Luckily I have been going out early or to the less crowded spots, but this morning I had a late start so I was like fuck it, I am going to Porto. There was a small line to get into the lot and I was the first car to get to the south end, it seemed almost like a pre-pandemic era Monday morning with a shitty forecast.
After half an hour the ant line of kooks were parading into the water.
This guy paddles out to a group on a sandbar I was hanging out on and he sits up and I forget about him. I catch a few and every time I kick out or turn back around I see him burn someone. Three in total.
I paddle back out for a respite, letting everyone around me catch a couple, then finally I decide to take the next set. The burner guy just paddled back from a wave a minute ago and was sitting on my inside further out. He was on a Torq 9 footer and I was on a groveller so I was sitting deeper. Just as I am starting to pop up, here comes burner guy, and to avoid spearing his head with the nose of my board I grab the rails and jump back. I immediately yelled out: "Fucker!" He looked back bewildered as he went standing straight up, like all of the waves, without any style. The waves were small and sectiony, perfect for fun little turns.
So I was sitting out there waiting for him to paddle back out and then I see him walking 50 yards down the beach about to paddle back out into a bigger group.
I was hoping to berate him in front of all of the other people he burned, but after few more fun waves I left to work like it never happened.
So who are all of these kooks? Did they just spontaneously generate? Why did everyone decide to learn how to surf during a pandemic?
Since all of these newbies have no idea about etiquette and safety how will they learn?
Enter the enforcer(s). If you don't know what an enforcer is, google the "north shore wolf pack (pak)" or "da hui"
After half an hour the ant line of kooks were parading into the water.
This guy paddles out to a group on a sandbar I was hanging out on and he sits up and I forget about him. I catch a few and every time I kick out or turn back around I see him burn someone. Three in total.
I paddle back out for a respite, letting everyone around me catch a couple, then finally I decide to take the next set. The burner guy just paddled back from a wave a minute ago and was sitting on my inside further out. He was on a Torq 9 footer and I was on a groveller so I was sitting deeper. Just as I am starting to pop up, here comes burner guy, and to avoid spearing his head with the nose of my board I grab the rails and jump back. I immediately yelled out: "Fucker!" He looked back bewildered as he went standing straight up, like all of the waves, without any style. The waves were small and sectiony, perfect for fun little turns.
So I was sitting out there waiting for him to paddle back out and then I see him walking 50 yards down the beach about to paddle back out into a bigger group.
I was hoping to berate him in front of all of the other people he burned, but after few more fun waves I left to work like it never happened.
So who are all of these kooks? Did they just spontaneously generate? Why did everyone decide to learn how to surf during a pandemic?
Since all of these newbies have no idea about etiquette and safety how will they learn?
Enter the enforcer(s). If you don't know what an enforcer is, google the "north shore wolf pack (pak)" or "da hui"