Some of you blokes are kidding yourselves;
SUP is the new goat boats, have you been out on your shortboards lately and have a SUP paddle out and take over the peak? I have and its a rude wake up call. I am not saying stop SUP, i am lovin it as much as anyone but some of us need to consider others and not just take every wave like some mal riders have been doing for years.....
The root of this problem COMES FROM SOME OF US WITHIN
All good were I surf,its called respect,the few guys who sup out there all come from a surfing background and know the meaning of the word respect,simple really
We get a mixture of all craft, Saturday I had a kook on a shortboard go over the falls right in front of me,I had a nice friendly chat and helped him out,yesterday I had a little grom paddle out who could barely paddle and it was sucky as, I asked hey mate new board hmm,his reply,yes its 2 hours old DHD,wow I said nice board and gave him a tip on body position ( had the nose two foot out of the water ) and told him he would get more waves over there ( shoulder ) he said thanks and paddled over and got someI was happy for the young kid
Don't worry I'll chat to anyone if they are doing the wrong thing,if not someone sure will.
Yesterday I had a father son team near me and the father pushes the kid ( 10 yr )
as I am on a bomb right in front of me,I nearly killed the kid,lucky I was able to get out of it before any contact,I paddled over and said to the dad,hey hows it going mate,he looks at me and does not reply so I said do you have a death wish for your son?he looks at me,still no reply,go figure.
im a hog on a shortboard and a sup or even when i used to ride a mal when it was flat i would hog then but then again im just brought up that way dog eat dog or you get no waves! the bloke i surf with most lets call him goatman is a hell hog and thats when we paddle out in the dark and theres only 2 guys out but what are you guunna do?