07-19-2021, 12:32 PM
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Surfers have been complaining of crowds since before 'gidget', but it combine todays numbers with the extremely entitled arrogant and apparently proudly ignorant mindset of of those numbers and it is intolerable.
In a lineup with capable surfers, there is always the competition, but the general etiquette is respected, and most who get in the way, tried really hard to get out of the way and not ruin the others ride or reduce its potential It happens, apologies are appreciated.
'Sorry I messed up that wave for you'
That is no longer true as beginners cant possibly judge how to get out of the way, or paddle fast enough to accomplish that, even if they had an interest in doing so, which they do not. They don't even seem to realize the danger they put themselves and others in. It's really a shitshow.
And the thing is, they crowd to the best spots, when they do not even have the ability to take advantage of the better formed waves. They could literally flounder around anywhere and accomplish exactly the same amount of 'surfing', it does not have to be at the spot with the best formed waves.
When the lineup is filled with beginners, the capable surfers just get pissed off, and start disregarding etiquette, just trying to get their fill, and rules/etiquette be damned.
I almost wish the Juvenile great whites would take more exploratory bites, but then there is a typical overreaction of closing all the beaches within 20 miles, and news crews filling all the parking lots, and clusters of fools wanting to show how many different ways they can exclaim: 'Oh my god!!!! Lookit meeeeeee!!!!'
Fvcking intolerable.
Makes me wish for an army of drunk guys with shotguns and ninja swords would prowl the parking lots.
Surfers have been complaining of crowds since before 'gidget', but it combine todays numbers with the extremely entitled arrogant and apparently proudly ignorant mindset of of those numbers and it is intolerable.
In a lineup with capable surfers, there is always the competition, but the general etiquette is respected, and most who get in the way, tried really hard to get out of the way and not ruin the others ride or reduce its potential It happens, apologies are appreciated.
'Sorry I messed up that wave for you'
That is no longer true as beginners cant possibly judge how to get out of the way, or paddle fast enough to accomplish that, even if they had an interest in doing so, which they do not. They don't even seem to realize the danger they put themselves and others in. It's really a shitshow.
And the thing is, they crowd to the best spots, when they do not even have the ability to take advantage of the better formed waves. They could literally flounder around anywhere and accomplish exactly the same amount of 'surfing', it does not have to be at the spot with the best formed waves.
When the lineup is filled with beginners, the capable surfers just get pissed off, and start disregarding etiquette, just trying to get their fill, and rules/etiquette be damned.
I almost wish the Juvenile great whites would take more exploratory bites, but then there is a typical overreaction of closing all the beaches within 20 miles, and news crews filling all the parking lots, and clusters of fools wanting to show how many different ways they can exclaim: 'Oh my god!!!! Lookit meeeeeee!!!!'
Fvcking intolerable.
Makes me wish for an army of drunk guys with shotguns and ninja swords would prowl the parking lots.
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