Steve... said..
Surf was **** today in Newcastle, but i had to take my daughter to work, and i had my board in the car so i checked out Merewether. Yup crap surf, on shore wind, comp on at Merewether so i found a lone bank down the stretch a bit and went for a solo paddle. Then some dude joined me. Another short board hero i thought, but he kept yelling at me to go for it ect. Anyway paddling back out he paddled up to me, thinking i dropped in on him or something then i realised it was Mark Richards. That was it, i was like a kid in a lollie shop. I never shut up, telling him about my computer screen saver with him on it. He said which one. I said, bottom turn, at the pipe in about 1976. He laughed and said that was classic. What a top bloke. We talked for 20min, then he just got a wave and walked home.
Anyway i was stoked and glad i went for a surf.
and to think you got rewarded even though you were judgemental,small minded and you were expecting the worse from someone you didn't know..i love MR