A Palolo woman was arrested for attempted murder in the latest case of surf rage.
Tuesday night, she told KHON2 that she was only acting in self defense.
We spoke with the woman shortly after she was released from police custody.
And lately, there has been a rising tide of surf rage.
It was depicted in the 2002 movie "Blue Crush," which was filmed in Hawaii.
"You don't live here, you don't surf here, stop it don't touch her."
Although surf rage has been around for years, just like road rage, recently it's reached epic levels as more and more people hop on boards.
Shana Poquette of Palolo has been bodyboarding in Hawaii since she was a kid.
When asked if there's aloha in the water, Poquette said: "No, it's dog eat dog out there."
She says a couple weeks ago, she witnessed surf rage at Sandy Beach.
"Young boy and a 50-something year old body surfer was getting jealous he was getting all the waves so he grabbed his feet and leash and tried to tug him under," said Poquette.
And yesterday, Poquette was involved in a surf rage incident that landed her behind bars.
But she says she was only acting in self defense.
"I have witnesses saying she hit me first," Poquette.
It all started last week, at another popular Waikiki surf spot -- known as Kaiser's.
She says a man dropped in on her wave -- twice.
"The best way to explain it is like you're pulling into your parking stall and someone just takes it," said Poquette.
So she says she asked the man to stop doing that.
"And of course I probably shouldn't because he went off calling me names -- dumb haole, you old ****, get off this beach. pretty much demanding me to get off because it's his spot," said Poquette.
Poquette says the man's friends ganged up on her -- including a woman whom she encountered again yesterday near Waikiki Walls.
"Right when she called me a **** again everything just went crazy, and she started I was swimming to her and she started pounding me like this pow pow pow pow," said Poquette.
She even has bruises and scratches from the fight.
The woman reported the incident to police and told them that Poquette held her head under water.
Officers then arrested Poquette on suspicion of attempted murder.
"She accused me of trying to kill her, but she hit me first," said Poquette.
Poquette was released from custody this afternoon pending further investigation.
Detectives say they'll likely drop the case because Poquette was acting in self defense.
"I love the sport but wish everyone would just a be a little more loving out there," said Poquette.
Surf rage is also a problem in California, Australia and other parts of the world.
And there've even been cases in which people have gotten killed.
