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Ankle Biters: Tiny waves. ASP: Association of Surfing Professionals Barrel: The wave throws over and is hollow when it is breaking, also called a tube. Beach Break: A wave that breaks over sand, near the shore, usually short rides. Billabong: What Australians call a watering hole. One of the largest surfing manufacturers in the world. Blown Out: The onshore winds turn the surf into unrideable mush. Bottom Turn: The turn made at the base of the wave. Often the first move you learn in surfing. Caught Inside: A surfer who is inside where the waves are breaking right on top of you. Usually happens after a big set. Channel: An area of deeper water, usually not breaking, flowing outward. Closed Out: Where a wave breaks along its length all at once. Drop In: When a surfer drops in on a wave in front of another surfer, totally un-cool but if someone says, dropped in on this gnarly wave today, very cool. Duck Dive: Diving or pushing your board under an oncoming wave when paddling out. Dumping: Where a small wave will fold over in big sections, making it unsurfable, often caused by onshore wind conditions . Eat it: Wiping out on a wave. Firing: The same as going off .. swell and waves are plentiful. Goofy/Goofy Foot: Surfing with your right foot forward. Glassy: Ultra clean surf without a ripple .. looks like glass. Hang Ten: Riding a longboard with both feet right on the nose of the board and your toes hangng over. Impact Zone: The spot where the waves are breaking. Kicking Out: Pulling out of the wave, away from the break. Kook: A beginner or someone who is not very good or respectful while surfing. Not a very nice term. Leash: The cord that is attached between your leg and your surfboard. Line Up: The place just outside the breaking waves where surfers wait for their waves. Lull: When the ocean goes flat between sets and everyone sits around waiting for the waves to arrive. Offshore: When the wind at a surf break is blowing off the shore and makes for ideal surfing conditions. Onshore: When the wind is blowing toward the land and makes poor surfing conditions. Over the Falls: Being pulled over a wave and forced under by the break. Pearl: A common term describing when a person buries the nose of their surfboard. Peeling: The ideal condition when the lip is curling over at a steady rate. . Pumping: A decent swell meaning waves are nice and powerful. Also, when pumping your board along the waves face to generate speed, this is fun! Reform: When whitewash "reforms" into another nice wave on the inside; usually mellower. Regular Foot: Surfing with your left foot forward. Usually shortened to just reg-u-lar. Rip Current: A strong current heading out to sea.. Set: A group of waves, usually range from 3 to 7 but can range from 1 to 10+. Stoked: Very happy, happens a lot after surfing or when good surf is predicted. Swell: Waves! Solid, real waves; as opposed to rubber windchop. Tube: The hollow part of the wave when it is breaking over you. Turn Turtle or Turtle Roll: Technique for getting a longboard out of the way of a breaking wave. Wipeout: Falling or getting tossed off of your board. Worked: To get worked is to wipe out and get thrown about by the waves.
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