Legion said...
I said "usually". There are certainly exceptions, but in general people seem to either give it up, regress to another craft, or take up a less demanding sport. Paddling and handling a shortboard isn't easy, for sure. You may well be one of those exceptions, I don't know. I'd say it's a fairly safe generalisation though.
This one is a corker. All I can say Legion is generalisations are generally not safe. I have surfed a short board all my surfing life, I have found that in the last 2 years SUP to do nothing but benefit my performance on my shorty. Not to mention my health and fitness.
I find your fear of SUP becoming popular a little elitist and not in keeping with the moral code of the ocean that all people on all forms of craft have equal right to be there.
In regards to the main point of this topic..snaking. The way I see it you have the people who respect others in the water, and the people who don't. Who ever is closest to the curl has right of way is the age old rule.
Although in my opinion manners in the water need to underpin it all whatever your riding, and what ever ability you ride it.
Manners "a socially acceptable way of behaving"And in all honesty I wish people would stop categorising. The culture of surfing came out of a passion to live outside the box, to buck the society that just wants to pigeon hole you into one thing or another.
Shortboard, Mal, SUP I will ride all of these....Just because someone rides a 6 foot board does not make them less of a surfer than someone who rides a 11 foot SUB.
So I think we need to let go of the bullsh_t tags and just enjoy the ocean with common sense and manners, accepting that on all form of craft there will be the occasional kook that we need to pull into line.
I'm done...
but it's running out of juice.
4 to 6 ft Gas even shuts down fools and kooks on a 6 2".
