www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/1872176/surf-rage-sees-wave-permits-in-paradise-introduced/?cs=34

Do you think we will see this in Oz, do we need them?

Dunno if its going to make much difference...you could have 33 other good blokes and 1 ****wit will still ruin it for everyone else

I think 35 "passes" would work quite well at that location... Realistically, you have almost 13 hours of surf-able light, and if most surfers might spend 1/3 of that time in the water... So it should cut the crowds down to 5-15 in the water at any point in time...

It's not about surf rage or any of that bull****. It is about limiting spots so people who make a $ of it can make more $$$ by charging people for exclusive access.

Look at Honkies / Sultans. That is probably half the reason Lohi's is crowded cause the permits held by others...

At least not many locals surf Lohis but they are excluded from Sultans and Honkies. So a permit system often doesn't help crowds it helps exclude the locals and lines the pockets of those with the access rights.


it is greed, plain and simple.

Never going to happen in Aus.

we are going on a dw run today.


will i need a runner/bump permit

Bloody hope not what a pile of batshizz

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laceys lane said..

we are going on a dw run today.


will i need a runner/bump permit

No but you might get busted if you don't have a skippers ticket

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Tux said..

laceys lane said..

we are going on a dw run today.


will i need a runner/bump permit

No but you might get busted if you don't have a skippers ticket

very good run except i got booked for speeding by the water police

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laceys lane said...

Tux said..

laceys lane said..

we are going on a dw run today.


will i need a runner/bump permit

No but you might get busted if you don't have a skippers ticket

very good run except i got booked for speeding by the water police

It might be early in the year for I'm a wanker off the year quote......but

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chrispy said..

laceys lane said...

Tux said..

laceys lane said..

we are going on a dw run today.


will i need a runner/bump permit

No but you might get busted if you don't have a skippers ticket

very good run except i got booked for speeding by the water police

It might be early in the year for I'm a wanker off the year quote......but

haha, all good chrispy, i'm up for it. i've got no airs about myself.


i've proved it by getting a long board

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laceys lane said...

chrispy said..

laceys lane said...

Tux said..

laceys lane said..

we are going on a dw run today.


will i need a runner/bump permit

No but you might get busted if you don't have a skippers ticket

very good run except i got booked for speeding by the water police

It might be early in the year for I'm a wanker off the year quote......but

haha, all good chrispy, i'm up for it. i've got no airs about myself.


i've proved it by getting a long board

I'm hurt now

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62mac said..

Never going to happen in Aus.

Permits used to be required here though many moons ago......

as for this

"The surfing population around the world has almost reached epidemic proportions because it is seen as ubercool to surf," Levings said.

"A lot of the new surfers who don't know the etiquette of the sport are booking themselves into international (surf) locations with reef breaks. But they aren't experienced enough to surf them and they don't follow the rules of surfing. Eventually, the experienced mellow surfers lose their cool.

"Surfing is meant to be for relaxation but (with the crowds) it becomes an arena where you are competing for waves. The whole vibe changes."


So Mister Levings your comments make me laugh - you are one of the main causes of the crowds in many of these places.....back in the good old days you had to go looking....yes times move on.....but you have a vested interest in enticing more people to the locations that you service.....if you are so concerned about etiquette in the water why don't you do something to stop them going on yr adventures.......how about you provide a educational system or a code of conduct or something that advises people when they pay their cashola what is expected of them. Or better yet just send all your punters to 10 spots across the globe and keep them all in one place so the rest of us do not have to worry about them

Ted I only got a line in and stopped reading...

any one that uses the word ubercool is a wanker.

Your last paragraph is right on the money.

This guy is saying he has the solution.... I say he is the farking problem....

Just watched a great doco on Tony, the founder of Pasta Point.

It was on the movie list on Qantas and I just landed in Perf!