Surfing Terms Q-U

Q

Quiksilver
Pretty much everyone, surfers and non-surfers alike will already know about Quiksliver. One of the largest manufacturers of surfing equipment and surf clothing on the planet. The lads have done well from their boardshort beginning on Torquay - good on ya!.

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R

Rail
The sides of your surfboard, running from nose to tail and back again.

Regular / Regular Footed
Surfing with your left foot forward.

Rip
A strong current heading out to sea. Can be dangerous for surfers and swimmers alike.

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S

SAS
See Surfers Against Sewage.

Shove-it
Shoving the surfboard round underneath your feet, 180 or 360 degrees. A good trick if you can do it.

Slash
A rapid turn off the top of the wave - hopefully throwing loads of spray off the top.

Slater, Kelly
Famous for being in Baywatch and his alleged dalliance with Pamela Anderson. Oh yes, we've heard that he is a pretty tidy surfer as wall.

Snake / Snaking
Waves should be shared, but snakes take it all. To Snake is to drop in out of turn.

Steamer Lane
Famous Northern California surf spot.

Step Into Liquid
What happens when you go walking in puddles. It is also the the name of a surf video by surf vid guru Dana Brown.

Sick
A term used to describe when someone does something impressive. e.g. "that was a sick air" - not just because you have swallowed too much sea water.

Stick
Surfer slang for a surfboard.

Stoked
Very happy.

Stringer
The bit of wood that runs up through the length of your surfboard. (If you have a fibreglass one and not one that you have fashioned out of an old ironing board!).

Surfers Against Sewage
An organisation campaigning for clean water for all. These guys are incredibly high profile and lobby endlessly to ensure all water users are surfing in clean water. Check them out at www.sas.org.uk and become a member - everyone should become a member.

Swallow Tail
You will really have to go and and read up on the Surfboard section - I can't be explaining everything over again.

Swell
Waves! Swell, or Groundswell refers to solid, real waves (as apposed to rubbish wind chop)

Switch Foot / Switch Stance
Riding the surfboard standing the other way round i.e. If you are regular footed you would be surfing goofy.

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T

Tail
The bit of the surfboard at the opposite end to the nose (the pointy bit at the front!). For more info on the bits of the surfboard have a look at the Surfboard section.

Tailslide
The tailslide is a move where the tail of the board slides across the lip of the wave. Tail Slide - see!.

Tube
Public transportation in London. Oh, you mean Tube. Tube is the where the wave is hollow where it is breaking. For some surfers it's the be all of surfing. Sometimes called a barrel.

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U

Ulluwatu
One of a large number of quality Indonesian surf breaks.

Underwater
You are not seriously looking for an explanation of this are you?.

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