The surf season is just getting into gear here in South Florida. The next swell is going to be blown out and drifty, so crowds are not a factor except at the south sides of jetties. But, when it gets good and it gets crowded, I have a few tricks. 1. Look at the guy who is on the peak, just before the wave gets ready to peak ( assuming you are the next one closest to the peak) and with big wide eyes, stare right behind him and say real loud: "Holy sh*t! Did you see that shark?!?" As he instinctively turns to see what he thinks is Jaws coming at him, snake the peak. If he gives you a hard time about not seeing anything after you paddle back out, swear to God that you just saw a 10 foot bull shark. Prove other wise! Word of caution: It only works if you don't use it too often, and never at the same spot on the same day. 2. That is all I am giving away. Does anyone else have any crowd control tactics they would like to share?
The ultimate crowd control tactic is dropping doo doo turds out the pant leg of your suit and then claim it as if it was the most shred gnar accomplishment in history.
I always tell people that the water is really warm where I am at...jokingly of coarse...I do hate it when people spit all over the place, so I am the guy that will tell you about it, I get crazy looks sometimes, but they don't do it anymore or they just paddle off
Saw a guy wearing a white surf helmet & an orange jumpsuit with the arse cut out of it. Seemed to do the trick.
Dude, You cant make up rules like that. If you told me not to spit in the water(which is full of feces, disease and the dreaded fish poo)I would then tell you to paddle on. I spit a lot, I don't like the taste of salt water. So get F-ed. Spit aint litter, and it wont hurt you.(mine wont anyways)
Your right Yankee...agro....hey Mac I'm not talking about a little salt water spray from your mouth... im talking loogies, you know the kind that comes from deep down inside your nostrils, c'mon over here I'll show ya.
If someone else is closer to the peak and is paddling for anything but the last wave of the set while you're paddling toward the same set, paddle hard but smooth, maybe even glide for a few feet while casually watching him commit to the wave. All while knowing the next couple of waves look bigger/nicer. No need to get the dude all worked up and wondering if he should wait for the next one.
south FL is full of focking goons, I dont know how you do it there. I have never seen a bigger assortment of kooks in my life. juno beach pier? KEEEERIST almighty that place is clownshoes. FL waves have their moments, but its never serious enough to sort out pretenders. (save the rare pumphouse day) I typically used mockery/shame in a calm voice to make folks uncomfortable One time at 3rd street in OC it was neighborhood boys out and then this summer guy who is a PA principle or something paddle for the peak, tried for like 4 waves on his longbaord and kept missing.....I asked him if he felt uncomfortable. He said "No" I said "then you aren't paying attention' the lineup erupted in laughter, he left and then it was back to the boys rotation I think Id take up basket weaving if I was stuck in south FL in HI I stfu cause I like all my teeth back in jerz, I had a friend who would just get baked out of his gord and start yelling sheet like BABY COAT HANGER ABORTION ANAL FISTING MIDGETS **** OFF GROM IMA GONNA RAPE YOUR MOM he would have a LARGE radius of vacant space around him and if anyone started to invade he'd say I SEE YOU CREEPIN! worked a lot, but kinda ****ty thing to do, then again we were young dumb and full of it
You know the landscape well. Juno Pier is to be avoided unless you feel like surfing in a mosh pit with a full clown posse. I grew up surfing Pumphouse, and wasn't even allowed to paddle out there for a year or so until I proved myself at lesser spots. You had to fight to surf there back then. Now, if a stranger paddles out there everyone takes turns dropping in on them. All the kids that we groomed have taken over. They still give me a few and as long as I don't blow the drop I still have a slot. Once I made the mistake of bringing a good friend who I've traveled with and surfed lots of big waves with, and he got the same treatment. He told his friends and neither he nor they will go there. Just as well. One thing I still do to keep folks at bay, is whenever a jet skii comes anywhere near I yell and curse at them and bark at them like a rabid dog. People look at me like I have three heads. That is tip #2.
just make up some crazy story with ur buddies in a crowded lineup real loud.for instance,dude did u hear about that chemical spill a mile offshore?i heard theres flesh eating bacteria.or how about,dam dude I cant believe that shark bit bill yesterday,they still havnt caught it?or talk like a complete kook saying im going to take the next wave and run everybody over.paddle out with raw steaks taped to your suit and ask anybody if there hungry.
I look for a spot that's not too crowded and surf there. Crazy idea, but it works... And if I'm at my local spot and it's crowded most of them are friends and it's fun.
Me and my buddies pretty much recite all the classics from Nova Scotia's finest, the "Trailer Park Boys." We clear peaks pretty quick.
Cool thread. Ima let my nosebuddah fly at will. If you're close enough to someone to get touched by the same water particles (out of bajillions) that they've tainted with bodily fluids, they're probably thinking that you're trying to climb aboard their stick with them. Yes, there's something wrong with that. Our lineup mates can piss in the water we paddle in but we can't spit that piss-water out with vehement force? As for verbal directives, what happened to the classic "GET OFF MY PEAK!!!" ?? Timeless and direct
I spit a lot. It is probably why I never get sick when there is bad stuff in the water. I care about my health more than I care about "manners" in the water. I also sometimes launch a nice snot rocket. It isn't geed to keep that stuff in your body.