Why Does Last Surfer In Line Get The Wave? (Opening Scene) - Bingin

It's not often the last surfer in the queue takes a set wave without anyone else making a move - especially at a competitive break like Bingin - but that's exactly what happens to Tommy Sobry in the opening scene of this video.
Tommy's not just a Bingin local, he surfs here more often and better than just about anyone - he hits sections with speed and power, gets the deepest tubes (sometimes switch-foot) and has won multiple board riders competitions.
As a result he's earned plenty of respect in the lineup. He doesn't take as many waves as someone in his position might do, catching as many as anyone else and often letting waves go through even when it's his turn. But when he sees one that he likes, the crowd generally takes a back seat to let him do his thing.
0:00 Tommy Sobry
1:26 Teddy: / teddybille
2:17 Koby Abberton: / kobyabberton
2:45 Sebas Parodi: / sebas.parodi
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[@mikewilliams1993]

I’ve been surfing my whole life 30+ years and I still hate the pressure of surfing in a crowd I would rather surf alone

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁😁

[@jasondavis9897]

Yeah I’m the exact same 30 years plus would rather surf by myself but people see me there and assume it’s a good spot and come out and try and take over. I literally just paddle anywhere to get away from people.

[@Leelatravels]

Same

[@humanise.]

Don’t think too far into it man, just have fun!

[@mikewilliams1993]

@@humanise. yeah I know what you mean but it’s not the same experience as surfing alone

[@fishpirate808]

This is something that a lot of good surfers do not understand. Priority is about taking turns (waiting in line). If you paddle out and position yourself deeper than a person who has been waiting for 30 minutes, they have priority and can position themselves in any way they see fit. Sharing is caring.

[@surfersofbali]

🙂👍🏾👍🏾

[@Soul-Taker]

As far as I'm concerned whoever is up and riding first gets the wave.

[@bry8636]

@@Soul-Taker Zak Gilbert is right. You don’t jockey for position with someone who has been waiting And the rule has never been ‘who is to their feet first’. The priority rule is the closest to the peak. For good reason. Feet first gives the advantage to the biggest boards in the line up. A long boarder or sup can catch the wave way out on the shoulder despite the guy being closest to the peak. ‘Feet first’ bs was created by shoulder hoppers and longboarders. And now with foils coming into play they would have priority every time because they’re already on their feet. Closest to the peak is the rule, always has been. Tell some big Hawaiian mote you took off on that you had priority bc you were to your feet first and you’ll be piledrived into the sand. Stop the revisionism and confusion.

[@sop-surfersofportugal4826]

@@Soul-Taker tell me that when a mofo is trying to snake me when the wave clearly is going to break perfectly for me but he paddles around me to be up and riding first.

[@wailuawilliams6384]

@@Soul-Taker try that in Hawaii

[@DiamondRidgeMusic]

One of the best angles on any wave for sure. Thank you for the continuous great shots of an absolute dream wave. I often watch this channel in mornings or times when I’m not feeling well or a little nauseous. It’s nice that there is no voice audio, just natural ambience. It seems to take the edge away and always brings a smile.

[@surfersofbali]

Wow, thank you for always watching! Appreciate!

[@jeffjenkins1799]

That 1st turn was savage

[@surfersofbali]

💯💯

[@johnybusby]

If you are at the best spot where the wave is breaking, no mater who’s arround and how many person is arround, you take the was. This is the art of knowledge and knowing where to be 🤷🏻 And the right spot to be is as small as 4 feet of diameter. If you’re in your in …and you enjoy your capability of positioning yourself. Of course you can share and not being gritty

[@surfersofbali]

🙂👍🏾

[@livvysurf]

Great video! Thanks SOB 👏🏼🤙🏼

[@surfersofbali]

Thank you for watching!🙂

[@Y_M1967]

Because every wave is perfect in Bali and everybody knows they’ll be another perfect one right behind it😆

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@michaelford3087]

ii don't why I tormentmysel and watch this over and over?

[@davidcoleman6211]

Another great morning, thanks to SOB.

[@surfersofbali]

Enjoy!🙂🙂

[@unclesuperfly]

‘Cos he’s facing the right way..

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@giuseppe2395]

'Cos he told the pack to not even look at MY fuckin' wave

[@HODItv]

That made me laugh out loud 😂

[@plusbonus1165]

I stopped surfing points because the hassle to wave ratio wasn't worth it. Open beaches now with lots of space. The paddle out keeps you fit too.

[@surfersofbali]

😉👍🏾👍🏾

[@sport777official]

I like your video , and thanks for sharing with you

[@surfersofbali]

Thanks for watching!

[@josephtube24]

I ❤️ SOB footage!

[@surfersofbali]

Thank you!🙂🙂

[@nomind640]

In the -90s when i first started to surf (Bingin) you never got any help with anything.. You had to learn it the hard way ;) Surfers sometimes can be a-holes but i love that too... Surfers girls makes up for the angry/stupid ones

[@surfersofbali]

😁👏🏾👏🏾

[@chaiguy_nz9064]

that is real respect ..guys like that make the whole lineup work without saying anything 🤠

[@surfersofbali]

🔥

[@tortugabob]

Soothing. Nothing like a summer day at the beach.

[@surfersofbali]

🙂👍🏾

[@BangzHaus]

Local knows where to wait

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂👍🏾

[@caismyth2336]

i wish school wasnt a thing so i could be there

[@surfersofbali]

😅😅

[@scrumpymanjack]

Guess what: if you work really hard at school and do well, you can go surfing after you finish.

[@gnarlydewd]

@@scrumpymanjack When ur old and can't surf anymore.....

[@YukariAkiyama]

@@scrumpymanjack My school ends at 3:42, get home at 4, load up the board and leave at 4:10. traffic traffic traffic, arrive and park at 4:40. Only about an hour before it gets too dark.

[@Zerpersande]

Then quit. School will no longer be a ‘thing’ for you.

[@lnr12241]

Because no one else took it and he said "Thank You Very Much" lol

[@Nosaracasalaplaya]

Nice calm easy going . thanks

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@beningfarawan3762]

🤙🤙nice, thank you

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@julianwyman728]

Perfect waves🥺

[@surfersofbali]

💯💯

[@halatas76]

Fishing, meditating and proposing are all in this video i'd like to take a note

[@surfersofbali]

😉😉

[@aderiley6592]

So perfect 🙏💙🤙

[@surfersofbali]

😉🤙🏾

[@rta1171]

Cause he’s killing it!!!

[@surfersofbali]

🔥🔥

[@Dylan.p640]

I was born in Bali but now I’m in the land down under

[@Leonardo555ZZZ]

I was born in Aussie but now I wish I was in Bali ..

[@surfersofbali]

😉😉👍🏾

[@Dylan.p640]

@@surfersofbali aku suka videomu i can speak ido see i proved it see u in next vid

[@heathstott]

You Indo fellas geez, you shredded that deliciousness👌 Surfed it ok too.🤗

[@surfersofbali]

😉😉👍🏾

[@maori_nerd]

Bingin looks so chill

[@surfersofbali]

😉👍🏾👍🏾

[@LTcoolnasty]

I've spent 30 min minutes waiting for wave and then a long boarder comes along and goes deeper then me and then proceeds to take a wave and then gets mad at me because I want it to. I never dropped in on him but he flipped me off because he knew I wanted it like, whats the point of rules if Noone wants to take a turn?

[@bry8636]

You were in the right. That’s ‘jockeying’ in the states and Hawaii and it’s bs. Australians, from what I understand call it snaking. You have to drop in at this point. Better to be preemptive though. If I see a guy trying to jockey I make eye contact and shake my head letting them know that you know what they’re up to. A lot of those guys are sneaky little snakes and they deliberately avoid eye contact. So you have to yell. I know it sucks that you have to do that, but it’s every body’s job in the line up to call that shit out. Most of the time the line up will have your back. But even if they don’t you have to stand up for yourself. Jockeying is bs and everyone who does it knows they’re in the wrong. Now of course if you’re in a heavy local spot like Hawaii you have to defer to the pecking order. The best way to break into that pecking order is to stay humble and respectful and never jockey. That will get you beat in a heart beat. I watched a huge fight- literally cleared the line up because a Brazilian jockeyed a Hawaiian for a wave and they both went. 2 dozen guys paddled to shore and it was an all out melee. 6-7 Brazilians against over 10 Hawaiians. The Brazilians could fight, one of them was badass at jujitsu, but the Hawaiians were too big and too many. So you had every right to drop in on him. But it’s better to stop it before it starts.

[@rosaerosa335]

🌜🌞🌛⚘

[@everettmillette2567]

Yeah had the same thing happen to me I was waiting all day for a wave in a super crowded spot and some dick head super local on a boogie board curses at me because I even thought of catching a wave he was paddling for.

[@liuyloui]

This is exactly what happens when surf breaks reach a tipping point. Some of the WAYYY overcrowded breaks in California reach a point where the rules just no longer apply lol. Examples are Malibu, Rincon and Linda Mar/Pacifica. So many people surf these that any wave turns into a zoo with 5 guys. Sad

[@liuyloui]

@@bry8636 ^^This exactly. Nothing frustrates me more than ego surfers who can't share. They try to be all sneaky about it too, half ass paddling no eye contact and everrrrr so slowly moving deeper than you. 100% these are the same people who try to cut lines irl and are impatient

[@junglebeam1]

Never seen the crowd at Bingin this chill actually.

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@marcphillips1120]

love your videos! Any thoughts on bringing back the scooter ride intro/outro's ?

[@surfersofbali]

So glad you like them! We might, but thanks for the input😉

[@krusher74]

@@surfersofbali yeah, i enjoy seeing a bit more of bali life than just the surf.

[@capnsean8365]

Dynamite narration

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@gangmarlin6147]

I like when strike fishing moment....

[@surfersofbali]

☺️👌🏾

[@23mavrick]

That my drone hahahaha

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂👍🏾

[@bonsaibogel]

Welcome to my village😁

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@mantaraya7616]

Gud vibes 💚💛❤🏄

[@surfersofbali]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@music4lifesux]

because people always sit way too far outside

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@sundialarmy911porvidawey4]

Pretty frkn’ Rightous❣️🔱🤍🔱😸

[@mohhmadhasan7257]

Oohh my good

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@davidespinoza1599]

That's going on at 3:45?

[@matthewellis3004]

Maybe I can visit one day

[@surfersofbali]

😉😉

[@genemounce8302]

Mornin yall 😎 🤙

[@surfersofbali]

😉🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@jethrogoss1066]

He’s most probably a respected local that had priority

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@richardperry7504]

Comhi 7@@surfersofbali

[@user-xt7ox6fi8e]

he is awesome because he's anytime on critical position keeping.

[@surfersofbali]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@palomacasanova4355]

What a chance…..🔅👍

[@surfersofbali]

💯💯

[@emisurfchannel2280]

is running away? Super local

[@robertprado5125]

👏🏽👏🏽🤙🏽

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🤙🏾

[@joespivey9104]

The surfer closest to the shoulder of the breaking point of the wave GETS THE WAVE and has the right away . Alot of beginners don't know the rulers and that's why they get their ass's beat .

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@cepanou1785]

exactly true

[@esmeulonsouzadeoliveira3636]

🔱 .

[@surfersofbali]

👍🏾

[@Trouble361]

I'd ride the most crowded wave in any spot on a blow up raft if that's what I wanted to ride that day.. and Bodie wouldn't say shitz...

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@timphoto83ec]

Locals are there before its light enough to see to way past my bed time. If there is 3 of them its near impossible to get a wave.

[@inplantsPhilippines]

There is also a pecking order which crushes the rules at times.

[@surfersofbali]

🙂👍🏾

[@mrdave22]

thumbs up

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🤙🏾

[@xplert701]

is it because they are shredding the waves?

[@BassSwirls]

Or you sit on the inside and pick off the smaller offerings left over from the lineup. I've seen a world class guys do this... their wave count is huge and that's how they get good.

[@surfersofbali]

🙂👍🏾👍🏾

[@stefanomaffeo282]

A Varazze tutti local sono, mannaggia a loro

[@markshepardsongs]

COWABUNGAH SHAZAAAAM!

[@surfersofbali]

😉🤙🏾

[@unleadedbomb6280]

Is it me or do the people in Bali have a style similar to kelly slater

[@danzo4354]

That's we old school guys call a pecking order.

[@surfersofbali]

😁😁

[@jpatrick_music]

No... it's called having priority for being in the proper position to catch that particular wave.

[@yellowtailshell]

Was just gonna say so, if ur local, u know

[@Soul-Taker]

The only surfing rule I ever followed was don't drop in.

[@joahyoga1995]

Because he’s the first, obviously.

[@nicholasrusso215]

Where is this?

[@surfersofbali]

Bingin👍🏾

[@jourdansimmons677]

because its Bali bobby aka pablo

[@KristianPaulsen1977]

1:01 So what's the story, did his mariage proposal work out?

[@extremelydave]

Considering we see her walking solo later....I'd say no.

[@surfersofbali]

😅😅👏🏾

[@fins59]

Nah, too needy.

[@fordtaube3953]

the 2 wave was insane

[@surfersofbali]

🔥🔥

[@frankied9723]

3:45 what a strange perspective 🤔

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@ValenteRM]

That camera man would freak out with the girls in bikini here in Brazil

[@najibrastovich5279]

Sultan family🤣🤙

[@dsc7772]

cuz he get a perfect stick !!!

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@ericksurfubatuba4530]

Hahahaha...🏄

[@surfersofbali]

😋😋

[@albertsteiner1111]

I Used to be a surfer ,, its nothing Windsurf ing rulessssss

[@xavii2026]

Because nobody else was going for it

[@surfersofbali]

🙂👍🏾👍🏾

[@jamesgossweiler1349]

There's a rule in surfing called the "drop-in rule." Whomever is closest to the white top goes first and everyone else in order after. If you don't do it this way someone will surf into other surfers.

[@Jadedx_]

Right whoever’s closer to the peak usually should have priority. However, at a lot of breaks where there’s heavy localism this isn’t always the rule, if you’re visiting, you’re just waiting until you’re given a wave.

[@safetybeachlife]

Mate, there was 5 guys inside him. Pay attention.

[@marksheehan8026]

Unless he paddled past inside the others and didnt wait his turn hes a total snake and should be treated as such .or told to wise up or get out .

[@kch7051]

@@marksheehan8026 the guy is ripping everyone out there more than likely...doubt he's a snake and his skillset alone will allow him to grab his fair share

[@clarkpegler4922]

Because he is the only charger willing to go LEFT. Goofy footer life.

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@thebluewren]

...because the other surfers can hear the water blasting he is doing

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@tambaliman2546]

0.49 Strike ..

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@theren8311]

I don't get it. What am I watching (new guy)

[@jhosysantiago1206]

This is português

[@biff022]

Localism is a good thing. Needs to be respected. That’s what the pandemic surfers seem to not want to understand. You give that respect, and in turn, you get respect.

[@biff022]

Everyone has a right to the ocean but some have done more to earn more, and that’s the case at every break. The pandemic and soft top hoards need to heed this.

[@oleksandrmarkovichenko5774]

Surfing in Hawaii for 5 years already. Never seen a local "giving respect" to anyone except their local friends. So I wonder what did they "done more to earn more" except being born there?

[@chrisb4419]

entitlement and privilege. Or they were waiting longer.

[@jpatrick_music]

It's called having priority based on position to the wave breaking. Not entitlement...

[@bryan_garrick_little]

Cos he’s a local so don’t bother paddling out

[@jdmimportlogistics]

Because he probably grew up there surfs the wave better than anybody and if you even thought about burning him everyone in Bali would call you a kook- how about an i.d. so the world can know who this ripper is?

[@surfersofbali]

It's Tommy Sobry. We've got the names and timestamps in the description / 'chapters' on screen 🤙

[@jonathanstill8932]

Cause. . . .the other ones are smoking the best reefer.

[@surfersofbali]

🙂🙂

[@simonhsu5896]

↖風義建 近淼義 義義.…↖::

[@ironlionzion2265]

because he is not a kook

[@doblechizburger5770]

Locals first, always... Dosn't matter where is him waiting or taking the wave.

[@sender231]

Second

[@surfersofbali]

🙂✌🏽

[@jpmtlhead39]

This shi... Off locals, non locals, prioreties, Just pisses me off. I was born and live by the breach here in my country, Portugal. And i surf, since i was 11 years old, iam 52 now. The beach in the town were i live, its Huge, abaut 20 kms off shorebreaks. Some better than others, but in the end, there plenty of waves for anyone. Never liked that stuff off being a local, the is mine... Fuc... That. The sea its for all of us enjoy. Hate the "locals" shit scene. Ive seen very nasty stuff happening, because of a wave... For God sake, there are millions off waves out there. Jesus.