Surfers get rowdy in Malibu

By now you’ve probably heard about the Malibu incident that happened over the weekend—paparazzi were on the beach trying to get the money shot of Matthew McConaughey surfing, and local surfers told the cameramen to get out or else. What followed was an all out brawl between the two while Matthew was surfing, with no clue as to what was going on (so says his agent). On Saturday, surfers had their day—chasing paparazzi, dragging them in the water, ruining camera equipment. The tables turned on Sunday though, as paparazzi returned, with bodyguards. It’s not clear what the paparazzi were trying to get done, but the surfers approached them again, only this time, the bodyguards beat up the surfers.

In my opinion, the entire thing is ridiculous. If you watch the video, you can see one guy drinking, so I’m sure that some of the violence was fueled by alcohol. I’m also wondering if these locals are all being typecast as surfers—were some of the guys involved just sitting on the beach? Does the news have to call them all surfers and give the sport a bad name? Anyone have some insight from a first hand source on what went down?