I’ve added some definitions gathered from the Zone. How about adding some of your own in the comments:
Pocahontas: SUP’er who paddles on his knees rather than standing.
KOOKAMUNGUS: Rider of questionable judgement, or lack of sufficient skills, in the lineup.
stink buggin: someone you give a wave to and they back out or take a nose dive.
pooned, like harpoon: Getting hit by a runaway board.
yaw:turning affect in the horizontal plane–an unintentional turn as the result of external forces
pitch: turning affect in the vertical plane–rocking motion usually caused by chop or waves
cowabonga: An excited utterance over good surf conditions, usually made by geezers with ponytails
Stuffed in the pit: The result of being forced back into the breaking part of a wave by another surfer riding in front of you. Most commonly used to ruin your ride even though the wave is rightfully yours. In most cases, a surfer will force you “into the pit” by dropping in on your wave and angling down into the trough instead of racing for the shoulder. This move forces you to turn away from the safety of the wave’s shoulder and back into the breaking part of the wave, the pit. Common usage: “I snagged one at Pipe but five bodyboarders stuffed me into the pit, that’s how my paddle ended up in there” Often leads to “carnage asada” or “chili con carnage”.
Pronies: Prone surfers.
Lay down surfers:Prone surfers.
Surfers: Prone surfers
HatersSurfers who hate or dislike Sweepers.
Got my ass handed to me: Term used when caught inside with your paddle board and take several set waves on the head. Usually used when you finally get outside and your friends ask,”What happened to you?” You respond with, “Got my ass handed to me.”
Sweeper: Stand Up Paddle Surfer. We be sweepers. A far better name than SUP. Sweepers–cleaning up at your local break
Inconsistent: Small waves masking life-sucking bombers. If some guy is strapping his board onto his car with shaking hands, crying softly, and you ask him how the surf is he will likely say “inconsistent, but fun”. Check your leash.
Good Training: A Dave Kalama term for “that really sucked”.
SUP: Stand Up Paddle alternatively “what’s up”
SUB: Stand Up Board alternatively submarine
Fun Maliko Run: A ten mile downwind run on Maui’s north shore consisting of Sliding down twenty foot wind swells in high wind while scrabbling for the far horizon to avoid 30 foot or larger breaking waves that appear out of nowhere.
Terrifying Maliko Run: same as above.
Crawler: Pejorative term for prone surfer as “Don’t call me sweeper, crawler” “Don’t call me crawler, sweeper”.
Stoked: Transitive verb meaning to add fuel to a fire, as “I’m really stoked about adding fuel to this fire”.
Go Pro: A small camera that takes high definition video of your nostrils through a fogged lens. Alternatively a small camera that takes thousand of nearly identical pictures of you paddling a board.
Please add your glossary suggestions as comments, I’ll add them as soon as I see them.
3 comments
Dana H2O Audio
If you’re gonna include Go Pro, how about this one:
Amphibx: A waterproof armband for your iPod so you can paddle with music.
I like where you’re going with this page, I’d love to link to it in our blog…
Dana
H2O Audio
PonoBill
downer (def: downwinder with no wind) per Chan
billdawes
Butt-paddler: anyone who does it sitting down (which includes all kayakers and canoeists, poor misguided fools…)
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