Know before you go!

By tripmasterDo, 07/24/2008 - 12:54

Wir haben es bereits oft erwähnt und wohl immer noch nicht oft genug gesagt. Leute, bitte verinnerlicht die Regeln in einem lineup! Es ist zu Eurer eigenen und der Sicherheit anderer.

Anbei nun eine Mail, die ich über datrip erhalten habe. Es ist die Geschichte von Steve, einem australischen Surfer, der jetzt in Dänemark lebt und dem am Montag in Hvide Sande das passiert ist, was wir gerne vermeiden würden.

Ich kann die Geschichte natürlich nicht selbst verifizieren, aber die Situation kommt mir soooo bekannt vor.....

hier nun Steves Mail (in englisch, aber das sollte ja kein Problem sein). Und wenn sich derjenige, der von Steve angesprochen wurde bei ihm melden will, soll er hier mal mit den Admins kontakt aufnehmen. wir könnten dann eine Verbindung herstellen.

Die Lineup-Regeln zum nachlesen:

http://nordsurf-syndikat.de/specials/die-10-goldenen-regeln

Hi mate,
 
My name is Steve, I'm from Australia and I'm currently living in Denmark (my wife is Danish). Anyway I love your website and the coverage of the Danish surf spots, but the reason I'm emailing you is to ask about something that happened at Hvide Sande on Monday.
 
As you know it was pumping, and I was out at Hvide Sande in a very crowded line up. The surf was great but it was on about my 4th wave where it all went wrong. A big set came in and wedged off the break wall right in front of me. I was sitting out further than everyone else - there were a lot of people further in caught inside. Anyway I took off on the wave despite there being people in front of me, thinking that they would just duckdive (like everyone does in Australia) or bail their boards and get out of the way. But there was this one guy at the bottom of the wave on a longboard that just didn't even try to get out of the way, and I had nowhere to go but to run straight over his board, which he hadn't even attempted to push out of the way. There was a big crunch as I went over his board, then I was under, and as I was close to surfacing my board smacked me in the head. I came up and he starts telling me off in German, then I tell him off for not getting out of the way. Then I realise there is blood just gushing down all over my face, then I feel up to a big cut on my forehead. His mate then asks me in English why I took off on the wave when there was people in front of me, and again I ask him why they didn't get out of the way. Then I look down and see my board is dinged up and one fin has broken off, plus I was bleeding bad so I had to go in and get to a doctor. Once I got up to my car I was able to stop the bleeding with a towel, then I drove 30 minutes to where I live in Tarm to the doctor.
 
The reason I'm telling you all this is because I know your a German surfer who regularly surfs up here in Denmark, and I assume you know a lot of the other German guys that surf up here, and I was wondering if maybe you had heard what happened, or maybe if you know the guy/guys involved? I know it's a long shot but I just thought I'd ask you. It's just that I feel I didn't get a chance to talk to the dude about what happened because I had to rush off because I was bleeding so bad. I'd really like to talk to him, not necessarily because I'm pissed off or anything just to tell him why I think he was in the wrong. As far as I see it I ended up with a messed up board and a banged up head because of someone else's mistake. That's just my opinion, they may see the incident differently. I don't claim to be the best surfer in the world, but I'm not a kook either. I've grown up near the ocean and I know what I'm doing in the line up. In my opinion there seem to be a few guys that don't know what they're doing in the water here in Denmark. Having said that I think the majority of guys do know what they're doing, especially the German surfers who I think are better than the Danes. I had some great days last year up at Fjaltring with German's who rip and are obviously well travelled and know what they're doing. And really dedicated too - you've gotta be in water this cold!
 
Anyway sorry to hit you with such a long email. I just want those guys to know why this happened. In Australia everyone always gets out of the way of the person on the wave - even if your on a longboard and can't duckdive, you can get yourself out of the way and bail your board. I guess it's just like number 3 on your golden rules of lineup etiquette. I understand that sometimes when your paddling out you can get into tricky situations infront of a wave, but as I said this guy had plenty of time and didn't even attempt to move. If I could turn back time I wouldn't have taken off on the wave - I would have just reminded myself that I was in Denmark and these guys might not be able to duckdive or get out of the way in time. But like I said I'm not angry at this guy, and if I ever do manage to contact him ofcourse I will listen to his opinion of what happened that day.
 
I've attached a few pictures so you can see the damage. The worse part about the whole thing is that I missed out on such good waves! it was the best day of swell since we arrived here back in early June.
 
Thanks for taking the time to read this,

 

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