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| 335761 | 20655 | The Death of Surfing | 33 | txgrinder | Jan 21, 2025 | 2025-01-21T08:04:35-0500 | TudorsCooter said: Loving the responses here-just trying to spark some good convos! Hey Chicago boy @BeanTown , this isn't about telling people to "go fuck themselves." It's about new surfers understanding that they can't just paddle out to these reefs and shoulder-hop waves like it's Malibu on a summer weekend. The problem is normalizing this "sharing is caring" mentality pushed by TikTok chain wearing fucks who don't know any better. Sure, Tourmaline has always been a zoo, but now those kook cults are spreading like wildfire to breaks that used to be more quiet. It's easy to say, "Just surf less crowded spots," but that's the thing-we've already done that. The lesser-known spots we moved to in order to escape the chaos? They're just as crowded now as the popular ones. When I was a kid, I paddled out at Windan with a brand-new shortboard and accidentally got in someone's way while duck diving. I got absolutely ripped a new one. Didn't matter that I was 12, I learned da rules that day after getting screamed out of the water. In highschool, I caught a wave too quickly after paddling out at PB Point and got a board jammed into my ribs by some old guy. He told me straight up not to hog the waves. These moments weren't fun, but they taught me respect for the lineup. That's what so many of these newer surfers are missing. They don't learn those hard lessons and think it's fine to paddle over the face of a wave while ruining someone's turn, all to avoid taking a splash from the whitewash. My point is bigger than just these examples: Respect is earned-it's not given right away in either direction. When you paddle out at a new spot, you've got to work your way in. Sit on the shoulder, wait your turn, and even if it means catching scraps for a few weeks, that's how you earn your place. Over time, you get to know the group, say hi to the regulars, and only then do you start going for the set waves. That's how it's always been up till recent, and that's how it should be. Click to expand... No one will agree, and I don't give AF, but violence is sometimes necessary and solves a lot of future problems. This applies to a lot more than surfing, but we have lost a lot as a race due to no consequences for bad behavior. No one really pays a price, and that has been devastating to the pastime a lot of us worked hard for. Without repeating and quoting everything you stated, I agree 100%. "Sharing is caring" is just some fucked up way to excuse "me first" behavior. I have seen it time and time again. |