The pack leader was loudly telling all her girls where to line-up, and so on.. and of course they all drifted into the middle of the channel. I was laughing a bit inside, but I caught a few more waves and finally went in. Apparently the pack finally wised up and moved as one towards the peak. Now this is the part that bugs me. As relayed to me by my friend..
She starts yelling for her friends to paddle...even when they're on the shoulder and someone was already in trim. And these jerks were just dropping in and falling, or stuffing someone already going. And these are really good waves too!!..
This is the kind of behavior I'm really getting sick of. This, "I'm a girl and I'm going" mentality.
There's a whole bunch of really cool women who surf my spot. They charge, they sit deep, and they don't burn people. They get choke waves, give out tons of stoke and get lots of stoke back.
I find myself wondering what I would have said? I'd like to think I'd be nice and ask them just what the hell they think they're doing, but that never seems to work. Defences already up. And I don't want to think I'd be yelling, 'cause that's just an asshole power play. But aren't they using their sex as a buffer against their actions? If it was some guy dropping in, he'd be getting sounded right out of there...and this whole thing is most troubling by the fact I'm giving it some thought. I can't believe I'm letting it bother me, but...I mean..what kind of jerk paddles out to a new spot and just starts burning people?
I'll be really glad when the wind kicks up again, 'cause all these Ken's and Barbies will flee back to their protected spots leaving it to the core folk...much nicer folks to surf with...
Aloha
