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Soul Surfer

Terms in this set (60)

Glassy
When the surface of the water is smooth and without wind
Set
Waves usually come in sets of two to five
Angry growler
A huge, gnarly wave
Haired out
Too scared to take off on a wave
Power turn
A manner of surfing where each turn is taken with strong, deliberate force
Scorched
Being dropped in on or burned by another surfer. Sometimes refers to taking a severe wipeout
Promising swell
A swell predicted by the weather service that is starting to show up
Stoked
More than excited
Paddling out
Stroking out to where the waves begin to break
Jostling for position
A term used in competitive surfing for getting into the place where you can catch the wave first
Drop in
Sliding into a wave
Aerials
A maneuver that has a surfer soaring in the air before landing
Backdoor barrel
Dropping into a wave so late that you have to go through the pitching peak to get to the shoulder of the wave
Grommet
A young surfer
Thruster
A three-finned surf board
Ding
A den on a board
Tiki
A wooden god formerly worshiped by Polynesians
Duck dive
Diving under waves to get to the sets
Groovemeister
A Kauai term for someone who is smooth when surfing
Close out
When the wave breaks all at the same time, giving you no place to go
Rip
The current that draws a swimmer out to sea also, the art of aggressive surfing
Off the wall
A surf spot in Oahu that attracts lots of photographers
Being pitched
To be thrown off the top of the wave
Airdrop
A very late take off when the surfer drops through the air to the bottom of the wave
Wax up
To put sticky wax on top of the surfboard to keep from slipping
Boil
A bubbling movement of water around a submerged rock or reef head
Chop
Small waves on the face of the water or a wave produced by unfavorable winds
Pummeled
Getting tossed around by breaking waves
Aggro
Aggressive surfing or surfer
Inside the bowl
The bowl refers to a part of some waves that tend to wrap around into a bowl shape
Ankle slappers
Small waves
Bottom turn
The turn made at the bottom of a breaking wave
Goofy foot
Right foot forward
Regular foot
Left foot forward
Kick out
To thrust out of the wave at the end of the ride
Bail
To abandon the board and head for the bottom
Bogus
Fake
Carve
To surf using lots of turns and cutbacks
Full on
Committed and intense
Gnarly
Heavy, powerful, thick
Gun
Big board used for giant surf
Impact zone
The place where all the power of a breaking wave focuses.
Line up
The place where waves first start to break and where surfers sit
Macking
Huge sets like a Mack truck
Quad
Four fins
Getting worked
Taking a bad wipeout
Kook
A novice surfer who gets in the way
Dirty lickings
To take a severe wipeout
Rag dolled
To be held under and swept around by he power of the wave
Skeg
The fin of a surfboard
Soul surfer
One who merely surfs for the love of the sport
Spongers
Surfers who ride body boards
Soup
The white water made by a breaking wave
Stringer
The wooden strip running down the center of a surfboard
Flat
No surf
Off shore
The preferable wind direction blowing from land to sea
Zoo
A place packed with surfers
Burned
When another surfer takes off on the same wave that you are riding
Stuffed
When a surfer burns you and then by his actions forces the wave to bury you
Tubed
Tiding deep inside the pitching wave.
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