Comments on: Free for all in the lineup

By: mayday86

mayday86 — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:16:39 +0000

i hate SUP’s they are usually very stupid or ignorant of their surroundings, here is the unwritten rule by which all REAL surfes should go by. Let yur surfig do the talking, just drop in on these clowns every chance you get, no words, no gestures need to be said, drop in and they will flop. Look no one with a paddle belongs anywhere near a break which is dominated with surfers, paddles give an unfair advantage. SUPs were meant to be for training purposes only, not for the lame ass who will never get real surfing.
I am no brawler and a very decent chap, but injustice does get me going and nay SUP in alineup is taking his chances, anyone with any sense would realize that "hey I’m the only one with a broom out here". I sat and watched at rincon on a smaller day this SUP taking all the waves and all the good chaps in the water just leting him get away with it. I had enough, I dropped in on him, and made it very obvious that it was intentional without saying a word and made him flop. Guess what…he moved away. Brother we don’t need no stinking city or county officials making rules for us, just go back to the way things used to be and I mean if someone is stupid enough or b razen enough to mix in a lineup of surfers he is taking his chances and deserves what he gets

By: down the line

down the line — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:13:09 +0000

For sure, none of the solutions Chris outlined are going to work for everybody; still, one word in the last line of the article is somewhat of a synopsis of the overall problem: "sharing." Living and commenting from Maui, I am privy to the over-explosion of stand-up paddlers (some are friends of mine) in the line-ups all over the island. I do harbor animosity of sorts to the SUPS because of a strong lack of "sharing" with other water craft (I surf short, long, and all boards in between). In a recently-released book on "Auntie" Rell Sunn, she, in so many words, acknowledges that for every WAVE you ride, you should give three away. I don’t see that happening here on Maui, nor at the North County breaks that I have surfed over the last few years.
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By: down the line

down the line — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:11:30 +0000

For sure, none of the solutions Chris outlined are going to work for everybody; still, one word in the last line of the article is somewhat of a synopsis of the overall problem: "sharing." Living and commenting from Maui, I am privy to the over-explosion of stand-up paddlers (some are friends of mine) in the line-ups all over the island. I do harbor animosity of sorts to the SUPS because of a strong lack of "sharing" with other water craft (I surf short, long, and all boards in between). In a recently-released book on "Auntie" Rell Sunn, she, in so many words, acknowledges that for every way you ride, you should give three away. I don’t see that happening here on Maui, nor at the North County breaks that I have surfed over the last few years.