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Shakey was a tool! He was just here to confuse us blokes, heh heh...
Did they teach you shakespeare was actually dyslexic?
How art thou waves?? FLAT!! Thou must learneth and become a clever boy! Pay attention to thou teachereth!
I agree with you... what goes around comes around and there are more honest guys in the line up than snakes. Drop in on his head or close the section the next time the snake scum is heading your way. If he gives you a hard time just do it again and then move to another break or go and sit with some big guys that are tired of his *&^#*+*! as well. (that is if you are alone and he is bigger than you) Fighting makes you both look like idiots!
Thanks mate. Like wise down our way. Always welcome. Hope there is some sort of resolve reagrding this issue. We all love the ocean, there's no need to be a meatball out there.
Just snake back or drop in. There is just the odd selfish ar$ehole, so its manageable I reckon. Although most longboarders are snaking twats, simple as.
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Hey Russ, was just kidding bru, really no need to apologise at all !!!, you're welcome to pee in our dirtbin pond anytime, this is something that has been brewing for a long time, so you just popped the festering pimple that's been there all along, at least we have some interesting posts to read now after a period of really dumb comments.
@ Bazil, bru good to see you back, you should do your thesis on social networking or maybe politics?? see ya out there.
There can be no lasting solution without mutual respect,cooperation and ideally....,agreement, between all players/interest groups.
Quick fixes and silver bullets are unlikely. Black balls and zoning are imposed controls and indicators of enforced compromise with a win-lose result.
We share much in common with road users:pedestrians, cyclists, bikers,cars,vans,SUV's and trucks all vying for "space" and passageway. Notwithstanding the fact that sophisticated rules and ordinances have been established with police,fines and sentences to ensure compliance, road rage and accidents continue to occur.
We haven't got to that stage as yet since marine use has largely been successfully self regulated but the loss of rights of one interest-group(the banning of fishing from the piers)is an indication of what could happen if we fail to self-regulate.
This forum will be very useful as a real-time platform for improving awareness,expressing intelligent views,proposing solutions and posting comment geared towards advancing self-regulation and making surfing(whether body,boogie,short/long boards etc etc )an even more enjoyable experience.
Sorry brah! looks like I swatted a bit of a hornets nest where I shouldnt have. Sorry to all of those who's pond I pee'd in without asking but my eyeballs were floating and i just couldnt help myself, heh heh...
The Black-ball system was around mid-late 90s until the early 00s, the black balls are still on top of the life-guard towers at North Beach!
Basically if the lifeguards felt the surfers were a threat to bathers they would raise the black-ball up a flag-pole and all hard-craft had to leave the water/paddle around the piers immediately or face a fine.
Obviously this system could be abused by lifeguards and everyone will remember their encounters with the black-ball differently but the few times I saw it used, the lifeguards would ask surfers to keep 50m away from the bathing areas (usually days when the beast peaks were IN the bathing areas)and if anyone persisted then sometimes there'd be another warning and the they would raise the ball and kick EVERYONE out which sucked but made their lives easier!
I bodyboard so it never phased me and it sucked to have friends sent packing but in some ways it was kinda justified.
I did also get told to f*ck off to North or wherever the ball was up when trying to surf other spots when this was all going on (By Neil a few times actually...)so it definitely did leave a bitter taste in guys' mouths!
It could be abused, but it could also work if guys just listened when the lifeguards asked them to move? Anyway, that's the loooong history!
you can try and describe to me who these paddlers are (borads or appearances) that you have an issue with and i can talk to them on our next meeting, as they are probably a part of the waveski group, or talk to me personally (ride the waveski with the carbon fibre nose - you cant miss it) as i am at bay almost every weekend.
otherwise I'm not sure of the histroy behind it, but i dont like the sound of this Black ball system :/
Neil, totally agree, the black ball days were a curse to us short boarders for this very reason...
Russ 2012-04-26 06:44 Hey Russ bru, see what you have done now, soon we will have goons patrolling the piers with rubber bullets nailing us poor short board townies for surfing "in die forboten areaas" while you country folk have a lekker laugh, guess we will just have to invade your spots more frequently..he he he
Understand your frustration....have you tried standing up to them? if the guy drops in on you just tell him to respect the rules...if he does it again tune him else they will think they can get away with it everytime...don't be scared to get vocal out there...some of the kooks in the water don't know the rules
Yes, come on you blokes. Who mentioned anything about waveski's? The waveski blokes I have had sessions with have been pretty mellow and keep to themselves. Its these donkeys on SUP's that need a reality check in the water. I will leave that up to you townies to sort out. Good luck.
Agree, only waveski I have seen out in years is a guy down by Addington who is very good and often leaves waves he had the right of way to cause he can easily get others but Ive yet to see a SUP who knows or cares about surfers and agree they are totally dangerous. Should be only allowed on the south side of vetches, maybe with the skiboats comming in they would get a taste of their own medicine
Just be kind to one another and be tolerant.
If you really want it call it. Dont paddle and then pull out and dont duck dive the bombs and complain later in the car park. Long, short, surfski, SUP, advanced, intermediate, kook, male, female, grom - the ocean is there for all to enjoy. Keep it fun and and no aggression. too many guys competing out there, are you all pro's and getting paid to surf the dawn patrol or just working class heros who love to surf and the sea. Put it in perspective. Last time I checked there were plenty of waves and good days.
I think the original post was about SUP riders and wave-skis was tacked on at the end so not really aimed at them...
Everybody needs to stick to the "rules" no matter what they ride...
Just try to chill.
C ya there,
Bruce
I'm happy for you and well done in learning the rules out there my man. You seem to be one of the few. Please go teach your fellows SUP mates the same.
They should be only be allowed to ride those boats down addingtonn way. Bloody dangerous when they wipe which is often. nearly had my head taken off. Even better, go find a frigging river and some rapids!!
The ou's down south are mellow and stick together. We do have a ruling though. Turn off the town mode and attitude (no ones competing here) and dont paddle straight to the inside. Be friendly, wait your turn and alls gravy. be a schmuck and one warning goes out. Continue being a mullet and your session kaput. Not cool! I'm sure you blokes from the north can understand our frustration when we see the hordes pull in and some bloke just cant help themselves but be a tool in the water. A few klaps have been handed out in the past which is not lukka but becomes necessary at times. Pull in, pick your position, stay in that position and the waves will come your way. Those who share get their fair share in return. Those who dont will be walking home.
And as for my "pet tigers"! Last I heard they were making their up north to go chew on a few new pier husslers, heh heh...Jokes aside, one of our fellow surfers got ripped apart down in CT (Gordons Bay - Caves) by a 5mtr Great white. thoughts and prayers to all family and friends from all of us here.
1) 24 hr flu - come back to work with the nose running (usually genuine salt water from the day before)
2) 24 hr bug - come back to work walking with legs slightly apart (imitating genuine ring sting)
3) My personal favourite - go see client and don't come back till next day (tip make sure client can give good alibi)
Ahem Neil... about that "free board" I gave it to Zoe and Schalk for the long weekend at St Mikes
@ Russ, please keep your "pet" tigers down south bru, thanks again for the heads up at St Mikes over the long weekend..cheers
Russ,i trust you'll get some fun waves in town and have a good surf hassle free. Enjoy it,but please upon returning back down south,tell your local mates that sharing works both ways,and when us town clowns come down south hearing south coast locals telling us "there was a great white spotted here" & "f**k these durban o's" isn't exactly what we like hearing when we are also hunting for good waves. Enjoy your surf!
howzit from down south. Its been kinda dismal this way. No sooner does it look promising for a dawnie, we get nobbed! And now we have about 9 Tigers to contend with as well. Pins up!! I hear Dirt Bin has been getting waves? Looks like I will have to sneak in there for a few sessions.
Thanks for sharing guys.
Rob, reading this has nearly resorted me to tears! I knew yesterday would be fun,but your description just painted the picture! i am jealous, therefore i must hate you haha! Why is it always the best days when i'm slaving away in th system!
Just lines of pure happiness..... and no this is nothing to do with snorting crack, after a day of sublime swell and turquoise med type water, yesterday had to be the day some of us will remember as one of those special days crafted by our perfect Creator.
@Zoe, I see now that you are into interviewing and promoting sporting selebs, you now snob it at New Pier
Please are pig nose dog... Fishing, rail, sticky bumps... END....
Aweh Norm, maybe this weekend we get lucky brother. As long as we all get in the ocean this weekend,it'll be far better than all of our day jobs!
quite clearly then Pano, you're the prick here...umadbro? ..sigh, amateur trolls....
And then you get those whose abysmal ignorance and lack of breeding is amply illustrated by "there" puerile and crass submissions.
you always get that one prick whose adds there 2 cents! please shut it neil
Enjoy the ocean dudes!
Pretty jealous about Seals-love that wave!
No worries, glad everythings cleared up and cool.
Now I need a wave to wash the splashy residue off me
Check you cheers
Thanks for the clarification and sorry for late reply (epic week at Seals!).
Glad that you sorted it out among yourselves and it seems the youngsters are more mature than some of us old farts (like me) and thats really epic.
You are correct, by putting it up here I displayed ny prejudice against body-boarders and narrow mindedness. I apologise for that.
C ya in the water,
Bruce
Well First National was quite busy but Nedbank no-one in the line up not sure about ABSA
I'd say nope.
The favourite these days seem to be ankle or heel cuts, from surfers who just cannot resist to cut back and run a line as close as possible to you when you are clearly well out of the way. Personally I try to cut at least 2 feet away when some poor dude is in your line-up but not blocking your options.
Thought I might pop this up here as a few people out in the water have no idea.
I hope everyone enjoys the waves this weekend....it's gonna be good :)
the bodyboarder you talking about was me. I went right on a wave that he was trying to go left on. I was already riding when he started paddling for it but he caught it anyway and went left. Afterwards as you said he shook his head and paddled out to, who I can only presume was you, and seemed to have a little bitch about it. I asked if he had a problem and he complained because he was going left and I went right. Yes I told him to stop being a girl about it because as you also said there were only 5 people out yesterday morning at far bowl so why go for a wave one of the other 4 guys is going for.And later we hooted each other onto waves as it got better and the small incident was forgotten. Was it really worth putting up on here?
But this morning was hilarious:
weak 1-2 ft at North beach north side.
Short boarder (not me) there at first light getting the odd left, quite fun.
2 hours in, 3 boogers splash out...
Sit to left of short boarder, surfer thinks thats cool, they're waiting their turn.
Wave comes, booger takes off on outside but cuts right, ie. in front of surfer trying to go left. Surfer pulls out, shakes head, but lets it go.
Booger accuses surfer of being a "girl", this from a guy lying down in 2ft weakness. Priceless!
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spike
groundhog day or twilight zone
ummmm, yeeeah i also kinda lost this conversational direction??
Not sure I know what you mean by your stupid response
Thanks for the heads up Spike, cant wait to see the cam when it comes up, but in the mean time, Im putting on my night vision glasses lol
no we're not hiding a secret of smoking 6' perfection! Have asked David at surf conditions to resolve the issue. Surf has dropped a lot, but picking up again soon soon.
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spike
i was out this morning solid 3ft and running. clean clean
Jonathan you are dead right, i contemplated for a long time about towing in and my conclusion is that it kinda takes the fear and rush away, if you not worried about taking sets on the head,or paddling into and taking late drops then quite frankly what a load of fun!
I have only managed to look at the pics and a video but that is so true especially those who paddled it rather than towed.
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