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Learn to surf; learn
the language Amped:
Overdoing it; excited; stoked.
Anglin': Turning left and/or right on a wave.
Ankle Busters: Small waves.
Avalanche: The white water pouring down
the face of a wave.
Awesome: Great; fantastic (also see "Off the Richter,"
"Off the Wall," "Outrageous").
Back Down: To decide not
to take off on a wave.
Baggys/Baggies: Oversized, loose fitting boxer-type
swim trunks worn for show or comfort by surfers.
Bail out: To get away from,
jump off, or dive off the surfboard just before a potential wipe out.
Banzai:
A gung-ho type of yell given by surfers as they shoot the curl (also see "Cowabunga").
Barrel: The breaking motion of a perfect wave; a hollow channel formed inside
a good wave when it breaks and curls over.
Beach Bunny: A girl who goes to
the beach to watch surfing.
Beached: Totally stuffed from eating.
Beaver
tail: A wet suit that features a snap-on crotch, the shape of which resembles
a beaver's tail.
Big Gun: A 9-foot or longer surfboard especially designed
for large waves.
Big Surf: Extremely large waves (also see "Bombora,"
"Heavies").
Bitchin:(also "Bitchen") Very good; tops;
excellent (also see "Boss," "Excellent," "Primo,"
"Rad").
Blown Out: Winds blowing so hard as to chop up the surf
and render it unridable.
Body Surfing: Riding the waves without a surfboard.
Bogus: False; lame; ridiculous; unbelievable.
Bombora: An Australian
word that refers to a big wave that breaks outside the normal surf line.
Bone Yard: The area where the waves break.
Boogie Board: A soft, flexible
foam bodyboard invented in the 1970s (unlike a surfboard, a boogie board is ridden
lying down).
Boss: Outstanding; the best (also see "Bitchin," "Excellent,"
"Primo," "Rad").
Breaker: Any wave that breaks on the
way to the beach.
Breakwater: A line of large boulders, cement, and/or steel
extending out into the water and designed to reduce shoreline erosion.
Bro:
(also "Bra") Short for "brother" (also see "Dude").
Bummer: Too bad; a total drag.
Carve: To make a radical turn (also see
"Hot-Dogging," "Shred").
Catch a Wave: To ride a breaking
wave.
Climbing: To carve an S-shaped path on a wave, making a radical
Dropping: bottom turn, climbing to the wave's crest, then radically cutting back
Cheater Five: Five toes on the nose - keep your weight back on the board
to maintain trim and speed, squat down and extend one foot forward
Coffin:
Riding a surfboard while lying stiffly on one's back with arms crossed.
Cowabunga:
(also "Kowabunga") A yell of excitement by a surfer (also see "Banzai").
Crest: The top portion of a wave.
Cruncher: A big, hard-breaking wave
that folds over and is almost impossible to ride.
Curl: The portion of the
wave that is spilling over and breaking.
Cut Back: To turn toward the breaking
part of the wave.
Cut out: To pull out of the wave, like kicking out.
Ding: A hole, crack, dent, or scratch on the surface of a surfboard.
Doggers:
Multicolored swimming trunks.
Dork: Someone behaving inappropriately (also
see "Geek," "Kook").
Double Spinner: Two consecutive
360-degree body spins on a surfboard.
Drop Knee: One foot on the bodyboard,
with the other hanging off the back. Difficult and fun.
Dude: A male surfing
enthusiast (women are referred to as "dudettes").
Dweeb: A geek;
someone who acts or looks like a simpleton.
Eat It: To fall off of a surfboard
(also see "Wipe Out").
El Rollo: Lying prone on a surfboard and
holding on to the sides while rolling 360-degrees during a ride.
Excellent:
Great; fantastic; exceptional (also see "Bitchin," "Boss,"
"Primo," "Rad").
Face: The unbroken wall, surface, or
nearly vertical front of a wave.
Fer Sure: The surfer pronunciation of "for
sure," meaning absolutely, correct, or definitely.
Geek: Someone behaving
inappropriately (also see "Kook," "Dork").
Glasshouse:
(see "Green Room")
Glassy: A smooth water surface condition caused
by absence of local winds.
Gnarlatious: Anything that's really great or awesome.
Gnarly: Treacherous; large and dangerous. Also bitchin
Goofy-Foot: Riding
a surfboard with the right foot forward (left foot forward is the more common
stance).
Green Room: The space inside of a tube.
Gremlin: A young hodad;
a beginning surfer (also see "Grommet").
Gremmy/Gremmie: (See "Hodad")
Grommet: A young hodad; a beginning surfer (also see "Gremlin").
Ground Swell: Large waves generated by distant storms.
Gun: A large
surfboard designed for very big waves (see "Big Gun").
Hairy: (see
"Gnarly")
Hang Five/Ten: To place five (or ten) toes over the nose
of the surfboard (also see "Toes on the Nose").
Head Dip: Touching
the water with your head while surfing.
Headstand: Standing on one's head
while riding a wave.
Heavies: Very big waves usually higher than 12 feet.
Hit the Surf: To go surfing.
Honker: A really big wave (also see "Heavies,"
"Bombora").
Hot-Dogging: Fancy surfing done by a skilled surfer.
Hodad: A non-surfer, usually someone who just hangs around the beach.
Honeys: Female surfers or girlfriends of surfers.
Huarache Sandals: Leather
sandals worn by surfers with a sole made from tire treads.
Jetty: (see "Breakwater")
Kahuna: The Hawaiian god of sun, sand, and surf.
Kamikaze: Riding the
board at the nose with arms held straight out to each side.
Kick Out: To
push down on the tail of a surfboard to lift and turn the nose over the top of
the wave.
Knots: Callouses, or calcium deposits, just below the knee and
on the tops of the foot caused by kneeling on the surfboard.
Kook: (also
"Kuk") A surfing beginner; someone who gets in the way or into trouble
because of ignorance or inexperience (also see "Dork," "Geek").
Kowabunga: (see "Cowabunga")
Kuk: (see "Kook")
Leash: A cord attaching the surfer's ankle to the surfboard.
Locked In: Firmly
set in the curling portion of the wave with water holding down the tail of the
board.
Log: Slang for pre-foam board made of wood.
Longboard: A surfboard
eight to ten feet long.
Max Out: To be over the limit.
Meatball: The
yellow flag with the black circle indicating "No Surfing".
Mondo:
Something huge; of epic proportions.
Nailed: To get badly wiped out.
Neptune Cocktail: The large bellyful of seawater that one ingested during a particularly
gnarly wipeout. Usually happened concurrently with the Sand Facial.
Nose:
The bow or front end of a surfboard.
Off the Richter: Used to describe something
that's very good, excellent, or "off the scale" (also see "Awesome,"
"Off the Wall," "Outrageous").
Off the Wall: Incredible,
excellent (also see "Awesome," "Off the Richter," "Outrageous").
Outrageous: Incredible, excellent (also see "Awesome," "Off
the Richter," "Off the Wall").
Outside Break: The area farthest
from shore where the waves are breaking.
Over the Falls: To wipe out, or
to get dragged over as the wave breaks.
Pearl: Driving the nose of a surfboard
under water to stop or slow down the ride. The term is borrowed from "pearl
diving."
Pendleton: A brightly colored plaid wool or flannel shirt worn
by some surfers.
Pipeline: A surf spot on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii,
between Waimea Bay and Sunset Beach; also called Banzai Pipeline. Originally named
by surfing filmmaker Bruce Brown (also see "Banzai Pipeline").
Point Break: A type of surf break where waves wrap around a promontory of land
and curl as they break. A classic example of a point break is located at Rincon,
California, just south of the Santa Barbara/Ventura County line.
Poser: A
surfer "wanna-be"; someone who only dresses the part.
Pounder:
A hard-breaking wave.
Prone: Ride with your belly on the board. The most
common and easiest way to ride a bodyboard.
Prone Out: Pulling out of a wave
by dropping to your belly causing the nose to go under water and the tail to turn
around.
Primo: The best (also see "Bitchin," "Boss,"
"Excellent," "Rad").
Pull Out: To steer a surfboard over
or through the back of a wave to end a ride.
Quasimoto: Riding forward in
a hunched-over position; riding a wave on the nose of a surfboard in a crouched
position with one arm forward and one arm back, named by surfer Mickey Muöoz.
Rad/Radical: Very good; tops; excellent (also see "Bitchin," "Boss,"
"Primo," "Excellent").
Rails: The rounded edges of the
surfboard.
Re-Entry: Attacking the lip, usually going vertically and then
turning nose down and re-entering the wave.
Ripping: Executing drastic and
radical moves on the wave. Having it your way with a wave.
Sand Facial: The
result of wiping out and being dragged along the bottom, face first.
Selling
Buicks: The process of reversing the ingestion of the dreaded Neptune Cocktail.
After selling Buicks, it was generally assumed that ones day at the beach was
pretty much over.
Set: A group of waves.
Shape: The configuration, or
form, of a wave.
Shoot the Curl: Riding a surfboard through, or in and out
of, the hollow part of the wave formed as it crests over.
Shoot the Pier:
Riding a surfboard in between the pilings of a beachside pier.
Shoot the
Tube: (see "Shoot the curl")
Shore Break: Waves break very close
to the beach.
Shred: To surf aggressively (also see "Hot-Dogging).
Sidewalk Surfing: Skateboarding.
Skeg: The fin at the tail end of a surfboard.
Soup: The foamy part of the broken wave; the white water.
Spin Out:
The result of a surfboard's skeg and tail end losing contact with the wave face
and the surfer wipes out.
Spinner: A surfer making a complete 360-degree
turn in an upright position while the surfboard keeps going straight (also called
a "360").
Sponger: Somebody that bodyboards.
Stick: Surfboard.
Surfs Up: Waves are breaking and surfable.
Stoked: Happy; excited; contented.
Stringer: The wood strip running down the center of the board; sometimes
used for design.
Surf Bunny: A surfer's girlfriend; a female surfer (also
see "Beach Bunny").
Surfari: A surfing trip; a hunt for good surf.
Swells: Unbroken waves moving in groups of similar height and frequency.
Tail: The stern or rear end of a surfboard.
Tail Slide: Part of a larger
maneuver in which the surfer purposely makes his/her fins lose their grip and
the board slides.
Takeoff: The start of a ride.
Taking Gas: To wipe
out.
Tandem: Two people riding on a surfboard at the same time, usually a
man and woman.
360: (See "Spinner")
Toes on the Nose: Riding
a surfboard with the toes hanging over the front end (also see "Hang Five/Ten")
Tube: The hollow portion of a wave formed when the crest spills over and
makes a tunnel or hollow space in front of the face of the wave. (The Green Room)
Tubed: Riding inside the "tube".
Walking the Board: Walking
back and forth on the surfboard to maintain control.
Walking the Nose: Moving
forward on the board toward the front or nose.
Wax: Substance applied to
the top, or deck, of surfboards for traction.
Wet Suit: A neoprene rubber
suit used by surfers to keep warm.
Wipe Out: To fall off or be knocked off
your board (also see "Eat It").
Woody: A station wagon, made in
the '40s and '50s, with wood paneling on the sides. |
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