Finding paragraph 3

What I have found in my research is that South Carolina has no records of court cases against the restrictions of surfing. What I did find on court cases however, is that in San Francisco, California a surfer was charged in court for his localism. Localism is when surfers are possessive of their surf spots or waves and force others out. Usually surfers just give a harsh stare or even physically confront the person. Sometimes surfers will even vandalize a person’s car for intruding on their spot. In the one case a surfer who was widely known in the area was caught on camera performing his acts toward another surfer “intruding on his spot”. This man and three other surfers tied the other guy’s leash around his legs and forced him under water multiple times, broke the fins off his board, and even broke the man’s nose. Localism is a serious thing within the surfing community now. I feel that maybe this is a reason why there is surf restrictions placed upon us during the tourist season. Maybe these restrictions are for the safety of visitors so they do not have to fall into the dangers of harsh surfers that give others surfers, like me, a bad name.