The (until now) unwritten rules of surfing.

Surfing is not governed like other sports. This is what makes surfing so much fun, unlimited and consistently growing in terms of new elements. There is, however, a ‘surfer’s etiquette’; a number of generalised ‘rules’ which surfers adhere to out of respect for those they share the water with. Some generalised principles are listed below:

• Never ‘drop in’ on somebody else’s wave – While offenders are no longer tamed by the promise of execution Hawaiians once faced if they had the audacity to … Continue Reading