“Pipeline is safer than Malibu.” – Koa Rothman . Heavy claim. But let’s add a bit of context, shall we? This comes, mostly in jest, from the recent run of waves – the “swell of the decade,” per some – which slammed the California coast, and after a session at the ‘Bu featuring pretty much every single Angeleno surfer in the water simultaneously, searching for their own piece of the super swell pie. Of course, as it always does, chaos ensued. “What a wild Malibu session,” Rothman says after battling the crowd. “My funnest wave was with the Malibu legend, Andy. I took off and he told me to go. We just surfed the wave together. We did that once two of three years ago, and we just do it every time." He adds: “The surf scene and culture here, it reminds me of Snapper Rocks [Australia]. Zero rules for surfing. Everyone feels very entitled to go on the same wave. Even on the local guys, which blows my mind. People just put helmets on their kids out here, and push them in.…