[Swimmer]

Thats hillarious, "hey guys let be honest we have the right of way"(surfer quote). Whoa, thank-you, thank-you jesus for imparting that wisdom on me.
I used to surf many years ago and I never thought I was in charge of the ocean. God if I only knew I would have applied for oil drilling permits in the wash. The only time I was ever close to being in charge was when I foolishly would don my wetsuit in January and paddle out at Coast Guard Beach, or at 4 mile beach in Wellfleet after the rescue squad dragged another kid out of the water, and they were screaming at me that they weren't coming back.
Surfers, I have personally have not had a problem with, but windsurfers and kyakers are somewhat arrogant when they want to be. When thirty people are casting metal in Edgartown harbor from Chappy beach and a kyaker paddles 100' to 125' away into the inner harbor he gets what he deserves. In baseball they call it a brushback. And what about the windsurfers who put their board and sail into the water and then go screaming by the end of the jetty (Tashmoo) your on just ten feet away across your retrieve.
With all the room out there, if someone asked me, I'd say no one is in charge. The only influence should be common courtesy/decency/fairplay/sportsmanship.