CH3MTR4IL5 said..

danno said..
Is there any good way to communicate to the twin-tip mafia that now hang out at Scarborough/Trigg, the 'right-of-way' rules associated with wave riding?

Literally looks like every one of those TT riders down at Brighton, just add a wetsuit plus boardies!

CH3MTR4IL5 said..

getfunky said..

And don't even get me started on the tools that don't even look before launching off the beach when I'm riding my twin tip in a wave as they step on their board and take off from the shore directly in my line

I like that you correctly described it as 'riding my twin tip in a wave' rather than 'surfing'

Ha ha dream on buddy.
I bet I smack more waves than most of the onshore slop lawn mowing SB riders who are living the dream and thinking they are charging Pipeline.

As for congestion in the sets I think you'll find plenty of dudes who think they can ride strapless (but can't) clogging things up a tad.

IMHO regardless of craft you choose to ride, if you are committed to a wave (and it is actually a wave) the others should be aware of your trajectory and feck off from the course of usually obvious line.

getfunky said..

CH3MTR4IL5 said..

getfunky said..

And don't even get me started on the tools that don't even look before launching off the beach when I'm riding my twin tip in a wave as they step on their board and take off from the shore directly in my line

I like that you correctly described it as 'riding my twin tip in a wave' rather than 'surfing'

Ha ha dream on buddy.
I bet I smack more waves than most of the onshore slop lawn mowing SB riders who are living the dream and thinking they are charging Pipeline.

As for congestion in the sets I think you'll find plenty of dudes who think they can ride strapless (but can't) clogging things up a tad.

IMHO regardless of craft you choose to ride, if you are committed to a wave (and it is actually a wave) the others should be aware of your trajectory and feck off from the course of usually obvious line.

I'm totally cool with a TT picking up a wave out the back, and riding that wave, as long as they picked it up offshore. It's the TTs who just come straight off the beach to launch off a wave which I've picked up out the back that I get pissed at.
And don't worry, the guys on surfboards going straight downwind in the white-water zone (refer previous posts regrading wave riding etiquette), not giving way are just as much of a piss-off as TTs not giving way in the white-water zone to someone who's legitimately riding a wave from out the back.