Also you know how you’re skating a small park, having a good time when suddenly a couple cars rock up disgorging a whole crew and you think fuck here we go, it was so peaceful before
Same diff surfing it’s pretty shitty to arrive and paddle out as one, looks like you’re there to try dominate the place
Don’t surf in packs, paddle out by yourself or with one other mate, there are probably different takes on this around the world but three’s pushing it I reckon
Heaps of people that surf are fairly friendly a fair bit of the aggro you hear about would be same type of shit all of us would have told someone off at a skatepark for
Depends on the area for sure but if the waves are good and you don’t know anyone and you blow your first takeoff people are 100% gonna snake you on the next good wave and that’s fair as
Honestly anyone wants to have a go and knows nothing about it and no mates that surf just get a couple lessons they should explain most of this and you’d get like instant feedback on what you’re doing right and wrong
Honestly if you get a board and for first time try go where others are surfing you probably won’t have a good time and you’ll feel a bit silly
It will 100% make you think of all the times you vibed someone at a skate park haha
If you go on kookslams or similar you’ll see heaps of people having a go and getting absolutely pumped
Doesn’t need to be like that
Also yeah it’s a real bad idea to paddle through the waves people are surfing
At some point even the most tolerant person will just think nah fuck it that’s the fifth time that’s happened this morning, I’m not hopping off
Then they run you over