Obviously one needs to be respectful of your line up and ensure your not making a pig of yourself.
Sharing is careing and surfers need priority riding smaller boards.
When are you deemed a pig ?
So how do you know when your upsetting some one ??
So how do you fit in to a line up ?
What are the indicators its cool for you to be amoungst the pack ?
How do you show respect for others in the water

The fine line between pleasure and pain

I had an interesting experience overseas , the line up had 10 plus in it but exploded to 30 and became packed , i was always going to get a couple so ventured wide on the prowl to find a gap to commit into ,when a small one presented i paddled in, a tad further out, than a couple of other intrested parties whom acknowledged my commitment and backed off allowing me a clean sic take off and ride.

This continued for a couple me rides ,i allowed sets through but there were heaps of crew missing out.

I was always looking for the 3rd set wave and larger ones to stay clear of the crew to clear out the take off zone

On about my 5th wave, a smoker appeared i commited out the back and charged past a couple watching on either side of me before i started to feel what felt like weed a slowing sensation to a point where i was getting hung up deep steep high and inside ,da boys had decided i had my share of waves and had grabbed my leg rope and it was stretched to the max before finally it was released putting me in late and deep with a sling shot take off,,,,,all i could do was yar who and screamed fk off.

I made a sic drop and wave all the way through which gained some respect

I did paddle back out and was going to go right off but decided against getting into an all in brawl and ruin the sick waves i had already racked up and the vibe for others not involved ,,,, so i took a smaller inside one and fked off knowing i slayed it.

If this had happened on my first few wave i would have known who tryed to sling shot me into the reef all was cool till it got crowded

I think sitting down and chillen a bit eases the tension

Had another interesting conversations in another remote place , solid line up with a few people whom had only seen long 10 foot plus blocky rail SUPs and had not much interaction or interest with them.

I remember paddling over from the boat on my guts and one fella just would not take his eye off me, to a point i called him on it , here we were less than 5 off us in perfection with pleanty to go around and all day to surf etc etc

Hope you know what your doing with that thing etc etc etc

I said,,,, with what my 9 foot quadie , i would not worry to much, its only 3 foot out here ,, and he chilled right down,,,,and we chatted mostly about how out of control they were on the east coast blar blar blar

I had not even got a wave at this place before, so i was backing my self in , i dam well new it was bigger than 3 foot on the sets.

I was a bit unsure how my board would handle it to although i had riden it if far more challenging heaveyer conditions.

This wave we were surfen you need 6 8 to 7 0 footer and thicker and slightly wider surf board at a minimun for over 4 foot or you struggle to paddle in and get over taken by dragon froth no matter how hard you work the face for 200 300m its got 3 section and a left hander ,,,,,,back hand for a natrual footer .

I made sure he got the wave he wanted, seemed like i had to wait for ever ,it was the best thing ever seeing him fk off down the line , finally my turn came and we started racken them up and getting super long ride to his suprise, the other 4 fellas did nt give a fk and were friendly as..........