"My favourite move to share with tourists and surf influencers."
The surf world has divided itself into two camps tonight after a mid-wave assault, captured on video and loosed to the wolves of Instagram, went viral.
In the video, two surfers take off on a small wave. It is winter for both men’s lean surfer-boy physiques are sculpted against the clingy rubber of their full wetsuits. Shortly after launch, the surfer in front (the drop-in) is taken down by the man behind him, the attacker pushing hard on his toes, grabbing the unwanted guest and pulling him backwards, with both surfers falling on the wave.
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It’s not an unheard of move, your ol pal DR half-jokingly took down an MMA enthusiast a few years back and was quickly disabused of the notion of a beach fight as the man, German, beautiful long blond hair, and with rattlesnakes in his clench fists, screamed, “I put you to sleep soon cocksucker.”
Commentary around the event was roughly divided for and against the shakedown.
We all have our own techniques of how to handle people snaking you. My buddy got arrested for doing this same thing and holding the guy underwater in a choke hold at Tourmaline and he made the local news. I have more fun just grabbing their leash personally.
Both Kooks! If the guy behind really knew what he was doing he would’ve pumped down around him, lifted old mates nose up a bit, which would’ve flicked him off, then keep going. Happy days, no wave blown and physical alteration pretty much avoided
My favorite move to share with tourists and surf influencers
No doubt he’ll explode with road rage on the way home then beat his wife and kids. An upstanding citizen.
This is exactly What!, you DO!!!!…. Don’t let anybody snake you!!! And add a face punch!!
You ever body-locked another surfer in the water for the crime of wave-sharing? Been body-locked?
Did you respond with force or did you take it like decrepit ol crone you are?
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Is that how one would get stuffed in a 50 gal. barrel..
The sign reminds me of something I just can’t put my finger on it though.
‘Eastbound’ is addictive. with a disclaimer: these are actors performing dangerous stunts…but if McBride can get away with it, so can Surflineman…Jeff Bushman punched me…didn’t pull any back punches. Didn’t want to injured my typing thumbs! or spoil my pretty face for the wife…
Hilarious Drek. Always run underneath and lift the offensive sub human back into the breaking wave. Continuing your ride is key if possible and land punches before the crowd notices the skirmish if not. (Witnesses). Then when Ken bellies in to find authorities, use the long shore drift and surf your way out of the search zone once the law arrives. Walk back to your car as if nothing happened.
Seen it done, myself. Huntington special it was coined.
accident report: “A Barbie on The Beach stated: dis dude and dat dude…”
This is why I ride a softtop with safety fins and wear webbed gloves and a helmet. You never know when some kook will try to take you down from behind.
The enforcers are gone; kook hordes reign. I find places where no one will surf near me. And a good stinkeye still works on some Vals.
Had this sheila paddle out yesterday and i thought “ok here’s another val but at least shes got a foxy body under that wetsuit”.
Set wave comes and she starts paddling to drop in on me I yell out “yeah!” and she proceeds to commit to the drop in and I yell out “YEAH!!!!” so loud that she shits herself and fell off the board.
I obviously wouldnt have gone all kung fu on her like in the vid but had she persisted with the burn she would have gotten more scorn than one syllable.
Fucking VAL chicks here are a menace thinking they can get special treatment due to having no dick.
Serial offender chick’s who paddle straight to the take off spot on the point… paddle for every wave either just missing it or blowing it and proceed to paddle straight back and repeat!.. good fun these days hey?
Jen resents your comment
HEY my wife wasn’t surfing yesterday! BUT she fits the description and has been warned by me and my oldest that even thought she looks good that is no excuse for being oblivious. Sharing with her now…LOL!
She is not oblivious.. Just wants to show LWsS your view..
THIS is why I stop by BG!
We know your just checking to see if she is here.. Picard Madeoff ” Hey oldest! You seen your mom?” Oldest replies ” If she’s not dropping in on Mr Low Wide.. Golly she is probably trolling on BG!”
THIS!!!
I was witness.
It’s the pass at Byron bay and our loved x contribution writer Steve shearer out front.
I’m reliable told it’s just “ his thing to drop in “
It’s just something locally we have to deal with constantly from blowin Queenslanders
IF only he wasn’t forced to take the jab!
Call Shaun Tomson. He can mail you one of his surfing rules and etiquette signs to put up at the point. Make sure you have him translate it to Queenslander.
Shaun is the one that puts those up? Dude was a cunt in his prime
Surfer’s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life
Have you read? Me neither.
“Do Not Litter…”
Longtom’s a goofy
It’s a reverse image
Jeez Clarke’s had some fun little ones Sunday morn while everyone was at Broken
I hope you had your legrope on. It was uncrowded at the wreck later on.
Always. It was empty first thing too.
If only there were some etiquette boxes on the beach nearby…he could have tied one around his “friend’s” neck.
tourniquet?
I’m okay, thanks!
Once had a longboard with no leash drop in and promptly fall off. Board popped up, I grabbed it while still riding, and took it all the way into shorey, where I threw it into the sand and also found $50
You should have run up to cash converters with the longboard and got yourself another $100.
e-bay…
No way! Surf Ads is Mitch Parko, Derek!!!!
$50 Australian, what’s that, $7.50 in U.S. Dollars?
you could live like a king here
Did Dez offer to give you a blowie, when he swam in to retrieve his board?
No he just went to his Audi and drove to the closest cafe in Bondi to have a date with the Coffee girls.
How to win kooks and influence cunts