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Understand the Sponging Right of Way |
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One of the most important things to learn as a new sponger is how to stay out of the way of other spongers. One of the best ways to get respect when you are learning is to stay out of the way of experienced spongers.
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Understand that the sponger closest to the breaking wave has the right-of-way.
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Remember that if you're in the water and a sponger is riding a wave toward you, either paddle for the open shoulder of the wave so that the riding sponger passes well behind you or paddle into the already broken wave so that the rider passes in front of you.
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Note that if you're sharing a wave with another sponger and the wave starts to break on the far side of the other sponger, he or she has the right-of-way and you must concede the wave.
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Understand that if the wave peaks and breaks between the two of you, you can both ride the same wave because you will turn away from each other as you each head toward an unbroken shoulder of the wave.
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