Surfing Lingo and Definitions - Part 2

In The Soup - When a surfer is in the white foam of the wave after the wave has broken.

Lip - The very tip of a breaking wave curling or plunging down.

Making A Wave - To go for a wave and "make it", as opposed to getting tossed off your board and pounded by the wave.

Nose - The pointy part of the surfboard and the part that points away from you when you are paddling and riding.

Peak - The part of the wave which is about to break.

Pitched - Getting tossed off the lip of the wave and usually off the board.

Ripping - Pulling off mad and maniacal moves on the wave. Having your way with a wave.

Shubee - A tourist who buys surfing gear, dresses surf, but has never surfed in their life.

Swell - The lines generated by the energy of the wind which travels over the ocean's surface, making waves in shallower water.

Tube Ride - When a surfer rides through the tunnel formed by a hollow, breaking wave.

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