Nevertheless, in most cases, “gnarly” has a positive meaning or transmits a positive idea or feeling. It can be used to describe something or someone awesome, cool, excellent, wonderful, amazing, radical, incredible, tough, great, intense, extreme, or fantastic.

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Gnarly means “treacherous.” An acceptable synonym is “hairy.” Surf punks use gnarly to refer to any wave over two feet or any woman of prodigious size. Still, you may refer to a man or woman of great importance as “Your Gnarlyness.”

Surfer Dude Quotes

• “ Sand in my shower means I had a good day.” –
• “ It’s like the mafia.
• “ Waves are not measured in feet and inches; they are measured in increments of fear.” –
• “ Surf girls rip, and they are hot.”–
• “ My passion for surfing was more than my fear of sharks.”-
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When the waves are good, it’s said to be cranking. This is the art of walking up and down a longboard, foot over foot. When you see some guy / gal running up and down their board, you’ll now know what to call it. Making a cutback is reversing the direction that you are surfing in one smooth fluid move.

Speak like a surfer? 40 surfing terms and phrases you should know

• Wipeout. The act of falling from your board when riding a wave.
• Leggie. A legrope or lease.
• Pocket. The area of the wave that’s closest to the curl or whitewash.
• Thruster.
• Kook.
• Cutback.
• Punt/Aerial.
• Onshore/Offshore.

A rip is the path the water being pushed onto the shore by the waves takes to run back into the ocean, so they often appear as dark, relatively calm channels between the white breaking waves.

Exclamatory slang It’s an exclamation of zeal, also meaning cool or impressive (i.e. “that bottom turn was sick bro”). Stoked: Pronounced like “soaked” but with a “T.” It means pure excitement (i.e. Surfer 1: “how stoked are you to hit the waves today?” Surfer 2: “beyond stoked”).

Grom – a young and inexperienced surfer; also known as a grommet. Grubbing – falling off the surfboard while surfing. Gun – a big wave surfboard. Hang Eleven – used to describe a male surfer who rides naked. Hang Five – riding a surfboard with one foot placed on the nose of the board and five toes hanging over the nose.

There is no specific term for a female surfer. You can call a girl who surfs just “surfer”, although, there are terms like gurfer, wahine that are used to refer to a female surfer.

Finally, the use of gnarly to mean “very good” is rare. It is slang, and it is typically used by younger people, and you will usually know from the context that it is about something good, as in this example: He is a jazz drummer, but he also does some gnarly guitar-playing.

The word “gnarly” is one of the most commonly used expressions in surf slang. Wave riders have been using it for decades. The expression often comes out of a surfer’s mouth when something simultaneously spectacular and unexpected occurs. However, you might also have witnessed it being used in a derogatory way.

“Surfing’s a more profound kind of sport than it looks. When you surf, you learn not to fight the power of nature, even if it gets violent.” “If you’re having a bad day, catch a wave.” “I never tired of picturing sharks.” “Surfing is kind of a good metaphor for the rest of life.

‘The adult surfer says, “Oh yeah, I got the wave and rode it all the way to the beach!” But when you talk to a five year old who has just surfed, he or she will say, “Oh, the wave picked me up and brought me the whole way to the beach.” ― Keith Duggan, Cliffs of Insanity tags: egolessness, surfing

“Surfing has lost its soul” is a phrase that you might hear some old-school surfers use to show their displeasure in the fact the sport has become more commercialized over the years. As with any culture, surfing comes with some great quotes that have been said over the years. These are some of the funniest and most notable.

3. Kook: Most commonly used to describe a new or inexperienced surfer, the term “kook”is also used by surfers to describe someone who tries too hard to look cool while surfing or someone who does not follow the basic surfing rules. 4. Log: This is a slang word used to describe a longboard.