What’s Poppin’™

A bunch of Matthew McConaughey's surfing buds went ape on some paparazzi who were filming the star trying to hang 10 this weekend ... on a public beach.

According to TMZ, whose cameras captured some of the confrontation, about 12 paps were on the beach in Malibu trying to get gnarly shots of Matty hitting the surf, when an all-out smackdown was laid on the paps by turf protective surfers.

One pap was hit the face and suffered a broken nose, while another was thrown into some rocks and had his camera smashed. Matthew McConaughey was not involved in the ruckus. Police reports are being filed by the paps involved.

Watch the scary video here.

What do you think? Did the beach boys have the right to make the paps get off the beach? Were the paps just doing their job?