Lineup politics are as old as surfing. The way people treat one another while paddling boards in the ocean is not always nice. They can just be downright mean. It’s basically too many surfers vying for a finite resource. And it can get ugly. Clay Schmitz has plenty of experience with this, the darker aspect of riding waves. He’s also foiled and wing foiled, a new version of wind sport that’s basically between kiting and windsurfing (it’s a lot more simple).
Clay has a pretty good voice for radio, and he likes to narrate the videos on his channel, mostly wind sports but he still occasionally surfs. Here, he narrates a video and talks about those nasty lineup politics, and how refreshing the wind community is. His basic premise? Riding wind swell in the middle of the ocean or a river is like wilderness surfing: You aren’t competing for waves and you’re working with people. It’s not the same when you’re hassling with a prone board at your favorite spot. Listen to Clay’s smooth pipes and feel free to give us your thoughts.
For more thoughts on wing foiling, try this.
