Innocence, objectivity and peer pressure

Non surfers and newcomers have an initial advantage over most surfers in some respects as they are not yet brainwashed, unfortunately in their haste to become educated on the subject they swallow the kool aid eagerly and within a few weeks are doing their best to mimic the cloned 'experienced' members of the group which they are studying or trying to join. Of course if one is trying to make a mass market surfing product this is probably necessary, but it's a ghastly process to behold,as it entails a loss of innocence and objectivity, this stifles creativity.