How does a river sup guy introduce himself to a kayaker:

[kwhilden]

Here's one of my favorite kayak river wave surfing videos. SUP has a ways to go before it can catch up to this level of skill... but we shall see!

Lyon Spring 2006

[Admin]

Here's one of my favorite kayak river wave surfing videos. SUP has a ways to go before it can catch up to this level of skill... but we shall see!

Lyon Spring 2006

Great vid!

[Allan Cheateaux]

So what's etiquette for an up stream paddler planning on surfing the wave. Is he afforded priority or does he need to eddy out and wait his turn? I for one would be pissed if someone came down stream at me only to spin at the last sec and snag it...

[kwhilden]

Generally,  if your intent is to surf a wave that is already occupied,  then you have to wait your turn in the adjacent eddy. It's not cool to drop in to catch a wave that someone  already is surfing... and also not too smart either because you are likely to get nailed in the back or head by the nose of a boat/board.

For the most part, everyone on the river is cool and waits their turn to surf waves. We line up in the eddy and everyone knows who's turn is next. Most rides are short, and the wave is always there. It's rare that you have wait more than five minutes between surfs, although some playspots on crowded rivers do get bigger lines and more potential for conflict.

[localpaddler]

The rivers current does not have a off switch so if someone is coming downstream in a channel that has a wave with someone surfing....then that person can not stop if there are no eddies near by.  The person surfing has an off switch and can leave the wave if needed.  If it is going to come down to a potential collision I feel like the person on the wave surfing is in more control of preventing a collision.  Lots of times it is easy to surf around someone coming downstream but when you might not be able to get around someone just leave the wave because your board or fins could really scar someone for life. 

Also big slow moving rafts really cant move that quickly to get around object... especially a SUP speeding around on a wave.  If you get run over by a raft when on a wave...well it could easily be prevented by giving the raft the right away.