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ACCELERATE |
To
achieve max speed from a hard bottom turn so
that you can climb the face of the wave in
order to set up a meneuver. |
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ACCESSORY MAN |
Person who gets every piece of surf gear
imaginable - rash guard, booties, helmet,
gloves ect. |
|
ACE |
To
be alone or in a solitary state of mind. |
|
ACETONE |
A
cleaning solvent and/or cutting agent used
in surfboard manufacturing. Nasty
stuff...highly flammable and toxic. |
|
ACHE; ACHING |
Description for how you feel after being rag
dolled, worked by a bomb or after a
physically intense session. |
|
ACID DROP |
When you take off on a wave and suddenly
have the bottom fall out as you free fall
down the face. |
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ACTION |
Something that is either dumb or a mean act.
If you pull an action, you do something dumb
or just plain mean. Also a term used to
modify another term, as in :"check out the
action of that rip." |
|
AERIAL |
When the wave your riding sends your board
above it into the air. An advanced maneuver
that involves taking off from the lip of the
wave, travelling some distance in the air,
then (in theory) landing back on the face of
the wave and continuing the ride. |
|
A - FRAME |
Large wave that forms with distinct
shoulders on either side (left and right) of
the peak. Can result in two surfers surfin
the same wave . . . one going frontside and
the other going backside. |
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AGG |
To
go crazy. |
|
AGGRO |
Always aggressive. |
|
AHHHHHH YAH |
Said only by the man himself John Wyatt
visit jacksonville Florida and u`ll hear all
about this ahhh yah!! |
|
AIRDROP |
a
very late takeoff when the surfer drops
through the air to the bottom of the wave. |
|
ALIHAM |
Totally hot surfer chicks. |
|
ALLRIGHT DUDE |
Radical wave man....lingo for doped up water
head logged surfer. |
|
ALOHA |
hi |
|
ALOHA SPIRIT |
traditionally from the Hawaiian way of life
preaching peace and fellowship to
all..currently used by surf weasels to mask
their kookdom. |
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AMPED |
Stoked - charged up - fired. |
|
AN EMMA |
Term for an ultimate hot surfer chick. |
|
AS IF! |
Yeah right! - Whatever. |
|
ASP |
Association of Surfing Professionals,
resposible for organising the annual world
professional surfing circuit leading to the
crowning of the world champion. |
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ATE IT |
Biffed it - Bit the dust- Crashed. |
|
AWESOME |
Great - Gnarly - Cool. |
|
AXED |
hit
by the lip of the wave leading to a wipeout. |
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BABE |
A
girl who surfs. |
|
BABELINI |
Girl. |
|
BACKSIDE |
Turns or rotations in the direction your
toes point towards, so that your back is
facing the outside of the waves arc. |
|
BACKSIDE AIR |
Getting up in the air with your back to the
wave. |
|
BACKWASH |
The
rush of water coming off the shore against
incoming waves. |
|
BACKDOOR |
Pulling into a tube from behind the peak. |
|
BACKHAND |
surfing with your back to the wave. |
|
BAIL |
To
escape immediately- to abandon your board
with out regards to its future. |
|
BAKE |
A
closeout wave. |
|
BALLER |
Someone who cries on the beach when they
break their board. |
|
BALSA |
A
light, porous wood used throught the 1940's
and 50's as a standard material for
surfboard manufacture. Balsa grows only in
Ecuador and must be imported to the USA; it
became popular when laminating techniques
allowed surfboard cores to be sealed from
contact with water. By the early 1960's it
was replaced with polyurethane foam. |
|
BAMBOO |
A
natural substance that can be used as a
replacement for fibreglass in the surfboard
manufacturing process; eg., Bamboo
Surfboards Oz. |
|
BAMMERWEE |
When something is just okay, not all that
good. |
|
BANANA HAMMOCK |
Another name for sausage sling, nannobenders
and nannohammies. Mostly worn by muscle
beach kooks, non-surfers, and is taboo in
the surfing world to be worn while surfing. |
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BANGIN |
hot |
|
BANGBROEK |
South African term for being wigged-out or
generally scared over surf conditions. |
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BANK |
sandbank on which waves break. |
|
BARBIE |
airheaded female, well endowed,usually
blond, prissy. |
|
BARNIE |
To
engage a fight with someone. |
|
BARNEY |
A
person who doesn't know what their doing or
a beginner. |
|
BARNWALLER |
Another name for a kook or barnie with a
poor style - "that guy is barnwalling down
the line." |
|
BARREL |
When the waves comes over your head and
covers you, inside the wave and surfing. The
inside of a hollow wave (same as tube). |
|
BEACH BREAK |
surf breaking on a sandy beach. |
|
BEAT |
Messed up. |
|
BEAT DOWN |
Term used to describe someone who has been
worked or rag dolled by a wave or had their
butt kicked on the beach for snaking someone
once too often. |
|
BEATER |
cheep trans found at beaches usualy passed
or sold from surfer to surfer sometimes
found at surf shops like on Hawaii
|
|
BEACH BUM |
someone who basicly lives at the beach. |
|
BEACH BUNNY |
1.
A chick who watches surfers and pretends
they can surf. 2. Hot, tan girl on the
beach. |
|
BEACHOUSE |
house where an endless number of surfboards
are found,the backyard is the beach (where
the real boarders hang). |
|
BEEF |
A
problem with someone or something. |
|
BEEN HAD |
when someone breaks into your car while
you're surfing and steals you wallet. See
BUMMER. |
|
BETTY |
A
girl that surfs. See
The Betty Series |
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BIFFED IT |
To
fall |
|
BITCHEN |
1.
cool awsome; that wave's bitchen(that wave's
awsome). 2. totally sick and awsome |
|
BLANK |
block of foam from which a custom surfboard
is made. |
|
BLASTED |
Wiping out. |
|
BLOWN OUT |
term for choppy surf resulting from onshore
winds. |
|
BODACIOUS |
Very awsome. |
|
BOGLIUS |
(BO-GLEE-US) Another term like cool and
awsome. |
|
BOGUS |
Wrong - Lame. |
|
BOMBORA |
a
deep water, offshore reef break. |
|
BONER STYLE |
A
surfer who has a totally stiff style and
doesent move around alot. |
|
BONUS! |
Said when someone does something awsome in
addition to something normal. |
|
BOOGER |
Same as a sponger or boogie boarder. |
|
BOOGIE BOARD(also known as bodyboard) |
a
soft foam board ridden on the belly by those
who can't or won't stand up, generally hated
by all surfers as they usually get in the
road. |
|
BOSS |
Cool, awesome. |
|
BOTTOM TURN |
A
turn at the bottom of the wave face. Taking
off on a steep drop (wave) at or near the
bottom of the wave it's a must situation to
make the bottom turn either right or left
and...yehaww! |
|
BOUY |
someone who acts like they surf but really
just sits on the board acting like they're
waiting for wave. |
|
BOWLED |
Being completly covered by the lip of the
wave with only one way out. |
|
BOX |
Abreviated term used to refer to a surfboard
fin box. |
|
BRA |
bro |
|
BRAH |
Hawaiian talk for brother. |
|
BRAINFREEZE |
Describes what you feel in the cranium and
sinus cavity immediately after the first
duck-dive when paddling out in COLD water. |
|
BREW |
Beer. "Yo! Buy me a brew, brah." |
|
BRO |
A
buddy or friend. |
|
BRODAD |
Someone you dont really care for. |
|
BROHAH |
dude or guy |
|
BUMMER |
Huge let down. Upset about something. |
|
BUMP |
A
small swell. |
|
BUMPS |
Wax
build-up on the boards deck. |
|
BUSTED |
Caught red handed. |
|
BUTT FLOSS |
A
small G-string Bathing Suit that cute chicks
wear to the beach. It looks as if they are
wearing nothing at all. |
|
BUTT CRUMB |
a
looser, a wanabe surfer. |
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CABLE |
1.
To fart. 2. To hang a poo. |
|
CACTUS |
To
hit the reef pretty hard, eating sand or a
type of injury that leaves you unworthy to
surf that entire day. |
|
CANVAS COMMANDO |
Person surfing with a canvas raft. |
|
CARVE |
Symmetrical, fluid turns. |
|
CARVING |
Powerful high energy surfing. Also known as
Rippin. |
|
CAVE |
Barrel, tube etc |
|
CAVEFISH |
Pale surfer. |
|
CHANNEL |
Deep water gap between sandbanks or reefs,
or design feature on underside of a
surfboard. |
|
CHEATER FIVE |
Five toes on the nose - shifting your weight
to the back of the board in order to keep
trim and speed, squatting down and extending
one foot forward. |
|
CHECK IT |
1.
When you want someones attention or another
word for hey. 2. a way of gettin someones
attention. or if u say "Check it, dude" it
is like sayin hey. 3. a way to tell someone
to come over there and look because you want
to show them something that is totally
radical. For example: "Dude, check it, that
senior just totally dogged!" (also a way to
say hey) |
|
CHILL |
TO
calm down when not getting good waves. |
|
CHINESE WAX JOB |
When you get wax on the bottom of your
surfboard. Usually occurs from a board being
packed or stacked against another waxed
board. Makes the board slower and less
responsive. |
|
CHODE BURN |
When lower region gets rash from chafing.
Usually caused by board or clothing |
|
CHOPPY |
when the wind is pushing the water to be
choppy and not smooth. sometimes can be
annoying when trying to look out for a good
set. |
|
CHUBBIE |
big
fat roller, not much of a break. |
|
CHUBBY CHECKER |
Particular breed of poser (usually male,
heavyset and middle aged) that spends an
excellent surf day checking all the best
spots, chatting about conditions, but never
paddles out. Usually loiters in the parking
lot before declaring the surf is not perfect
enough and moves. Roof holds a longboard
that looks like it has never been used. |
|
CHURLEY |
A
mixture of sand and small stones wiping
around in the water. It stings when they
whip you in the face. |
|
CIARA |
Very pretty girl. Most popular. |
|
CLEAN |
Glassy, peeling waves and/or good surf
conditions. |
|
CLEAN UP |
A
large set that catches everybody 'inside'. |
|
CLIDRO |
Description of process by where a surfer is
turning up and down the face of a wave as
he/she surfs down the line. Also used to
describe the technique for gaining speed as
a surfer traverses the wave face. |
|
CLOSE-OUT |
A
wave that breaks along it's entire length
simultaneously, no good for surfing. |
|
CLOUD NINE |
Hovering on top of the lip. |
|
COMING DOWN |
What you shout when you are the first one up
on the wave and it is yours just while
you're dropping (See right and left). |
|
CONCAVE |
Bottom design on a surfboard aimed to give
extra lift. |
|
COOHA |
A
gnarly girl sufer. |
|
COOKING |
when the surf is really good |
|
COOLAPHONIC |
The
coolest of the cool. |
|
COOLEOLEOL |
Cool; Awsome; Rad |
|
COWABUNGA |
A
state of happiness. |
|
CREW |
Group of area surfers. |
|
CRIPPLER CHICK |
Pretty girl. |
|
CRITICAL SECTION |
The
hardest and most challenging part of the
wave to surf. |
|
CRUMBEATER |
A
barney wave scavenger, hangs out near the
jetty, always in the way. |
|
CRUNCHER |
Hard breaking wave that folds over, almost
impossible to ride. |
|
CUTBACK |
A
turn on the face of the wave that takes you
back towards white water. |
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DA BOMB |
The
greatest. |
|
DA KINE |
The
best. |
|
DANK |
Sweet |
|
DANKSTER |
someone usually between the ages of 13-20
who spends majority of their time hanging
out at surf shops. |
|
DALLY |
A
cool girl. |
|
DA MAMIE |
the
best. |
|
DAWN PATROL |
To
surf at dawn. |
|
DEAD |
no
waves no surf |
|
DECK |
Upper surface of surfboard. |
|
DELAMINATION |
When the fibreglass skin of a board becomes
seperated from the foam. |
|
DIDDY MOW |
totaly harsh whip out ie eating sand,
loosing teeth breaking arm or leg ect... |
|
DING |
A
dent or hole in the surfboard. |
|
DISMOUNT |
A
radical fall. To totally fall off of board
usually the result of a snapped ankle strap.
|
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DIVA |
over forty year old surfing woman. |
|
DODE |
Similar to dude but its really a derogetory
name for someone who is weak/a poser. The
person you say it to will think you are
calling them your brother, but you really
think they suck. |
|
DOE |
awesome, cool chick, knarly as hell |
|
DOGGED |
Bailed badly and nearly drown! |
|
DOKE |
Unbelievable, crazy. |
|
DONK |
Somebody who is a stupid dude or dudette. |
|
DONKEY |
A
hawaiian insult, like jerk.. or idiot. |
|
DROP |
Dropping from the crest of the wave to the
pit, to take off on a breaking wave and ride
down the face to the bottom. |
|
DROP IN or DROPPING IN |
Catching a wave that is already occupied ...
taking off on the shoulder while someone is
taking off deeper. When one surfer takes off
on a wave already being ridden by another
surfer nearer the peak, very bad style and
often ends in bloodshed. |
|
DUCK DIVE |
Method of getting through a breaking or
broken wave while paddling out. |
|
DUDE |
Another name for a friend, can be one of
your boys, or just anyone you are talking
to. Totally cool person!! |
|
DUDER |
a
guy that is a friend. |
|
DUDETTE |
A
girl that is a friend. |
|
DUNDEE |
a
girl surfer that just hit a gnarly wave |
|
DUNE BOARDING |
Riding the dunes like a wave, can be done on
a boogie board or skateboard without wheels,
but is illegal in some places because it
erodes the dunes.(Is best when the ocean is
flat) |
|
DUNZO |
totally rad, awesome, best thing ever. |
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EPIC |
The
conditions are near perfect... |
|
ESKIMO LIDDER |
An
offensive term for bodyboarders. |
|
ESKIMO ROLL |
Another method of getting through a breaking
or broken wave. |
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FACE |
The
unbroken surface of the wave (also known as
green water, for obvious reasons). |
|
FADE |
To
carve in the opposite direction of a take
off point regardless of the waveshape. |
|
FAKEY |
A
bottom turn or carve back toward the
whitewater/curl. "He went fakey." |
|
FALLS |
When the top of the wave pitches out and
hurls a waterfall shoreward. |
|
FANG |
To
travel across the wave with great speed. eg
mick faning |
|
FAR OUT |
Something said alot in the 70's for no
aparent reason. |
|
FLAIL |
Loss of all control - Freaking out. |
|
FLOATER |
A
maneuver that involves launching the board
off the lip of the wave onto a section of
broken or breaking wave in front,
unweighting, and free falling dwon the face
with the breaking white water. Where you are
on your board waiting for a wave. |
|
FLOUNDER |
someone who is splashing around in the
lineup and not catching waves |
|
FLUSHOPOLIS |
When the waves are to close together, and
all closeouts...(Verylarge but chopy) |
|
FOAMER |
People riding the foam ball of the wave. Ok
for kids, first timers, and old people. Not
cool to do if your girl friend is on the
beach watching. |
|
FOREHAND |
Surfing with your face to the wave. |
|
FREAKDUDETTE |
A
freaky/weird girl! |
|
FRONTSIDE |
Turns in the direction your heels point
towards, so that your front is facing
towards the outside of the waves arc. |
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GAPER |
Someone who watches surfers in awe, but
doesnt have the balls to get out there and
learn. simular to a Kook, but has never been
in the water. |
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GARYISM |
Ironic wit. |
|
GET BENT |
To
tell off a kook or a stuck up tourist who
believes he owns the beach. |
|
GETTIN' COVERED |
In
the Tube or Barrel. See Tube or Barrel. |
|
GETTING TUBED |
When the waves comes over your head and
covers you, inside the wave and surfing. |
|
GETTING WORKED |
the
action a wave plays on you. |
|
GFAD |
a
girl that looks hott from a distance, but
once seen up close is really a swamp donkey. |
|
GLADIATOR |
male who has more than one strap on his
sandles |
|
GLASSY |
Smooth seas resulting from calm wind
conditions - provides excellent surf when
combined with a swell. |
|
GNARLY |
(Also spelled 'KNARLEY') 1. Heavy, intense.
Heavy, difficult waves, usually quite big.
2. Rough Going. Danger Ahead. "That knarley
wave fully biffed my board on the rocks." |
|
GNARLY CHARLIE BROWN |
some kid with blonde hair who talks to
himself. |
|
GOAT BOATER |
A
Kayaker riding the surf and getting in the
way. |
|
GOING OFF |
A
break under optimum conditions. Waves really
high; a lot of them. |
|
GOOFY FOOT |
A
surfer who surf with his or her right foot
forward on the board. |
|
GREEN ROOM |
Inside a full cover-up tube. |
|
GREMMY |
From gremlin, young hanger-on who are
troublesome to surfers. |
|
GRINDAGE |
to
"get some grindage" to get some food. |
|
GROM |
Young boy surfer. |
|
GROMMET |
Young girl surfer. |
|
GROUND SWELL |
A
clean swell with evenly-spaced lines,
usually from a distant storm. |
|
GUN |
A
large surfboard. A big wave board - long and
narrow in shape. |
|
GUNSMOKE |
take off really quickly on the board |
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HADJAMA BRAH |
when the water is cold on your ass!!!
brah!!! |
|
HAMMERED |
When a big wave breaks right on top of
you...you get hammered. |
|
HANG FIVE or HANGING FIVE |
To
ride with five toes curled over the nose of
the board, more common on longboards.< |
|
HANG LOOSE |
Being in a relaxed metabolic and clear
minded state. Inverse Application of Up
Tight, Circa 60s. |
|
HANG TEN or HANGING TEN |
To
ride with ten toes over the nose of the
board, a very stylish an very difficult
longboard move. |
|
HAOLE |
Proper spelling of "howlie" Term meaning
white man. |
|
HARPOONING |
Copping wood while surfing. |
|
HATERS |
All
I see are definitions against other people
who don't know how to surf and are trying to
learn or don't surf - waves are not only for
surfers! Why are surfers such haters? I
thought it was all about zen and love and
relaxing? What is this definition all about:
"a soft foam board ridden on the belly by
those who can't or won't stand up, generally
hated by all surfers as they usually get in
the road." So now I can't boogy board cause
I might be hated by some dude that can hop
on a big flat thing - get over yourselves! |
|
HELLA |
1.
SoCal term for awesome; totally sweet. 2.
This is said up north in
california...otherly known as
Nor-Cal......it means "really" Like thats
really gnarly...they say..."Thats hella
cool" Hella, is a term that originated in
NorCal. Duh! |
|
HERO |
One
who thinks they are greater than they are. |
|
HIDDIE |
Derivative of hideous, used to describe a
particularly intense situation, maneuver or
wave. |
|
HIDO |
some who trys to surf but still can't. |
|
HIGHWAY SURFER |
someone that is bad at surfing or a fake
surfer. |
|
HILLBELLY |
surfer who wipes out on his stomach |
|
HODAD or HODADDY |
A
beginner or non surfer. A kook, a weasel, a
person trying to be a surfer just to pick up
chicks. |
|
HOLLOW |
A
cylindrical wave, common with powerful
swells and offshore winds. See TUBE or
BARREL |
|
HOTDOGGER |
One
who rips. A great and showy performer on a
surfboard. |
|
HOT DOG BUDGET |
To
safari at the lowest possible cost. |
|
HUCKER |
Someone who does awkward unstylish airs |
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ICED |
To
execute a wave perfectly. |
|
IMPACT ZONE |
The
point at which the swell is breaking most
heavily and frequently. |
|
INDICATOR |
An
offshore deep-water reef or bank. Only a big
swell or big set will break on this, so it
acts as a good indicator of something big
approaching. |
|
INSIDE |
Shoreward of a breaking wave or set (as in
'caught inside'), or an expression for life
in the tube. the inside rail is the one
nearest the wave face. |
|
INVERTED AERIALS |
Airborne and upside down. |
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JACKED |
Having your car trashed or getting jumped by
locals in the parking lot. |
|
JONESIN |
if
u really want something or u are ready for
something..ex. if u are thirsty...I am
jonesin for a drink. |
|
JONESING |
Paddling for waves with the urgency of a
crack fiend |
|
JONES SESSION |
when you surf crappy waves just because
your're jonesing for a sesh. |
|
JUICY |
A
good wave. |
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KA-CHING! |
Getting shown the money. |
|
KAHUNA |
Man
that surfs. |
|
KAI |
ocean (hawaiian) |
|
KICK-OUT |
To
make a controlled exit from a wave by riding
up the face and over the top. |
|
KIFF |
What? |
|
KILLABRENDA |
To
have a misunderstanding. |
|
KILLER |
"That was a killer wave"; difficult,
challenging, intense. |
|
KNARLEY |
See
GNARLY. |
|
KNAT BOX |
Where you slam you nads onto the water. |
|
KOMIZZIE SURFER |
a
surfer who heads straight for the other
surfers paddling outside. |
|
KOOK |
Dork. Someone who says they surf but they
can't. |
|
KOOKDOM |
The
philosophy of the surf weasel that just
because they exist, they deserve the right
to paddle out into the lineup. |
|
KOOKMIESTER-FLEX |
african american kook |
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LAND LORD |
Great White shark. |
|
LAME |
Weak. |
|
LATER! |
See
ya - Adios - Hasta La Vista Baby. |
|
LAUNCHED |
To
be thrown in the air, usually from a
wipeout. |
|
LEASH |
Urethane cord which attaches the board to
the surfer by means of a velcro strap. |
|
LEFT! |
What you shout when you catch a wave and
intend to go to the left, leaving the right
for someone else to catch. |
|
LEFT-HANDER |
A
wave the breaks from the left to right as
viewed from the shore. |
|
LEGEND |
Surfers over 50, men and women. Amazing,
should be remembered. |
|
LID OR LIDIOT |
Bodyboarder |
|
LINE UP |
Just beyond the impact zone where you wait
to catch waves. The area of surfers already
in the water, or the area of the surf beach
that is known best by the local community.
Usually this is the most dangerous area to
surf. |
|
LINED-UP |
Term to describe an even, well developed
swell. |
|
LIP |
The
crest of the wave, which may 'throw out' to
create a tube. |
|
LOCALS |
group of surfers that grew up there (can be
territorial). |
|
LULL |
Time spent waiting for a rideable wave. |
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MAD |
Same thing as sick, cool, rad. |
|
MAHALO |
Thank You. |
|
MAJOR |
Really big, huge. |
|
MAUING |
Too
scarf a lot of food after surfing to
replenish yourself. |
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MALIBU BOARD |
Another term for a long board, usually
between 8ft 6in/2.60m and 10ft 6in/3.20m in
length. named after the beach in Southern
California. |
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MASS |
a
lot, short for massive, too much |
|
MASSIVE |
1
big wave |
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MAVERICKS |
Great beach off the coast of cali, death
location of Mark Foo, amazingly huge waves. |
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MAYTAGGED
|
Whiping out and getting worked by the white
wash - as in maytag washer. |
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MAXED-OUT |
A
break is said to be 'maxed-out' when the
swell is so big it will no longer break
cleanly, but will close out or 'section'. |
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MENEHUNES |
Teen age surfers, boys and girls. |
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MINT |
Very Good indeed |
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MOST EXCELLENT! |
A
variation of 'awsome!' |
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MUSCLE BEATER |
reved up re-built old car to trans tribe and
boards to break |
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NACHO |
A
surfer says this when they mess up |
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NAR NAR |
Northern California term derived from
gnarly, meaning super awesome; super rad |
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NATURAL OR NATURAL FOOT |
A
surfer who surf with his left foot forward,
which is the natural stance. |
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NECTER |
Totally sweet; awesome waves, really good. |
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NICORICO |
a
girl who gets a surfboard and says there
gonna surf but they never do and pretend
there all 'surfer girl' also like poser. |
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NOICE |
Another word for nice, totally, rad. |
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NOODLED |
Exhausted. |
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NOSE |
The
front of the board. |
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NOSE-RIDING |
Technique used by longboarders who attempt
to ride as close as possible to the nose of
the board. |
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NOTORIOUS |
thats crazy, thats awesome, thats BIG. |
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NUGG |
A
small wave or a hot girl. |
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NUGGET |
A
huge or buff person. |
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OFF THE LIP or LIP BASH |
To
ride the wave up to the lip and quickly turn
back in to the wave. A maneuver whereby the
board hits the breaking lip of the wave
before continuing along the wave. |
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OFFSHORE |
When the wind is blowing from the land out
to sea and holding up the face of the wave ,
will usually produce ideal surfing
conditions, especially when the wind is
reasonably light. |
|
ONSHORE |
The
opposite, when the wind is blowing from the
sea onto the land, this messes up the face
of the wave and produces poor surfing
conditions. |
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ORBITSVILLE |
To
launch off the lip to land on the back of
the wave. Replaced with Aerial. |
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OUTSIDE or OUT THE BACK |
the
area beyond the impact zone. the outside
rail is the edge furthest from the face of
the wave. |
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OVER IT |
Anything that you don't like/want or don't
want to do. Ex. "I'm over this weather." |
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OVER THE FALLS |
to
fall down the face of the wave inside the
falling lip. Getting pitched head-first and
slammed by the lip of a crashing wave. See
PITCHPOLE |
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PANCAKE STYLE |
when thier is absolutley no waves just
sitting water. |
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PASTING |
When you fall from the lip of a large wave
(to get a pasting). |
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PEAK |
The
point at which a wave breaks first, from
which it ideally peels in one or both
directions. |
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PEEL |
A
wave is said to peel when it breaks away
evenly and cleanly from the peak. |
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PEARL |
This is when the nose of the board buries
itself under water and the surfer usually
goes flying over the front, most common on
take-offs. |
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PIT |
A
breaking waves hollowest part. |
|
PIPELINE |
Famous surf location in Hawaii that has huge
powerful and hollow waves. |
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PITCHPOLE |
When your nose goes under, you go over the
nose, the board flips behind you, the wave
closes on you and you become a sandwich. Can
be a dangerous situation.. |
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POCKET |
The
steepest and most powerful part of the wave,
just ahead and under the breaking lip. |
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POINT BREAK |
A
break where the waves are refracted around a
headland or point and then peel along the
inside of the point. |
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POO MAN |
To
stand extremely wide-legged with your arse
sticking out. |
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POP-OUT |
A
machine moulded surfboard, ideal for
beginners. |
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POP-UP |
Quick jump on to ur board |
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POSER |
Wannabe. Someone who tries to hard to be
what they're not. |
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PRONE-OUT |
Dropping from your feet to your belly to
ride the board into the beach. |
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PSYCHED |
Thrilled by surfing the wave.
Excited-stoked,amped. See STOKED. |
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PULL A KALI |
Do
something stupid, or dorky. |
|
PUMPING |
A
term used to decribe a good powerful above
average large swell. |
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PUMPING THE BOARD |
A
means of increasing the speed across the
face of a wave. |
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PUNK |
Young boy who thinks he is all that. |
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QUANTUM |
sweet, awesome |
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QUIVER |
A
surfer's collection of boards. A selection
of surfboards for differing conditions. |
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QUEBEE |
A
female surfer. |
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QUEER EYE |
A
surfer who wears hairspray or gel to the
beach |
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RADICAL |
(RAD) Something was really awesome or cool. |
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RAIL |
The
side or edge of a surfboard. |
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RAILER |
The
"Ultimate" Cool in surfer lingo. |
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RANDOM STANDER |
Inexperienced / weekend surfer. |
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REEF BREAK |
Waves breaking over a projection rising from
the sea bed, usually a corel reef or rock
shelf. |
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RE-ENTRY |
Maneuver which involves surfing up into the
lip of a breaking wave, then coming back
down with it. |
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REGULAR |
A
surfer who surfs with thier LEFT foot
forward |
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RESIN |
Chemical used in a two part mixture with
catalyst to convert fibreglass into a hard
outer skin. |
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RICKED |
Awesome. |
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RICT |
Off
the ricter scale; awesome. |
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RIGHT! |
What you shout when you catch a wave and
intend to go to the right leaving the left
for someone else to catch. |
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RIGHT-HANDER or RIGHT |
A
wave that breaks from right to left as
viewed from the shore. |
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RIGHTEOUS |
Totally awesome or honorable. Another word
for Gnarly. |
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RIGHT ON |
good job,nice effort |
|
RIP |
To
surf your max. |
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RIP or RIPTIDE |
A
channel of water running out to sea |
|
RIPPIN' |
Surf hard and energetically. |
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ROAD BLOCK |
when u and another surfer are paddleing out
then all of a sudden you bail and thow your
board in front of the other surfer causeing
them to have to bail also. |
|
ROCKER |
The
curve in a surfboard when viewed side on. |
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ROOM |
Inside a large barrel. |
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R.T.D. |
RTD: referencing a surfer on a long board
who cannot turn. As in, Rapid Transit
District, similar to a bus. |
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SALTY SISTER |
girl who surfs. |
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SANDBANK |
An
elevation in the level of the sea floor on a
beach, causing waves to break over it. |
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SANDBOX |
An
old ghetto VW van with a bunch of boards on
the roof. |
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SCHLONG |
Thick, long, old style single-fin surfboard. |
|
SCOOPS |
free stuff, or an exclamation of intense
joy. |
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SCORE |
To
acquire, gain or achieve, i.e.; Scored a
some great rides today. |
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SCHWACK |
The
sound made by a surfboard as it hits the lip
from a hard, slash on the wave lip. |
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SCUBETUBEULAR |
Awesome underwater poundage. |
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SENIORS |
Old
farts that can still paddle out and catch a
ride. |
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SET |
A
group of waves. Usually three in the group. |
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SHA |
Same as yes or okay. |
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SHARKBAIT |
1.
A person that is your friend and that is
crazy. 2. The person that is the furthest
out from the shore. |
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SHAVE IT |
shave the top off a wave |
|
SHEA |
a
term for a crazy girl surfer who is very
good. |
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SHIBBY |
Oh
man! |
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SHIFTING |
To
shift the board from side to side. |
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SHOCKA NAR NAR |
a
mix between Totally awesome, hangten, nice
wave. |
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SHOOBIE |
Actually, this is a redifinition more so as
an arguement against the spelling.
Considering Shoebie was a term
started on LBI to describe the workers from
the mainland who came to the beach to eat
with their lunches in "shoe boxes" the
alternate spelling shoebie should be
included. The nick cartoon "Rocket Power"
made this term known nation wide because one
of the two writers came from LBI. A lot of
the area that cartoon takes place in is
based off of LBI. (Two random facts). |
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SHOOBIES |
Tourists and beach newcomers that spoil the
waves for the locals. People from the city
who wear socks and sandles at the beach, who
swim and play with plastic blow up toys in
the surf section |
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SHOULDER HOPPING, HOPPER |
Drop'n in on someone else's wave (surfer
closest to break owns the wave) |
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SHRED |
Ability to execute rapid repeated turns on a
shortboard. |
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SHREDDIN THE GNARL |
to
shred a gnarley wave. (matt-california) |
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SHOCKA BRA |
to
hang loose man!!! hawaiian
style-Keith(California). |
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SHOMMY |
not
too good. |
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SHOREBREAK |
Waves crashing very close to shore or on the
beach. |
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SHUBEE |
somebody who wears ando buy surf gear but
have never surfed on their entire lifes. |
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SHUT DOWN |
To
wipeout while inside the barrel,surfing a
wave that closes out causing you to wipeout. |
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SHWAY |
Awesome-stroke of luck. |
|
SICK |
Excellent, the best. Totally cool, something
that rocked or just a term in place of "wow"
for example.. "oh dude, these waves are
sick." |
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SIS |
a
radical girl surfer. |
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SILIVER SURFER |
See
Seniors. |
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SINISTER |
Kick ass..."Thats sinister bro" |
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SKIMBOARD |
A
small board made of plywood or fiberglass.
The rider skims over the wave wash on the
shore or shoots out from the shore into an
oncoming wave. |
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SKIMBOARDER |
A
person that rides a skimboard. A surfer with
balls |
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S`LATER |
Combo of see ya + later..."alright, s'later
brah" |
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SLAMMIN |
word used to described as cool or awesome |
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SMACKABLE |
Certain type of wave that you can smack your
board off the lip |
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SMOKIN |
When the surfer does so well they are on
fire. |
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SNAKE |
Paddling around behind someone who is in
position and stealing their wave. Taking
ownership of a wave. A legend who thinks
they are greater than they are, a real
weasel. |
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SNAKE OUT |
When person backs out of wave..making you
miss it. |
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SNAP UP |
To
stand up fastly on your board. |
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SOCOF |
cant surf as they are ill. |
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SOUP |
The
white water of a broken wave (also the stuff
you heat up and eat after surfing so you
don't get pnuemonia) |
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SPEEDBUMP |
Those irritating people who stand right in
the way of a good ride. |
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SPIFFY |
refer to awesome or radical. Also used to
refer to an awesome or hot chick. |
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SPIKING |
To
launch your board into another surfer or
their board. Considered a misdemeanor
assault or felony assault with a deadly
weapon (see toenail) |
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SPIN CYCLE |
Wiping out and getting thrashed underwater
until you don't know which way is up. |
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SPINNER |
Turning 360 degrees on your board while
still steering the board straight. |
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SPIN-OUT |
When the fins of the board break loose from
the waters surface. |
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SPIT |
The
spray of water coming out of the barrel when
the barrel is closing. |
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SPONGER |
Boogey Boarder. Boogey boarder who drops-in
on the shoulder of an occupied wave. |
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SPRING SUIT |
Wetsuit with short arms and short legs. |
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SQUID |
A
beginner or newcomer. |
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STALL |
A
maneuver where the board is slowed or
'stalled' to allow the curl to catch up with
the surfer. |
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STANDARD |
nothing new. |
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STAVEWAVE |
The
rainmaker of waves. |
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STEALING THE BEACH |
How
much sand you take home in the crack of your
butt. |
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STEAMER |
A
full wetsuit with long arms and long legs. |
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STELLAR |
gnarly, rad. |
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STICK |
Your board. |
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STINK EYE |
hard, cold, menacing stare. |
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STRINGER |
The
thin piece of wood running down the center
of a custom board. |
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STOKED |
Full of enthusiasm. |
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STUFFED |
Being driven under the water by a wave
coming down on you. |
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SUNNIES |
1.
( SUNNY) people or a person who stays in the
sun all the time and most likely has a great
tan! 2. Sunglasses |
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SUP |
Another word for alright dude, whats up. |
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SURFARI |
Surfing safari, out of town surf trip. See
SURFING SAFARI |
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SURFBETTY |
A
girl that surfs. See
The Betty Series |
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SUCKY |
A
hollow, often heavy wave. |
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SURFER TRAMP |
an
aging person who once lived to surf but cant
afford a board and lives on the streets of
woolacombe. |
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SURFMOBILE |
Any
vehicle covered in surf stickers, toting
surfboards and/or body-boards driven solely
to get to and from the beach. |
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SURF NAZI |
Aggressive surfer(s), that think they own
the beach and all the waves. |
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SURFRAT |
some little grom who rips every wave |
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SURFING SAFARI |
A
road trip expressly for surfing. |
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SURF WEASEL |
One
who purports to have the Aloha Spirit but
practices kookdom without respect for the
local community. |
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SWAMP DONKEY |
A
really ugly woman. |
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SWEEETTTTTT |
Like totally cool dude. |
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SWELL |
A
day or so of rad conditions. A measurement
of wave height. |
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SWITCH-FOOT |
A
surfer who can surf with either foot
forward. |
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TAIL |
The
rear end of the board. |
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TAKE-OFF |
The
start of the ride. |
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TESANI |
A
carved out wave. |
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THE SPOT |
The
best spot to surf in an area. |
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THREE-SIXTY(360) |
Spinning the board through 360 degrees on
the face of the wave. |
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THRUSTER |
A
three finned surfboard. |
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TIGHT |
1.
Close to someone; You definitely understand
the person. 2. really cool |
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TIKI STYLE |
when you surf the white water standing
still...like a tiki!! grommets and beginners
normally surf tiki syle. |
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TRIMMING |
Adjusting weight and position on the board
so that the board retains maximum speed. |
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TOE NAIL |
Resin on the nose of the board formed into a
sharp point to spike surfers or their boards
with. Considered a deadly weapon and is now
a felony assault with a deadly weapon in
most states. |
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TOES ON THE NOSE |
Your toes on the front of the board. |
|
TOES ON THE NOSE BROS |
guy
telling his buddies hit up the waves.
(matt-california) |
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TORI KOOK |
1.
A beginner who has a newfound pasion for
surfing, but is still considered a kook by
other experienced surfers. 2. A beginner who
surfs becauase they love it and not just to
be cool, but is looked down upon by other
surfers. |
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TOTALLY |
Absolutley, Sweet, Nice. |
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TOTALLY DUDE! |
A
saying that surfers use to say yes! |
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TOW-AT |
A
BS manuver used in magazines, inwhich the
surfer is towed towards the wave and boosts
a large air off the lip. these are often
made out to look like there is no ski
involved. |
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TOW INS |
Being towed into waves that are too large to
paddle into. |
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TRODER |
Someone who wipes out often. |
|
TROLL |
People who go to the beach and stay in the
shade under the pier. |
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TUBE |
The
hollow part of the wave. Also called barrel. |
|
TUBEULAR |
1.
Expresses the exhilaration of surfing the
barrel of a wave. eg. AWSOME! 2. Really
cool. |
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TUNNEL LOVE |
When staying in the tube for more than ten
seconds (thats damn hard!). |
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TURTLE |
To
roll your board over to avoid a wave. |
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U-BOATS |
Longboards in the hands of those who can't
control them |
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VALID |
when the wave is not a big wave. |
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VAYCAY |
An
AWESOME vacation! eg. Dude! This trips been
a total vaycay! YEP! |
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VEE |
Convex shape on the bottom of the board. |
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WACK |
Example that surfer is "wack" or he isnt
very good. |
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WACKO |
daredevil when surfing |
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WAHINE |
Hawaiian word for girl. Girl surfer, girl
that hangs out with surfers. |
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WANNABE |
Poser. Someone who wants to be something
they’re not. |
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WATERSPIDER |
Someone who surfs the waves and the
internet. Check for webbed toes and fingers. |
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WAXBOY |
Someone who sits on the beach with their
board and never goes out. Just keeps waxing
their board. See Wannabe. |
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WAX |
Made for different temps and applied to a
boards deck for traction. |
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WAXED |
smack/or trash talk. "You couldn't even wax
your own board". |
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WEAK SAUCE |
NorCal term used to describe someone or
something which is particularly lame. "SoCal
is hella weak sauce" |
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WHITE WALE |
To
Moon people while out in the surf. |
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WICKED |
1.
A one word description of something that was
really good. A good go-out would be deemed
as wicked fun. 2. totally awesome,rad sweeet |
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WINDSWELL |
A
weak swell generated by localised winds. |
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WIPEOUT |
Falling off the surfboard. Totally loose it
and get pummeled by the wave. Ten times
worse than Ate It. |
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WOAHHHHHH |
totally awesome |
|
WHOO! |
Something surfers shout when they are up on
a wave or when they see someone on a good
wave. |
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WOODY |
The
stationwagon made famous by surfers in the
60's |
|
WOODY PARSNIP |
Surf board past its prime. |
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WOOKA |
meaning awesome, cool, radical. |
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WOOLY WOOFTER |
gay
surferdude |
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WOOT |
means awesome, cool or gnarly. |
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WORKED OR GO WORKED |
Crashed; whipped out; eats wave; see wipeout
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YAMAH |
Right on, awsome,(something a bro would
say). |
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YIKES |
An
understated response to a closeout set at
Waimea Bay |
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YO |
A
way a surfer gains the attention of another
person. |
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YUCKBABE |
A
chic who wears a bikini at the beach and
really shouldn't due to being fat. |
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ZABOOB |
Newbie surfer who never touches the water |
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ZOO |
when the beach is full and there is no place
to surf. |
