Without me knowing, a mate of mine took a vid of me surfing last Saturday in some very small stuff. 

It was from a 100 meters away, so not much happened, but it did settle one thing in my mind in relation to wave priority.

My take on the 3 basic rules of etiquette are:

1. Closest the curl has priority

2. First to their feet, and still reasonably close to the curl, has priority (regardless of if you want to surf it out on the shoulder or under the lip)

3. Snaking is getting on board the wave deep on the inside, or even in the white wash, after it's already taken, then surfing out towards the shoulder to claim the wave from its rightful owner.

On my big volume board, I can often pick up the swell sooner and get onto my feet ahead of others. But I still find others on my inside and I often wonder if I really did get up first.

The vid of Saturday was very conclusive, I was snaked.

It didn't matter because the surf was not worth worrying about, but there have been times when it does matter.

Now for my query, there was a 666 there, way way out on the shoulder, he didn't figure into the equation, but what if he did?

They're always on their feet, so that means one of the rules of etiquette does not apply to them!

Or does it? 

When 666s were relatively new i found most of them( often longboarders) were pretty fair dinkum about their advantage and taking turns for waves... but as the the numbers grew and even the good blokes became more aggressive/competitive for waves good manners went south. IMO they don't count anymore unless contact is imminent.

would always normally agree with rule # 1... until

one day sitting on a point about 4 of us waiting patiently for a wave...

this guy just comes out paddles around the corner of the point and politely sits himself on the inside of everyone ... everyone who had been there waiting.

a wave comes and this new guy starts paddling...closest to the curl... another guy that had been out waiting also paddles for the wave within a foot inside of the other guy... and takes the wave...drops in and takes it.. and so he should have.

lesson wait your turn i guess :)

jasdeking said...
lesson wait your turn i guess :)

yes a very good point.....wave hogs are frowned upon down here I can assure you

jasdeking said...
would always normally agree with rule # 1... until

one day sitting on a point about 4 of us waiting patiently for a wave...

this guy just comes out paddles around the corner of the point and politely sits himself on the inside of everyone ... everyone who had been there waiting.

a wave comes and this new guy starts paddling...closest to the curl... another guy that had been out waiting also paddles for the wave within a foot inside of the other guy... and takes the wave...drops in and takes it.. and so he should have.

lesson wait your turn i guess :)

THIS,

i believe in closest to the curl gets priority but if some wank paddles out and positions himself on the inside and thinks he has the right when everyone else has been waiting patiently, thats a big no no. I give people the wave if they have been waiting longer than me for a wave

chrispychru said...
the snake part is my biggest hate. i have told people to pull their heads in on a few occasions. groms with all that energy are the biggest offenders, yet the ones i hate the most, are the knob head i should have been world champ wackers

say's chrispy 'the snake'. that's what towball reckons. or was it chrispy' the drop in artist'.

which one was it towball

62mac said...
HTFU and take whatever pff this is starting to sound like the room next door.

Land yachting ?

62mac said...
HTFU and take whatever pff this is starting to sound like the room next door.

yeah, lets get back to this


and what pretty colour should my board be and who's red thumbing me all the time

if im on it i have right of way, if for any reason i can convince myself it should be mine, i am on it and therfore have right of way.

but i hate people who dont share...

Seriously, if theres not many out, take a number and wait your turn, if its crowded and a zoo, than see above.. but never drop in.... unless old mate has just snaked up the inside or jumped of the rocks and gone to the inside, then it is ok.
As for snaking, you should know if its your turn. but if someone is doing it to you then what do you do? of course get the forked tongue out and ssssssnake...

i reckon its a case of treat others as they behave, if everyone is happy and sharing no problem but if your hassling then youve got to expect it back.

Snake's and drop in artists should all got straight to hell....as should the bloke that paddles straight the inside and SUP's that don't wait thier turn.....I like to give the stink eye followed by a casual what the **** do you think your doing and if it gets really bad I will just paddle over and sit right next to them doing a wee and smiling....then follow then around real close smiling....

Tux said...
Snake's and drop in artists should all got straight to hell....

Oh that's where Asea has been TG someone found him.

Between me and my two mates (3 man wolf pack) we are guilty of breaking one of the 3 basic laws each and pull each other up on it all the time. We dont really do it to strangers but to each other which is actually more annoying when the surf is good!

I have a tendancy to drop in on mates as a laugh claiming "Party Wave" except I sometimes take it too far and need to be told. Another mate who rides a shortboard is chronic for snaking, sits closer in and on your outside, when a set swings in he guns it for your inside and just decides he will go, once again after a couple of times of this we tell him in no uncertain fashion.

The third member of the wolf pack's habit is getting a wave then paddling up your inside out the back straight away and grabbing the next wave when you have been waiting your turn. Its funny that each of us has bad habits but we usuall set each other straight and a lot of it comes down to communication.

"Dont snake me or Im just gonna drop in", "Piss off, dont drop in I'm going!" and "Dont even think about paddling up the inside, wait your turn mate!"

Ha ha I laugh about it when I think about it

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How is it nubile teenage girls can surf in tiny bikinis. Everytime I surf with no top I get the board rash from hell

Wear a bikini.

wait you're turn ,or if someone has not got onto one if you're quick enough to turn the board around, go for it.