The white foam after waves have broken – like whitewater. The inside of a barrel wave – like ‘gas chamber’ Impact Zone Hang LooseĪ non surfer who pretends to surf and often visits popular surf spots Hollow Putting your toes from one foot (hang five) or from both feet (hang ten) over the nose of your board. Usually long and narrow.įacing backwards and putting your heels over the edge of your board. Someone new to surfing or who cant surf well Grom Or GrommetĪ board designed for big waves. Green RoomĪ slightly older term for barrels Gremmie
Riding with your right foot forward and left foot back. When waves are dangerous or a bit intimidating to ride. Kind of like the name – when the waves are clean and smooth. When you have a big wave that rolls over, but leaves a “tunnel” of air with the surfer inside. Surfing a wave so that you are facing it. Riding your board along the top of a breaking wave or foam. FishĪ short wide surfboard for surfing smaller waves Flat The fin goes on the underside of the board to help you steer it.Ī sharp turn where the surfboard fins are out of the water. Having removable fins on your board so that if one breaks it is easily replaceable. Turning sharply and surfing in the direction the wave is breaking in. Faceīasically the front of the wave – the bit which starts to curve over. Elephant GunĪ board designed for surfing very big waves. When a wave breaks in big sections, making it difficult to surf. Pushing your board underwater when faced with an oncoming wave to avoid riding it.
Drop Inīeing a d!ck and jumping in on a wave someone else is already riding. The initial downward slide, which gets you into the wave. Getting thrown around a little bit by big waves after you fall off your board, Drop DeckĪ dent, depression or scratch in a surfboard, usually caused by accidental damage. CookingĪ fancy manoeuvre where the surfer steps or walks down the length of their board whilst riding a waveĪ 180° turn, which basically changes the direction you’re surfing in to head back towards where the power is in the wave. Close-OutĬlose-out is when a wave breaks evenly all the way across the bay or channel at the same time, making it unridable as you can’t get out far enough to actually surf it. Clean Up WaveĪ wave that break early, ahead of the line up. The waves are smooth, rideable and breaking cleanly with the right amount of offshore wind. When a wave doesn’t break cleanly and smoothly but clamps down on a surfer riding it – like a clam snapping shut. Choppy, ChopĬhoppy waves means that there is a strong cross wind, giving the waves a rough surface and stopping them from breaking cleanly. When you’re stuck shore-side and can’t get out far enough to catch a wave.Ī deep spot where waves won’t normally break. To turn the board on or through waves Caught Inside
QUIVER MEANING SURF PATCH
Bottom TurnĪ manoeuvre where a turn is made at the bottom of the face of the wave BowlĪ shallow patch which can make waves break harder Carve
BombĪ mainly Australian term – it refers to a large set of waves that break a little way out from shore. Knee-length, lightweight quick drying shorts popular with surfers. (See ‘choppy’ below) Boardies (AKA Board Shorts) When the wind makes good waves too choppy. Like a blank canvas, the block from which a surfboard is crafted. Should be pretty obvious – beach break means waves that are good enough to break at the beach. BarrelsĪs a noun it can refer to the hollow part of the wave and as a verb it can refer to surfing in that hollow part. The undersea sand deposits which play an important role in determining the size and shape of the waves. When you get off your board in order to avoid being knocked over, usually in rough conditions. When good surfable waves go flat and lack power. A bit more tricky to master than forehand. Surfing in a direction that means your back is towards the wave. This is where the surfer takes off on a wave on the edge of a peak and then surfs through the hollow part.
Part of a manoeuvre where the surfer and board leave the water and are airborne. When a wave forms a peak and breaks both ways, like this: So we’ve put together this extremely handy guide of surfer slang, surf expressions and surf jargon for your friends and family to have some kind of clue what you’re talking about! A-Frame I think I’ve come to this realization that when you surf, when you are truly immersed into the world of surfing and pick up the surf jargon, then it is almost like talking in a completely different language, so you need a separate surfing dictionary.
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