| Aerial |
To make your board fly in the air (and land) |
| Back door |
To ride into the wave section from behind |
| Backhand |
To ride with your back to the wave |
| Barrel |
The tube part of the wave |
| Bottom turn |
The turn at the bottom of the wave face |
| Chop |
A small steep wave (bad) |
| Cut back |
To turn back toward the wave section |
| Ding |
A hole in your board |
| Dismount |
An intentional wipeout |
| Drop in |
1) To enter/begin the wave, 2) to start on someone else’s wave (bad) |
| Face |
The clean open part of the wave |
| Fronthand |
To ride with your front to the wave |
| Glassy |
Smooth water with no wind ripples |
| Gnarly |
Radical, dangerous, extreme (no one says this much anymore) |
| Goofy |
To ride with your right foot forward |
| Green room |
Being inside the barrel |
| Grom |
A young surfer |
| Gun |
A fast narrow board for catching big waves |
| Malibu |
Another name for a longboard |
| Leg rope |
A board leash |
| Longboard |
A long surfboard |
| Natural |
To ride with your left foot forward |
| Nose |
The front of the board |
| Off the lip |
To turn your board “off the lip” of the wave |
| Overhead |
A wave taller than you are |
| Peak |
The highest part of the wave |
| Plank |
A longboard |
| Rail |
The sides of the board |
| Regular |
To ride with your left foot forward |
| Rocker |
The curve on the bottom of the board |
| Shoulder |
The sides of the wave, when looking face on |
| Skeg |
A fin, especially a single fin on a longboard |
| Sponger |
A bodyboarder |
| Stick |
A surfboard |
| Stoke |
The enjoyment of surfing |
| Swell |
The young wave before it starts to break |
| Tail |
The back of the board |
| Take Off |
To start riding a wave |
| Thruster |
A type of Three fin arrangement |
| Tube |
The barreling part of the wave |
| Woody |
An old school surf wagon with wood sides |
| Wipeout |
A big crash when surfing |
