Nothing worse than a SUPer sitting/ STANDING out the back just in front of you flapping his paddle around looking a bit wobbly and trying to paddle onto every set wave ,line up sit wide and wait your turn slot in ...........
But what is with surfers who you allow to take off on what every wave they want by standing wide, then decide to charge straight at you , wanting to carve there first turn with in 1 inch of the nose of your board when half a 1 a meter or 2 meters was another option ?????? as was recently experienced ,
If i did not pin drop to the side of my board, my nose would have gorn straight through the middle of his board.
When he paddled back out i said to him what is with that when you had 5 other options , he said i was in his way.
There was another couple of quick verbal exchanges which was fken good,
There was 3 of us out in solid consistent set waves him his mate and then me
After i got a couple of solid waves all the way through things settled a bit / nothing more was said / but it was well and truly every man for him self 
My generosity and good will was gone with his anti SUP greeting to me in the line up
I stood out the back and center heaps more times than i would of for the rest of the session re a justing my balls in my wet suit taking more than i would have happily let through.
Anyway , the good the bad and the ugly
Mother fker of another
Just worked it out public holiday weekend 
Same stuff going on at most surf spots. My experience is the prone riders who surf frequently are a fun group to share the waves with, I have even swapped boards a few times with them so they can have their first go on a sup and I can refresh my malibu skills.
The troublemakers seem to be the very occasional surfers, everyone around here has a board in their shed and many only surf once or twice a year, for them its a social thing and picking on the odd guy out on the sup boosts their ego.
Fortunately sups paddle fast and you can have a good time on a wave that a prone surfer would not even look at. First time I have a bad experience with a prone surfer I just move to another spot that I wont be followed to, no point in fighting with someone who is out there to fight when I am out there to surf.
I have learnt to recognize the prone surfers who are going to cause trouble by their behavior out back between sets, easy to move to another nearby break for an hour, usually they are gone after that and I may return to the original spot, or not.
Dont let the haters ruin your day, just keep moving on....
Darryn
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Give and take balance exceptance equality all have a place in the line up. Crew just need to relax but for some people it's hard. I surf some crowded places but I make a conscious decision to not get angry I figure it's only a wave. I just paddle back out the back and wait for the next one.
I think you'll find these people have attitude towards everything, its just who they are
Understand exactly what you are saying. I have had the same problems even as a prone surfer. Some guys think they are seagulls & the waves are chips! Got to get every one of them no matter what!!!!!! Lol!!!
Yes I get angry too but keep it to myself. And if I feel fit & confident enough on those rare days then I will take waves away from the wave hogs too. As you know it's just a matter of positioning yourself in the line up so they cannot drop in. And I know with a SUP it can be done quite easy if wanted.
At my age now I just laugh at their mentality. Those that know me know that I just hang to the outside & pick off the ones they miss & if I can I will go find another break which is really quite rare. Sometimes depending on the break I can mingle or grab that monster clean up wave that I can paddle out to before them.
I am not just talking about prone surfers, SUP users can be wave hogs too.
Yes it's more peoples attitudes that can spoil it for others.
I know when the surf is pumping that I will get crowded out & really have no choice but to give way to the short boarders but lucky for me so far I do get my fair share & most have got a good attitude.
I can see in the year 3000 that we will all have to line up like they do at an amusement park for a ride.
guess it was wrong place, wrong time KOTP, i was at sandbar saturday (im sure you know the place) sharing with 3 other surfers and all having fun sitting chatting between sets, all getting loads of waves. was stoked with the sharing attitude as i have definately felt the cold shoulder from a proner many a time.
some people are just pig headed.
so many good waves over the last 4 days.
in fact ive had 8 days in a row of beauties. loving it.
Ro
