Pounding – What happens to surfers stuck in the impact zone ie: I took a pounding. Pop-Outs – Mass-produced and usually low quality boards.
Pearling – When the nose of the board digs into the water because the surfer is off balance. Peeling – The ideal condition when the wave lip is curling over for a long and steady rate. Over The Falls – When the wave pulls you circularly over the lip and pulls you under, aka pitched & sucked over.
Outside – The furthest place away from shore where the wave is forming and starting to break where the largest waves are. Nose Riding – Surf move mostly on a longboard where the surfer rides on the front of the board. Lip – The first part of the wave forming after the crest has reached its peak. Lineup (Your) – Position in the water using static landmarks to keep you from drifting and can paddle back to.
Lineup (The) – Where fellow surfers are sitting waiting for waves, there’s both inside & outside lineups. Kook – A hurtful word in surfing means you can’t surf, surf style is bad or you snake other surfers. Inside – Waves breaking closer to shore, usually in more shallow water and not as big as outside. Dangerous to linger paddle around it ASAP. Impact Zone – The area where the waves are breaking. Hang Ten – Advanced nose riding technique where the surfer wraps all then toes over the nose of the board. Goofy Foot – Surfing with your right foot forward. Don’t do it.ĭuck Dive – When the surfer pushes the board and his/her body under the wave using a knee or foot to reduce or avoid the impact of the breaking wave.įace (Wall) – The steep part of the wave where many maneuvers are performed, just under the crest and lip.įloater – Advanced move when riding across the top portion of a wave then coming down from the top of the breaking part of the wave.įrontside – surfing while facing the face of the wave. Aerial – Usually performed by expert surfers on shortboards where the surfer takes off from the lip and gets the board completely out of the water and performs additional tricks.Īloha – Hello, goodbye and also means love.īackside – Surfing with your back to the face of the wave.īaggies – Loose fitting board shorts about knee length.īarrel (Tube) – The inside portion of the wave when larger waves for a tube that advanced surfers can position themselves in.īetty – Older term used to describe an attractive female surfer.īlank – Factory produced foam block used to shape a new board.īlown Out – When windy conditions wreck the waves and keep them from forming.Ĭaught Inside – When breaking waves inside prevent the surfer from paddling back to the lineup.Ĭhannel – An area of deeper water where the water returns away from the shore.Ĭheater Five – When the surfer is able to get five toes over the nose of the board.Ĭlose-Out – When the wave breaks in front, or potentially on top of, the surfer.Ĭlosed-Out – Lousy surfing conditions meaning the wave breaks all along the face at once.Ĭut Out – Getting off a wave, aka pull-out, kick-out, especially useful when the wave is closing out.Ĭrest – The point of the wave within a cycle where the wave reaches it’s maximum height.Ĭurl – The part of the wave that is breaking.ĭrop – The initial downward movement of the board after taking off.ĭropping In – Taking off on wave in front of another surfer who is already on or getting on it.
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