• amped - stoked, excited
• air - same as aerial
• aerial - a successful airborne maneuver
• ankle slop - small waves
• axed - wipe out, falling off surfboard
• backdoor - entering a tube from behind the peak of wave
• bail out - jumping off surfboard to avoid a wipeout or falling off surfboard
• beach break - waves that are breaking over a sandy bottom beach
• blown out - surf condition, unrideable waves
• barrel - hollow portion of wave, tube
• break - waves
• bumps - wax build-up on a surfboard deck
• carve - turning on a wave
• choppy - irregular waves or surf conditions
• closeout - a wave that does not break uniformally
• crew - a group of surfers
• cross step - crossing feet while moving up and down surfboard
• cutback - reversing the direction back to break point of wave
• dawn patrol - An early morning surf session
• deck - top surface of surfboard
• ding - a dent or puncture in surfboard
• dropping in - catching or stealing someone else's wave
• duck dive - diving under an oncoming wave while paddling out
• dude - greeting for friend or surfer
• epic - excellent wave or session
• face - forward facing portion of the wave
• fan - spray of water created by surfboard off of the wave
• fin - the triangular shaped performance device on underside of surfboard
• freshly baked - just completed session
• gidge - the koko girl's nickname
• gidget - young surfer girl
• glassy - surf condition, little or no waves
• green room - inside a large barrel, tube
• grommet - young surfer
• hang five - five toes over the nose surfboard
• hang ten - ten toes over the nose surfboard
• killer - excellent wave or session
• kook - begining surfer, cause of trouble
• line-up - surfer(s) on a particular beach or break
• local - indigenous surfer(s) to a particular beach
• localism - hostility of local surfers towards visting surfers
• nose - the pointy, front end of surfboard
• pack - a group of surfers, crew
• pipeline - surf spot on the North Shore of Oahu
• session - a a particular period of time surfing
• shaper - someone who designss or manufactures surfboards
• shark bait - surfer
• soup - white water of a breaking wave
• stoked - amped, excited
• tube - hollow portion of wave, barrel
• wahine - female surfer
• wannabe - someone who wants to be a surfer
• wax - applied to deck of surfboard for traction
• wipe out - ride termination, falling off surfboard
• zoo - crowded surf line-up.
