Are Drop-In Hop-Offs The Norm at Your Break?

CJsurf · Dec 18, 2015

Clowns-r-Us said: ↑

Question for all you clowns out there:

So it seems like whenever I watch a clip or a video of a SoCal surf break, particularly the crowded well known ones I almost always see the following:

Dude in position who has priority, takes off on wave, makes the bottom turn and lines up for the ride/ maneuver, all of a sudden some clown looks down the line, sees dude successfully riding the wave and drops in. Clown pumps once or twice then hops over the back of the wave. This process can occur multiple times on the same wave, occasionally several clowns will drop in at the same time, each will ride for a couple seconds and then kick out/ hop off.

This is seemingly done intentionally. The drop-in clowns clearly see dude on the wave and they go anyway even though dude is not in danger of eating it, there's no difficult section he has to get around etc.

Is this garbage the norm at your break and what kind of nonsense is this?? Is this a natural result of the competition/ arse-holery at hyper crowded breaks? What would you do if say 3 clowns dropped in on you simultaneously, on purpose, only to kick out a few seconds later as if it were no big deal brah?
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That actually has not been my experience in southern California. Spent 7 days last month at Lower Trestles and despite the crowds the lineup was very orderly. I only got dropped in on one time the whole trip and that was by Mike Parsons who was well ahead of me when he dropped in. Surfed among some of the best surfers in the world a couple of days when it was firing and had no problem getting in the rotation and getting waves at the top of the peak. As long as you're friendly, respectful and patient and don't act like an aggro prick you will get waves. I like lineups like that where it is dominated by good surfers........that creates order. I'll take that anyday compared to where I live in NJ where half of the people can't surf yet paddle battle at the peak only to pull back when a wave comes their way.

cepriano · Dec 18, 2015

cepriano said: ↑

lol tomorrow I'm going to surf the most crowded break in nj,i wont name it because I don't need any of u folks trying to tag along lol.but I can gaurentee Il be the only one in the water at this spot.summer time wave warriors are gone,only thing il have to worry about is the groms getting out of school,but hopefully my sesh will be done before that happens.im gonna try to take a pic tomorrow,if its actually good,and youll see the most crowded spot in nj with no crowd lol,just me and my lonesome
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lol didn't get to take any pics,battery was too low.i was surprised tho,it was actually crowded today.6 people,and yea I'm talkin bout the infamous inlet.christmas eve looks effin great and I'm off work

Clowns-r-Us · Dec 21, 2015

CJsurf said: ↑

That actually has not been my experience in southern California. Spent 7 days last month at Lower Trestles and despite the crowds the lineup was very orderly. I only got dropped in on one time the whole trip and that was by Mike Parsons who was well ahead of me when he dropped in. Surfed among some of the best surfers in the world a couple of days when it was firing and had no problem getting in the rotation and getting waves at the top of the peak. As long as you're friendly, respectful and patient and don't act like an aggro prick you will get waves. I like lineups like that where it is dominated by good surfers........that creates order. I'll take that anyday compared to where I live in NJ where half of the people can't surf yet paddle battle at the peak only to pull back when a wave comes their way.
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Good to hear the perspective of someone with experience CJsurf.

TheWocal · Dec 21, 2015

Don't know what videos youre watching but from my time in socal Ive rarely ever witnessed this. Been living in sd for the past year and a half now. Depends on the spot and the people in the lineup that dictate how tolerated dropping in on someone else is. Places like PB are fairly kooky so youll see more individuals dropping in on one another. More localized spots dont take that $h!t. Ive witnessed multiple peopl get called out of the water by the "boss" for completely accidental dropins. Just like anywhere else, you gotta give respect to get respect. Crowds do suck in socal but if youre at the right spot at the right time you'll get plenty of waves.

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