Surfers are raging in the water just like everyone else. There are punchouts on the beach. Rocks are thrown and tires punctured. It is outa control. Nat Young, himself the recepient of a pounding has gathered 12 chapters all from different authors, on localism in surfing from around the world. This book is about that problem!
Lots of short tales of incidents of surf rage and different people's thoughts about it. A bit short on solutions. I think (hope) things have got better since this book was written. For one, I think the days of feeling like you have to defend your honour by agreeing to paddle in and have fisticuffs on the beach is over...