You only get 8 days off a month at go!?!? I'm sorry to hear that, man. Over at your friendly competitor, the most junior lineholder usually gets 12 days off a month; most get 13 or 14. Reserves get 11. Do the math, but that's a lot more time you could be in the water WITHOUT your cellphone. You need to get out of Mesa, man. That job is abusive, and you and everyone else needs to get out right now while you still can. Go ANYWHERE else. Even if there are no waves. Heck, Alaska has waves if you have a really thick wetsuit. Vancouver Island has waves. People surf on the Great Lakes, man. Get creative. Just GET OUT.

And, if I ever see some Mesa/go! kook on a 10' 00" Softop answer his cellphone in the lineup out here so help me God I'll shove it right up his tailpipe after I grab it out of his hands and tell the crew tracker that he's "calling in sick due to Rectal FOD".

P.S. I'm the guy on the blue 6'2" Merrick quad with the "No go!" sticker glassed into the nose.

Seriously, though, leave Mesa. Even if you have to leave Hawaii. It's better to leave like a man, on your own terms, than to be forced out later on. Trust me.