Makaha said...

This topic has caused grief in every forum it has been posted

Legion said...


Hey, I'm a kook. But I can take off deep and I don't blow many waves and I make the most of them. I can hustle with the better surfers in this crappy city.


I don't think I could paddle straight out on a short one and rip. I do think I could spend a month (maybe less) on one and have it absolutely wired.

I base my opinions on peoples' posts etc. I see people in threads on forums like this who never surfed before, never did anything on the water and are catching waves relatively easily. I realise that SUP is in its infancy, but I read things like national (?) titles, where guys are winning who've only been doing it for a few years, if that. Granted they generally have another background. I see videos etc where guys are catching waves easily when they have limited board riding ability.

OK, it's not all like that. In one of your threads (the recent one with pics of your daughter), there were some pictures of Jacko (?) doing some nice turns. In fact, I was going to post in that thread but it's not my place to criticise - one of my biggest annoyances with SUP is how you all use the paddle as a pivot instead of drawing out the turns properly. You get into all these positions where without the paddle to hold you up you'd be falling off. You can see it by the extreme bend in the shaft. It'd be nice if people learned to draw their turns properly instead of relying on the paddle to catch them or to do the turn for them. Then, the paddle could be used to enhance what was already a nice turn. If I were you, I'd encourage my daughter to realise that while she's still learning. Jacko's (?) pics were a nice place to start. I guess to develop that skill you'd need to surf the wave without letting the paddle touch the water at all for a (long) while. That's just MHO, not sure if it's relevant to SUP.


Nah, not happening, not interested.

pmorgan1974 said...



Good on you Stu for posting the article. Good read and I think it is pretty ordinary that some have flamed you for it.

Legion, kind of think you have missed the whole point of the surfing, SUPing whatever you do out there. Yeh crowds are a pain and great sessions are those with a few mates, great waves but such is life. There are other people in the world besides you. Traditionally it is the agro crowd haters, that wreck the vibe in the surf. Maybe SUPers and surfers who dont mind sharing waves when the conditions are right, have realised that the world really does not revolve around themselves.

Think about this...aloha

pmorgan1974 said...

"whatever" is a good response mate. it you hate crowds try rock climbing or stamp collecting...vibe, mood or atmosphere. Whatever you call it, agro, crowd haters ruin it for everyone else. From the grommets just learning to the old dogs who have surfed the spot for 40 years, and everyone in between, crowd haters need to get over themselves.
I am not saying I like crowds whether there on SUP, mal or booger but I deal with it because I choose to surf with them.

JB said...

SUP!

pmorgan1974 said...

maybe you did you get that i used the term aloha 'tongue in cheek' and let me replace the word vibe with atmosphere. i know stu and he a good guy, just don't rate how he has got flamed for writing a predominately feel good article. anyway, i am not hungry anymore...so will cease biting