![]() The part you stand, lie or kneel on.ĭing: A hole, crack, or fracture in your surfboard that should be repaired.ĭirty Lickings: Taking a gnarly wipeout or beating in the surf.ĭouble Up: When two waves combine to create an extra powerful wave with twice the energy.ĭown the Line: Further along the wave from where the surfer takes off. A gang of surfers.Ĭross-shore: Winds that blow sideways across the surf zone.Ĭross Stepping: Walking up and down a longboard, one foot over the other.Ĭutback: A turn performed on the flats or the shoulder of the wave to return the surfer towards the breaking part of the wave.ĭawn Patrol: Going for a surf at sunrise.ĭeck: The top of your surfboard. ![]() Awesome surf conditions.Ĭrest: The peak of a wave (the opposite of a trough).Ĭrew: A group of people. Also known as a straight hander.Ĭorduroy: The appearance of a series of swells lining up along the ocean to the horizon.Ĭowabunga: 1960s surf culture slang, cried out enthusiastically when surfing.Ĭranking: Going off. Also called a sneaker set or sleeper set.Ĭlidro: A leg pumping action that causes the surfer to gain speed while going up and down the face of the wave as they head down the line.Ĭloseout: An unrideable wave that breaks all at once, usually causing you to wipe out as soon as you take off. Really going for it.Ĭhinese Wax Job: Getting the bottom of your surfboard waxed (usually as a prank).Ĭhoppy: Bumpy, messy ocean and wave conditions usually caused strong onshore wind or cross-shore wind.Ĭlean: Smooth ocean and wave conditions when the ocean is groomed by a light offshore breeze, or no wind at all.Ĭlean-up Set: A much larger wave or set of waves, which breaks further outside than normal, cleaning up the surfers caught further inside. An important move that enables you to travel left or right.īowl: A section of a wave in which the line of the wave bends toward the shore, creating intensity and growing steeper or hollower.īreak: The point where swells start to form into surfable waves.Ĭarve: A sharp turn across the face of the wave.Ĭaught Inside: When you’re paddling out, or you wipe out, and get caught in the impact zone where waves are breaking.Ĭhandelier: Water falling at a tube opening while riding a barrel.Ĭharging: Surfing aggressively. The surfboard nose lifts up and the board slows down.īomb: A wave that is much larger than normal for the conditions of the day.īombora: An offshore, deep water reef break, located beyond the normal line-up and often some distance from shore.īottom Turn: When the surfer turns at the bottom of the wave to begin trimming along the face of the wave. Fins and handplane are optional.īogging: What happens when a surfer's weight is too far back. Bodyboarders may be called boogers, spongers, esky lid riders or speed bumps.īodysurf: The sport of riding waves with just your body. Can be worn while surfing or at any time.īodyboard: A compact and portable soft board ridden in a prone position. Also one of the largest surfing equipment and clothing manufacturers.īlank: A block of foam that will be shaped into a surfboard.īlown Out: When an onshore wind blows the ocean surface to a point where the waves are no longer surfable.īoardies: Quick drying, lightweight boardshorts. ![]() A tube.īathymetry: The study of the underwater depth of lakes or ocean floors.īeach Break: Waves that break over sandbars and sandbanks on the ocean floor.īillabong: An Australian watering hole. ![]() Pumped, stoked or frothing.Īngling: Riding across the wave face at an angle to the shoreline, rather than straight towards the beach.īackdoor: Pulling into a hollow tube from behind the section.īackside: When a surfer rides with his back to the wave.īackwash: When waves rebound off the beach and sweep back to the ocean, colliding with incoming waves.īail: Jumping or diving off your board to avoid a wipeout or to avoid another surfer.īarrel: When the wave resembles a cylindrical hollow peeling wall. A good air is when the surfer lands in control of the board.Īlaia: A thin wooden surfboard used by Hawaiians in the late 19th century.Īloha: An Hawaiian greeting that means ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’.Īmped: Really keen for a great surf. Describes aggressive surfing or an aggressive surfer.Īir: When a surfer and his board fly through the air. A-frame: A perfectly shaped wave breaking both left and right (shown in the header for this page).Īerial: A surf manoeuver where the surfer hits the crest of the wave and soars through the air.Īggro: Aggression.
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