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Surfspeak A-Z
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back   n.    The backside of a wave.

backdoor   n.   1) A surfing move when the surfer takes off to one side, or behind

                           the peak in order to surf through the section of the wave where the lip 
                           will throw first.
                       2) to go backdoor  v.   an expression describing when a surfer is forced 

                            to pull into an already pitching barrel from behind the peak.
                       3) Backdoor   n.    A Hawaii North Shore surf spot.

back hand turn   n.   A turn made the surfer's back to the wave.

back out   v.   To sit back on your board and pull out rather than to continue a take 

                           off on a wave that could have been caught.

backpaddle   v.    To backpaddle or backstroke with the arms, often to keep from 

                              being sucked over the falls.
                       
backside   adv.    Surfing with your back to the wave

backwash   n.  1) On a steep beach, water from a broken wave that runs rapidly off 

                               the beach often colliding with incoming water in the shallows.
                         2) A wave that is bounced back to the ocean by a steep shoreline.
                         3) A wave that is returning to the ocean after crashing on the beach.

baggies   n.    Loose-fitting, often oversized, long, surf shorts. Originally made of 

                        Hawaiian print.

bail   v.    1) To abandon a ride. To "bail out".
                2) To leave a place.   "Lets bail."

bare back   adv.   Surfing without a wetsuit.  to "go bareback"

barney   n.  1) A poorly skilled surfer. Derived from "The Flintstones" cartoon 

                         character, Barney Rubble.  syn. - geek, kook
                    2)  v.   To act like a barney.  "That kook was barneying all over the place."

barrel   n.    The hollow part of a wave formed when a wave breaks and curls over.
                     syn. - tube, pipe

bash   v.    to slam into a wave.

beach break   n     Waves that break on a sand bottom, due to sandbars in close to 

                                   the beach. Costa Rica's Dominical is a powerful beachbreak. 

biff   v. To fall and hit the water. To "get biffed".

big open face   n.     A large wall of a wave to surf across. 

big wave   n. As the term implies, a large wave.   "That was a big wave."

blown out   adj.     Describes when high onshore winds ruin the surf, causing the 

                                    shape of waves to be unridable.  "The surf is blown out." 

board bag   n.     A padded carrying case used to protect a board when traveling.

board room   n.     A room in a house especially used to store surfboards, often with

                                    wall and/or floor racks.

bogus   1) adj.  Describes a lame action, false concept or idea.
                2) Ridiculous, unbelievable, unfair.  Something is "completely bogus."

boogie board   n.   A soft, somewhat flexible foam body board. Tom Morey invented
                                the original Boogie Board in 1970. Ridden with or without swim 

                                fins.

boomer   n.     A large, heavy breaking wave, often unridable.

booties   n.     Neoprene rubber surf worn for warmth in cold water and for grip.

bottom turn   n.     A turn made when the surfer takes off down to the bottom of 

                                     the wave and turns back up into the face of the wave.

bounce   v.     When a surfer shifts weight up and down on the front of the board  in 

                        order keep forward momentum.

bowl  n.     A bowl-like area on the face of a wave that bend or wrap as they move

                   toward shore often caused by shallow bottom conditions.

break   n.   1) The place where waves move from deeper to shallower water, such as

                    over a reef, or a sandbar and "breaks".  Waves break when the water depth 
                    becomes less than one-seventh of the distance between  wave crests. 
                   2) The area in the surf where the waves are breaking.
                   3) When the top of the wave spill forward and down it's face.

bro   n.    Short for brother.   syn. - dude, brah, friend, bud

bummer   n.    A bad thing, to be let down.   "That was a bummer."

bump, bump on the water   n.     A swell or set of waves approaching. "I see some 

                                                         bumps coming our way."

bumpy   adj.     1) Choppy water/waves  "bumpy waves"
                          2) Ocean conditions between glassy and blown out

bust a few   v.    to go surfing.   "Lets go bust a few".



bumpy   adj.   1) Very choppy water, as in "bumpy waves". Riding a wave over choppy 
                           water would be described as a "bumpy ride".
                       2) Water conditions between glassy and blown out.


buoy  n.   1) A person who just floats around on his board , never catches a wave, and 
                    gets in the way of other surfers.
                2) A floating weather
                3. A float that is anchored in the water to warn of danger or as channel 
                    marker.


burger   n. 1) a shapless, mushy, bumpy wave
                  
burly  adj.   Describes extremely cold water.  ie: "It's burly out there today".
                   It is sometimes used as a synonym for gnarly.


bust a few   v.     To go surfing

















 

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