Lingo
Air/Aerial	is the result of a very skilled manoeuvre where one is actually in the air after being on the top of the wave.
A frame	big wave with different shoulders on each side of the peak, looks like the letter A.
Aggro	short for an aggressive surfer.
Amped	a person that is very enthusiastic about surfing.
Ankle slop	waves that are too small for surfing.
ASP	Association of Surfing Professionals.
Backhand/backside	refers to the surfer’s position related to the wave, you have your back at the wave and you are looking at the shore.
Bail/bail out	to give up a surfboard while in the water because of the high waves or not managing to ride the wave.
Barrel/tube/shack-tar	part of a breaking wave where one cannot be seen from the shore.
Beach break	terms that defines the type of waves; these waves are found on sand bottom beaches.
Body surfing	type of surfing where one uses his or her body for surfing.
Board/Surf board	the board one uses to surf.
Caught in a fish net	not a good day for a surfer who cannot stay on the board and /or ride a wave.
Choppy	term that describes the waves and the sea because of windy conditions.
Close out	term used to describe waves that cannot be ridden across.
Cooking	describes the best surfing conditions in terms of weather and waves.
Crew	several surfers who hang out in the same area.
Deck	the name of the part of the board to stand on.
Ding/Dent	when the surfboard is not perfect anymore the dimple, trace or fissure is called a ding.
Drop in	breaking the surf rules by catching a wave in a spot where there is already another surfer.
Duck dive/duck diving	a way of passing through a breaking wave while paddling.
Eat it	to lose a board because of a wave.
Epic	term used to describe a wonderful surf day.
Eskimo roll/ turtle roll	a way of passing through breaking waves while still being away from the shore.
Endless summer	a must see movie for all surf enthusiasts.
Face	onward facing section of a wave, the section of the wave that did not break.
Fin	part of the board that helps one from gliding to one side; most of the board have three fins, but some have two, four or even five fins.
Flat/flat spell	water with no waves whatsoever.
Forehand/frontside	positioned with the face toward the wave.
Funboard	type of surfboard with length size in between the shortboard and the longboard.
Glass house/green room	the interior of a tube.
Goofy foot/goofy	describing a person that uses the right foot first instead of the left foot.
Gun	type of board that is long and thin and it was especially designed for big waves.
Hang five/hang ten	method of hanging on the board by using your toes.
Hold down	the period of time a surfer is kept down by a wave.
Iced	the ideal execution of a wave.
Impact zone	the spot in which the waves split.
ISA	short for the International Surfing Association.
Kneeboarding	type of surfing where you do not stand up on the board.
Leash	string that attaches to the board to prevent one from losing the board if thrown off it.
Lip	the section of the wave at the top.
Localism	when local surfers are unfriendly with visiting surfers.
Longboard/Mat	type of board used for surfing on certain beaches, type of surfing.
Men in grey suits	synonym for sharks in the surf culture
Mush/mushy	small waves that are not good for surfing.
Nose	the tip of the surf board.
Nose guard	rubber put at the front of the board to minimize injuries of others.
Nose ride	term used to describe when the surfer rides on the nose of the board.
Offshore	refers to the direction of the wind, the wind blows out to sea.
Onshore	refers to the direction of the wind, the wind blows out from the sea, thus the conditions for surfing are not good.
Over the falls	surfer that drops from the crest of the wave to the base of it in one movement.
Peak	the part of the wave that gives a surfer the choice of going either side from take off.
Pin tail	type of surf board that has a rounded back.
Pull in	method of rotating the surf board to make it go into the tube.
Quad	type of surf board with four fins.
Quiver	name given to a collection of surf boards.
Quicksilver	famous brand for surf gear.
Rail	part of a surf board, it is the side of the board and it can come in two types of rails: soft or hard.

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