Paddled out yesterday and was having a great time until some punk college kid does a blatant backpaddle on me. He was literally within arm's reach when he circled around me on his paddle back out to get closer to the peak. I called him on it when he was paddling back out. The following ensued:
Me: Hey, what's with the backpaddle?
Him: This isn't pipeline, no need to be like that.
Me: You're right. Its not. Its two foot wind slop so don't do it.
Him: Who are you. I've never seen you here.
Me: Who da fuq are you?
Him: Where you even from bro. You're not from here. (He says this as he paddles 20 feet away from me and keeps going to get more distance)
The kid proceeded to paddle around the lineup and complain to others who all looked at him like he's an idiot and gave him the "why are you telling me this" face.
Here's the hilarious part. The kid I'm getting into it with is a total haole kid with a Polynesian tribal tattoo. His Dad is a senior military Officer and they're from the East Coast. He has exactly zero ties to Hawaii and hasn't been here for even 10 years.
I've been surfing the spot longer than the kid has been alive. My Uncles paddled out to the spot before the kid's Dad was born. My Grandfather and one uncle had their ashes scattered in the ocean close by. Oh, and I'm a brown skinned born and raised guy who is twice his size
Totally new experience. White guys with Poly tribal tattoos pulling the local card on actual locals. Instalocals.
I just shook my head and laughed at the ridiculousness of it and kept surfing.
Me: Hey, what's with the backpaddle?
Him: This isn't pipeline, no need to be like that.
Me: You're right. Its not. Its two foot wind slop so don't do it.
Him: Who are you. I've never seen you here.
Me: Who da fuq are you?
Him: Where you even from bro. You're not from here. (He says this as he paddles 20 feet away from me and keeps going to get more distance)
The kid proceeded to paddle around the lineup and complain to others who all looked at him like he's an idiot and gave him the "why are you telling me this" face.
Here's the hilarious part. The kid I'm getting into it with is a total haole kid with a Polynesian tribal tattoo. His Dad is a senior military Officer and they're from the East Coast. He has exactly zero ties to Hawaii and hasn't been here for even 10 years.
I've been surfing the spot longer than the kid has been alive. My Uncles paddled out to the spot before the kid's Dad was born. My Grandfather and one uncle had their ashes scattered in the ocean close by. Oh, and I'm a brown skinned born and raised guy who is twice his size
Totally new experience. White guys with Poly tribal tattoos pulling the local card on actual locals. Instalocals.
I just shook my head and laughed at the ridiculousness of it and kept surfing.