Surf Rage in the Media
- A book entitled "Surf Rage" by Nat Young focuses on surf rage as a consequence of localism in different parts of the world
- A Movie titled "North Shore" highlights surfing on the North Shore of Hawaii and includes scenes of localism as portrayed by actual local surfers
- The movie "Blue Crush" includes some hostile localism when a tourist is caught surfing at a local spot
- A man by the name of Mark Morlock (as seen above) was the victim of a surf rage incident in which the attacker seeked revenge for a incident that happened over 5 months prior at the same surf spot called Snapper Rocks in Austrailia.
“ The doctors told me that if he wasn't riding a snub-nosed board, it could've been fatal"
- Mr. Morlock
This video shows an example of surf rage that occured on the North Shore of Oahu, The white male decided to go against the lifeguards commands and paddle his surfboard out in the middle of a bodyboarding competition. Things did not end well for him.
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This is the result of a surf rage incident that occured on the Gold Coast of Australia. A surfboard was launched into this Mr. Morlock's eye causing potential blindness.