So a few more sups getting down that way now, I don't mind surfing there when I am the only sup but when there are 6+ out the vibe starts to change a bit (from surfers and probably for good reason). I would rather surf elsewhere but when southerlies blow for weeks straight it is the easy option. How many sup riders can that place handle at one time before people start to get pissed off, I try to be as low profile as possible but can tell surfers are hating sup's being out there..

Posted by Daneli in Longboards -

Saw a bad drop in this morning. This shortboarder was hooting down the line at warp speed from in front of the rock Greeny. He is easily going to make it when a girl with nice legs on a SUP and wearing a hat wobbles in then falls of the back rignt in front of him. The Sber looked like Joel Parkinson with tatts and I thought he was very polight when they came up.

well thats the point, the more out there the more incidents and the sooner sups will be "socially banned" so to speak out there. Doubt SB's would let it get like the alley, I might even switch to shortboard again out there.

doggie said...

Posted by Daneli in Longboards -

Saw a bad drop in this morning. This shortboarder was hooting down the line at warp speed from in front of the rock Greeny. He is easily going to make it when a girl with nice legs on a SUP and wearing a hat wobbles in then falls of the back rignt in front of him. The Sber looked like Joel Parkinson with tatts and I thought he was very polight when they came up.

So who has right of way again ? I saw a post recently stating SUPs should give way to SB cause they are bigger. Well then what about long boarders ?

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Posted by Daneli in Longboards -

Saw a bad drop in this morning. This shortboarder was hooting down the line at warp speed from in front of the rock Greeny. He is easily going to make it when a girl with nice legs on a SUP and wearing a hat wobbles in then falls of the back rignt in front of him. The Sber looked like Joel Parkinson with tatts and I thought he was very polight when they came up.

So who has right of way again ? I saw a post recently stating SUPs should give way to SB cause they are bigger. Well then what about long boarders ?

Everyone should give way to SBs, its just how it is

Use the SUP where they were intended to be used in fat slow or uncrowded waves unless you are Tom Carroll, Piros, Jacko etc. But in saying that I was watching Snapper on Swellnet surfcam and saw 50 S/Boarders drop in on other S/boarders all in the space of two minutes. Apparently if you think you are a better surfer than the person already on the wave it is allowed at Snapper? The 3 Suppers I saw out there were really wide of the point and down near the Groyne and it looked like there was no one else around but whilst watching them it appeared that they may have not be overly experienced in surf etiquette. Unfortunately you live close to Surfer's Paradise or was that Suffers hell!!!! Come down to Inverloch it's 3-4 ft , offshore nobody out...... oh it's also 7 degrees outside with hail the size of golf balls coming down. It's a matter of perspective

poseidon said...

well thats the point, the more out there the more incidents and the sooner sups will be "socially banned" so to speak out there. Doubt SB's would let it get like the alley, I might even switch to shortboard again out there.

chrispychru said...

who said they were intended for crap surf. oh you did,must listen to you more often. here comes another 15 pages of you all acting like a bunch of ****ing little princesses. when will you all get it,there are so many stupid,arrogant and disrespectful humans on this planet that you should just speak up in person,go somewhere else or just stay home. dont ****ing cry on here people

But why not?(_*&^&*&*^&^*%$^#$&^(&_^^%%$

Its Greenmount probably the most surfed spot on the East Coast it could have been a surfski, clubbie ski, 10x23x3 green and white striped longboard a stalled jetski, an inner tube full of pommie backpackers, its like a game of footy someones always gonna play dirty,
If ya do surf there on your SUP or whatever else and you damage a board or human be prepared to put your hand in your pocket and fix things if its your fault

62mac said...

boofy said...

Its Greenmount probably the most surfed spot on the East Coast it could have been a surfski, clubbie ski, 10x23x3 green and white striped longboard a stalled jetski, an inner tube full of pommie backpackers, its like a game of footy someones always gonna play dirty,

906 x 23 x 3 1/8 please

You are so quick its spooky

i agreed with what you had piros

Like always, it comes down to having the ability to control the craft your using, conditions on the day & common sense of respecting all others in the line up regardless of what they're riding.

Snapper is full of s/boarders & l/boarders of all levels, groms & adults learning, surf skis, bodyboarders, bodysurfers, prone paddlers...why should SUP's be singled out & banned ?

Snapper is no different than SUP's out at Haleiwa or Pipe etc but who's going to say to Kainoa or Bonga etc that by riding a SUP they could be putting others at risk ? The person who is really putting others at risk is the one who doesn't know how to get out of their path when required.

If someone has a problem with any type of craft being used at Snapper they paddled out in the wrong spot in the first place.
Same as the Alley, I paddled out there a couple of months ago on a SUP, before I even caught a wave a guy on a 7ft fish gave me attitude (after I said hello to him) simply because I was on a SUP & he thought I was only a SUP'r, I then asked to swap boards & never heard from him again.

Watch someone like Jackson Close SUP from behind the rock on even the heaviest days in full control, what he pulls off I think is inspiring.
As with most crew though, I'd rather not SUP Snapper & only short board simply because I have the best control on a short board if a situation arises where-as I have to dodge 100 heads :)

Who has right of way in any line up, especially at a place like Snapper ?
Like anywhere, it's usually the guy waiting the longest on the inside who will commit when it's their turn, you show you can handle it then 99% of the time, no-one will have a problem with you regardless of what you're on.