SURF RAGE

Surfing is all about chilling out and enjoying the ocean. However, it has become way to common for surf rage to be present in the line up.

If you are a surfer and are active on social media I am certain you would have seen this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5RYiN7WN4

What is most shocking about this clip? The fact the the general population of surfers are cheering on the Kiwi surfer who tackled the Brazilian guy.

This is an example of surf rage at an extreme form. It is not the only time it has ever happened, here are some more examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK4mid8Xavc

(This one involves pro surfer Sunny Garcia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqTlJ5YELdA

You probably haven't seen an incident escalate this far at your local break but what may have been a witness (or victim) to a verbal spraying.

Over the past weekend I bore the brunt of two different surfers frustrations in one session. One of the feeds was warranted and one definitely was not. The abuse hurled at me was the usual "F*ck off!", "Get f*cked kook", "Get out of the water" etc etc

I fear that as crowds increase situations such as these will become more and more common, giving surfing a name that it does not deserve. This could in turn make surfing an "outlaw" sport once again and take the spotlight away from one of the funnest sports.

UPDATE: At the moment drastic action may be taken in an effort to calm surf rage

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/paywave-plan-as-gold-coast-tackles-surf-rage/story-fnihsrf2-1227065120224

It is a scary thought to make people pay to engage in something that began as a way to get in touch with nature.

Next time your frustrated in the surf because someone gets in the way or might even commit the fatal burn, take a hoo-sa and go snag another, rather than carrying on like a pork chop about a section that you probably weren't even going to make, or maybe you will have to start paying for everywave you take....