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A floater - means when you do a turn at the top of the breaking wave and float down with the lip.

In the pocket - means surfing right next to lip of the wave in the part of the wave with the most power (i.e.

Cutback - where you surf along and turn back toward the breaking part of the wave.

like a rolling hill rather than a cliff! Make sure to choose the right surfing board for your safety.

The wave is fat - meaning the wave is not very steep - i.e.

The lip refers to the lip of the wave breaking over.

When a surfer is describing the wave conditions they say things such as on shore - meaning the wind is blowing from the sea to the shore, off shore means the wind is blowing from the land out to the sea, it is lumpy meaning the waves were not perfectly lind up, it was straight meaning the wave lines are coming in too straight to the beach, lined up means there are regular sets of waves coming in, good on the sets meaning that you had to wait for the sets to come to get a decent wave, peaky meaning the waves would peak up in random spots very quickly, fast meaning the wave would break quickly, hollow meaning the wave is round / tubing - this list could go on forever.!.

When a surfer has had a good surf they say things such as it was epic, stoked, it was filth, it was sick, all time, mad etc.

A Barrell can often be referred to as getting slotted, tubed, kegs, pitted and more

When a surfer gets in a barrel - they are surfing almost inside the wave with the lip of the wave breaking over the top of them.

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Be a citizen journalist for FOX 11 and get paid - download the Fresco News App today.Surfers have a way of describing things that are foreign to those not in the know so I thought it would be handy to put forward a couple of helpful hints! It's like you're in the belly of a monster just getting digested."Ĭopyright 2017 FOX 11 Los Angeles: Download our mobile app for breaking news alerts or to watch FOX 11 News | Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. So deep in the barrel that you're not making it out, but it is so aggressive and large and chaotic and crazy. What does the term "get pitted" even mean? You can read more about lessons on their website, Facebook and Instagram. If you're interested in taking a surf lesson with Peasley, rates include wetsuit and board rentals. He's actually very intelligent, and a really good coach." "And for them to see how good of a teacher he is, that he's not just this typical, stupid surfer guy that he plays in the video. "It's just cool to see how excited people get," she said. She tells FOX 11 he is not the "dumb surfer" he portrayed on camera that day, but admitted his notoriety helps bring in business. On the other hand, his wife Nicky said she had no idea who he was when they met. "They'll approach me and say, 'Hey, you're that guy! Oh my gosh, I can't believe it.' And they're totally just flabbergasted."

While more than a decade passed, he is still recognized frequently.

"People were thinking, 'Was he being serious? Was he faking it?' And truth of the matter was, I was seriously faking it," Peasley said, laughing. I mean, that would have just been commonplace." "It couldn't just be your average surfer doing an interview. "I knew that I had to do some type of interview that was going to bring a lot of attention," he said. He remembers the day of the interview and said he turned a character on when our reporter approached him on the beach. Still surfing, Peasley is now a 35-year-old husband and father and has capitalized on his Internet fame with a business appropriately called Get Pitted Surf & Snow. Some 15 years later, we wanted to know what happened to the "surfer dude" who so many people around the world recognize.