The Greenroom

You are a surfer and you show up at the beach one early morning to catch a few before work. As you walk from your car to check the waves you are greeted with the pleasant site of perfect 4 foot waves peeling right in front of you. A quick glance to the right and you see "the pack". About 15 people all sitting right on top of one another waiting for a two wave set to role through and hopefully be close enough to the peak to claim that wave as their own and not get snaked. It lookes pretty good right in front of you where empty wave after empty wave peals away unridden but there must be a reason all of those people are surfing that one spot. You are drawn in and paddle out to the crowd, all the while empty wave after empty wave peels away unridden just a few yards away.
Most modern surfers are drawn to the site of a crowd of people rather than the waves themselves.