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TERMONOLOGY
- backdoor
- the situation when a surfer pulls into an already pitching barrel
- barrel
- the breaking motion of a wave. same as tube or pipe.
- bomb
- a big wave that turns up out of the blue
- bodyboard
- shark bait!!
- closeout
- when a wave breaks simultaneously across the whole beach
- cranking
- when the surf is awesome
- drop-in
- to paddle and then catch a wave that someone else is already riding. Very bad manners.
- floater
- when the rider rides over the falling curtain of a breaking wave
- glassy
- when there is no wind and the waves look like glass.
- goofy foot
- Someone who stands on their surfboard with their right foot forward.
- natural foot
- Someone who stands on their surfboard with their left foot forward.
- offshore
- when the wind blows from the land out to sea. This wind will produce the best waves.
- onshore
- when the wind is from behind the waves
- peak
- the part of the wave that breaks first