Just saw another report about mainland surfers not being welcome at the North Shore. Localism is the most ridiculous "rule" in all of surfing. Respect locals, yes, but that doesn't give locals any rights on nature's assets and to behave like jerks. Locals should be respected as keepers of the sport, but not as being idiots. I remember surfing Ehukai and Sunset and Point Panic and Ala Moana back in the 60s when there were only a handful of us out there.
Now there's literally 50+ surfers vying for every wave. So I can see where locals expect priority. But we need to show some aloha to visitors as well. The same goes for California and any other surfing spot.
Wouldn't it be sad if surfers ruined surfing?
Below: At Publics in Waikiki last summer. I got along fine with the locals even though they didn't know I'm a kamaaina.
