How To Lose Your Spot In The Line-up 101
We’re sitting on our boards in the surf, lining up, waiting for a wave. It’s very early morning and there’s not many people around. I’m at the front, first line, first row seat, next to go. The rocks of the point where the waves break are just off to our right, and I’m on the inside, meaning I’ll be first to go if and when a decent wave presents itself. I am joined by an Unknown Person, part of the holiday crowd presumably, a denizen of somewhere outside of Cape Byron Territory, and therefore, by definition and by default, a Foreign Bastard. I nod at him politely, because, Foreign Bastard or not, we here at the Cape Byron Territory Popular Attraction Site like to pride ourselves on our all-inclusive non-discriminatory basic decent humanity. That is, we’ll be nice to everyone as long as they behave themselves like human beings and don’t try to steal our waves. He nods back politely. One up for humanity. We are joined by The Shredder, him of the tooth-pick board who is know...