave.
Sometimes I go "HO HO HO HO" Most of the time I can't talk and paddle at the same time so like a train wreck in slow motion I silently watch myself get burned into impending doom. I just figure we'll hash it out after.
maintaining eye contact and not being a passive aggressive silent aloof clown goes a long way in stopping this ish before it happens
This happened to me Labor day with both a dad and a boyfriend. Didnt yell at the kid or the girl but spoke to the pushers. Told the dad he was going to get his kids or someone else hurt - he moved. The boyfriend was actually a decent surfer and had the worst excuse that he was trying to teach her to catch waves and i was always on the set waves. I think he realized how stupid that was since he only pushed her into marginal waves after that.
I heard a guy at the peak today say to a guy very calmly and clearly: "Hey bud, I got this one". I kind of liked that so I tried to remember it for next time. It wasn't aggressive, just stating a fact. If I don't want to go, but am closer to the peak, I try to let my body language and board positioning say I'm not going. I don't like to direct traffic, unless I want to goad an obvious jerk into a closeout. That can be almost as fun as catching the ensuing set wave.
It was breaking slow today. If it's pitching, and it's crowded, you gotta yell: YO LEFT!!! or YO RIGHT!!!
lol that's the best response.just ice grilling the dude lol,once he paddles back out after that wave,u just stare at him the whole time.i imagine he will be deeply disturbed after the first 10 minutes and paddle in
Story from today using the "Hollah" system in the lineup. I was up on a wave coming down the line, a very experienced local was about to drop in on me and didn't notice me on the wave (it happens to all of us) and I yelled "Im on it!" three times, gradually louder each time. After the wave, I apologized and said "Sorry, didn't mean to yell like that. Just didn't want any collision" and he said that he didn't notice me until I yelled so it was good.
too many words. Drop the "yo" and just yell "right" or "left". Of course, a lot of people pretend like they didn't hear you so I usually whistle...I got a loud as hell whistle you can't pretend not to hear.
