SURFER SLANG

Hang ten, moondoggie, and catch a wave of some surfer slang.

Humpback. When a big wave is followed by a smaller wave, and they form into one very big wave.

Goofy foot. Most surfers ride with their left foot in front, and right in the back. Goofy foot is when they ride with the right in front.

Dawn patrol. Going surfing at sunrise.

Barney. An uncool or just plain bad surfer.

Frube. A surfer having such a bad time that he doesn’t manage to catch a single wave all day.

Junkyard dog. A surfer with an awkward or unattractive surfing style.

Benny. A non-local, or tourist surfer.

Hodad. Somebody who hangs out on the beach all day but never surfs.

Paddlepuss. A surfer too nervous to swim too far out, and who just paddles themselves around near the shore.

Mushburger. Flat, boring, impossible-to-surf waves that completely lack juice.

A man in a gray suit. A shark. Also called Noah, and the Landlord.

Quiver. A surfer’s personal board collection.

Rail bang. When a male surfer wipes out and the surfboard hits him hard… between the legs.

Beach leech. A surfer who doesn’t have their own board, and asks to borrow one from another surfer’s quiver.

Reef tax. Cuts and bruises endured from surfing into rocks or a reef.

Grommet. A kid surfer.

Grubbing. Wiping out (or falling off a surfboard).

Baggies. Surf shorts.

Sponger. A derisive term for a bodyboarder, or somebody who surfs by lying down on their board instead of standing up.

Gray belly. An old surfer.

Party wave. A tasty wave big enough that it can be surfed by multiple people at the same time.

“Akaw!” “Cool!”

Bomb. A gigantic wave.

Clucked. A surfer who fears bombs.

Juice. A wave’s power.

The soup. The ocean.

Ankle buster. A wave that’s too small to surf.

Glass job. The fiberglass sheen on a surfboard.

Uh-oh: Nostradamus didn’t predict anything beyond the year 3797.