With more practice he will be able to hit the surfer. I am pretty sure there are training videos on YouTube.
It was a setup by 2 shortboard surfers to get SUP banned at that spot . He did well to paddle in without much experience.
the sup could easily have made that section what with the sheer speed generated from a 28 inch wide board with fat rails 250ft back from the section and by the time they did their super whippy and fast bottom turn.
i surfed here - fun when they left but biggest bunch of f#$$ wits i ever surfed with in my life were out at same time unfortunately - delusional beyond comprehension
He was frustrated that he missed the section because of the person in the water that he had to avoid, then took out his frustration on the surfer.
The surfer may very well have dropped of the back of the wave if the SUP had made the section, that's pretty standard practice just about everywhere.
SUP...uncool.