Here's a few bodyboarding and surf terms to help you get
by on the board.
360 - A maneuver done wherein the board
(and rider) spin 360 degrees on the face of the wave.
Aerial - Part of a maneuver where the
surfer and his/her board leaves the water.
Air - After a good bottom turn with lots
of speed, head up the face, off-the-lip, and into the sky for some good air
Barrel - A hollow faced wave and great to
ride.
Blown-out - winds blowing so hard as to
chop up the surf and render it unridable.
Bottom - referring to the ocean floor or
to the lowest part of the wave the surfer can ride on - the bottom of the wave.
Bumpy - choppy water or it could be a
decent wave but still the face could be bumpy
Channel - a relatively deep spot where
the waves don't normally break. . It is easier to get outside the break
Close out - when waves break all the way
across a bay or normally safe channel rendering a surf spot unridable
Covered - Same as "toobed."
Cut-Back - A 180 degree turn that's done
on either of the two rails of the surfboard. Turn back toward the curl or
breaking part of a wave.
Cut out - Same as pull-out or kick-out.
Drop-knee - One foot on the bodyboard,
with the other hanging off the back. Difficult and fun.
Floater - Where the surfer rides his
board loosely along the top of the breaking up or foam of the wave.
Face-of-the-Wave - The front part of the
wave. One rides on the face of the wave.
Goofy-foot - Rider who surfs with right
foot as lead foot.
Grommit - A young surfer.
Gun - About seven feet long. Used for
big-wave riding.
Hang Ten - All ten toes on the nose.
Gotta be on a log to do this one.
Hollow - extremely concave curling wave
Mushy - Slow, sloppy waves of little
power.
Over-the-falls – Bad , Bad Wipeout
Pit - Place directly in front of the
crest of the wave.
Lip - The top of the face of the wave.
Pitched - Tossed of the lip of the wave
and usually off the board.
Ripping - Executing drastic and radical
moves on the wave. Having it your way with a wave i.e. shredding
Re-Entry - Attacking the lip, usually
going vertically and then turning nose down and re-entering the wave.
Short Board - About six feet long or
less.
Shore break - Waves break very close to
the beach.
Stoked - "I'm stoked man! I jus got
toobed!"
Swell - A good thing.
Take-off point - The best spot to be in
the line-up to catch the best part of a breaking wave.
Toes-on-the-Nose - Riding a wave with
one's toes curled around the nose of the board.
Toobed! - Riding inside the
"tube." In the green room.
Top Turn - Similar to the re-entry but
the approach is less vertical and usually performed to gain speed.
Tube - When the crest falls over the
hollow barrel, it forms a pipe shaped wave.
Surfs up!!! - There are waves... I'm
outta here!!!.
