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By Jay DiMartino, About.com Guide to Surfing / Bodyboarding since 2003

Quit Dropping in Kooks

Friday July 3, 2009
I saw it again during the good last swell. Even in this highly enlightened green-eco-retro-cool-daddy culture and in a world where there are more waves and methods of waveriding than ever before imagined, surfers are still dropping in on other surfers. Uhg! I saw dudes getting faded in the most cold and tragic way, pushing over sections and looking back like bloated pro wrestlers ready to scrap. Improper hand gestures abound as rudeness spread like Ebola in what translated into to a free market economy run by pirates. Come on! This is a plea. Please you guys and gals, don't drop in on surfers who have priority. It breaks down the natural order of things and throws a cog into the brotherhood (and sisterhood of course) of the waves. Dropping in on, snaking, hopping, working, burning, shoulder-hopping or fading your fellow surfer is never cool. If you think it is, then you might be a kook. If you're not sure of your kook status, check here. Sometimes, I guess, a payback for a previous drop-in is uncontrollable but try your best. Use words and not saber-rattling that may lead to a physical altercation. Fights on the beach just blow the whole vibe for sure. Unintentional drop-ins occur, but again remember to let the surfer know it was a mistake. And don't forget that two unintentional drop-ins will suddenly seem very intentional.

Comments

July 6, 2009 at 6:32 pm
(1) brucelx says:

DROP IN ON ME WHEN I SAY ITS COOL..USUALLY I SAY ”HEY ITS ALRIGHT TO DROP IN ME I DONT CARE..” but dropin on me when its big and i dont give you permission…i run you over brah..and i go for da head.

July 14, 2009 at 12:47 am
(2) Danny says:

Die kooks die.

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