Scenario

Here's the scenario:

Two surfers sitting in the line-up.

A wave approaches.

Surfer A says to Surfer B; "Are ya going?"

Surfer B replies; "Nah, you take it mate."

That happens a lot. It's so common.

And it's polite, civil.

If only windcrew (polers &baggers) could communicate that easily.

But alas, with all the wind noise and movement and distance between riders,

it's just not possible to be heard or understood.

If only we had a standard handsignal for "Are ya going?"

lol.

Ha ha, wishful thinking Waveslave. This season I have witnessed "civil" go out the door between poleys and Bayer's' and its getting worse, on one hand the problem is created by the shear numbers of kiters along our metro beaches, on the other its the lack of respect the poleys are showing for kiters, being upwind of a poley on a wave won't guarantee your right to actually ride it, and when you enforce it you can be shire to get abuse.

At Dutchies there seems to be a lot more tolerance between wind & kite surfers and we are sharing the area more where as before there was the agreed exclusion zone south of the beach street groyne for windsurfers only now the windsurfers are moving further north and kiters are tacking further south, I don't see it being a problem.

I'm not going to claim any great generosity or manners when it comes to wave rights, but I have done this at at well known, and sometimes fraught northern location where the poley kiter vibe can occasionally get a bit tense.

I use the extended arm, palm raised gesture. The one used by waiters offering you a table; "there you go mate, enjoy"

Works well

if there is a repeat offender windsurfer that won't play nicely, research which car is his at your local and let the front and rear tyre of his car down while he is out cutting people off. Same goes for baggers or people who park in disabled bays.