dropping in

People don't drop in on me. I don't know why. They just don't.

 

Mooknuckle thinks we should all get along. I love mooking around those chumps who dot know what they are doing. Flex your mook muscles but do it mookspectivley.

Sincerely,
The mook

 

I dropped in on you 2 times. I will ALWAYS drop in on Matt Johnson cause he's a kook longboarder.

 

well said. If you want to get a wave at the peak, get your a55 over there and paddle into position. Shoulder hopping 99.9% of the time leads to dropping in on someone. Getting all emo about it isnt helping anyone either.

 

Or you can just be white about the situation and let the person who has the right of way or closest to the peak grab the wave. Cheer them on, and hope they dont **** up or bail. Sharing is caring guys

 

whoa, whoa, whoa.......................back up here a second. white??? damn yo, that's rough crush.

 

they dont drop in on you cause you make them get out and sit on the beach

 

yeah but I can swing that longboard around on a dime so watch your mellon

 

Uh........... no.

 

lol at the last couple posts.

so i was taught by a buddy from the start and learned etiquette fairly fast so i understand the level of respect/disrespect when taking waves or dropping in on someone. i also understand that the locals/better surfers should generally take the peak because they are the ones who can handle it and what not. but what pisses me off sometimes are the fact that i will move into position after watching them take a set or two and for them to come and shadow me. the problem is is that i ride a shortboard, and most of these guys tend to ride longboards. now what they'll do, though, is not sit right next to me, but sit a little farther out. its tough to gain position on a board that hops on waves later than they do cause i would end up missing the takeoff spot if i move or end up dropping in on them

now ive had friendly conversations with them, seen each other out a bunch, and we have let each other take rides here and there, so i know they arent out to kick me out. but, i feel like this kind of situation is just annoying as all hell and is done with a bit of malicious intent to hog waves. i usually just end up moving to my other break if they are out so as to make all parties happy.

just wondering if anyone else does this, or has it done to them.

note: this certain break is well known and fairly crowded, so i do understand why this might happen

 

im all cool with the longboarders at my spot as they all know i can shred on either my shortboard on the big/small days and then i can go switch my board and grab my 8ft foam board and still be able to take waves and do alot of stuff i could do on my shortboard so they respect me and i respect them. which in return they give me waves im in position for and i give them the waves theyre in position for.

 

I have surfed in 1 crowd in oc 1 crowd in jupiter fl 1 crowd in obx during bill, those will probably be my last. It sucks that people have to bunch up and fight over waves, takes away the whole personal connection with the ocean, winds, tide, wildlife etc.

 

So you don't surf much in OC? there were crowds everywhere during Bill... maybe you were surfing in the bay?

 

surfing in a crowd in obx is totally on you. There are miles and miles of empty beach between nags head and radanthe to surf, then about the same amount again between rodanthe and buxton. Park on 12 and hike over the dunes... rocket science?

I live in VB and very seldom surf in crowds, i just go to spots with no one around.. north sandbridge, false cape, eastern shore, the 25 block stretch north of the pier, etc etc etc. Sure, i could sit in a crowd of kooks at first street.... buy why?????????

Your right about a crowd of agro groms and goofy kooks screwing a session, thats why I avoid them like the plague!

 

Why ask the question? Just let it be. Why people surf in crowds on a coastline with 0 world class breaks is beyond me as well. But I am just glad it is that way. I teach middle school kids, so the last thing I want to do with my free time is to be around grown men who act like 14 year olds. You don't have to worry about me in a lineup. Even in times when I am the first guy out at a spot, if people show up I leave and find a spot all alone. Same thing when I travel. My last trip to CR I found a perfect spot for me with shoulder high surf for 4 straight days. There were other spots going off with overhead and DH, but they had 25-30 guys. Just comes down to what kind of surfing experience you want. I just want a good session with little contact with other humans.

 

Me and my crew tend to surf a spot near a crowded break and we still get ppl that paddle out right next to us even tho we are on a peak by ourselves. It's like if you suck or are a weekend warrior you look for smaller groups to paddle out close to. That makes me agro, I surf the same spot 9 times out of 10 and it usually by myself or with my mooks, then some kid paddles out looking for friends or something when he shoulda just paddled down the beach a few more blocks

 

the burn:

There are reasons why I would burn someone:

1. They fell on the last 3 waves and there was no drop!

2. They paddled to a shoulder instead of getting deeper.

3. They just look like a kook who needs to be burned.

4. They paddle for the shoulder instead of the wash when I was on the last wave. I hate that. Take one for the team and take it on the head!

It's not personal. When I roll up to a new break, I expect it. Eye up the break, get a good wave and then mix yourself into the bunch. Always fly solo.

 

Get used to making the drop in front of the Jetty (for NJ guys) or very close. If the crowd keeps paddling and pushes you too far then just go the other way.

 

I remember when I was learning to surf. I drove down to Rodanthe on a day when there was some pretty big east swell coming in and ofcourse everything from the inlet to the pier was 50 yard closeouts but there were some pretty nice lefts coming off the pier so I paddled out into a crowd there. It wasnt 5 minutes before I caught my first wave and ofcourse I dropped right in on a dude and oh dear god did he let me know about it. He cursed me for about the next 30 minutes. I thought it was gonna be a fight. Ill never forget that. Moral of the story. If someone drops in on you let them know about it for real. Even if you arent gonna beat that ass make them think that you are. They will not do it again guaranteed.

 

Oh that was u who snaked me WTF you mook