| GAPER | Someone who watches surfers in awe, but doesnt have the balls to get out there and learn. simular to a Kook, but has never been in the water. |
| GARSHED | Tired after a day of surfing. |
| GARYISM | Ironic wit. |
| GET BENT | To tell off a kook or a stuck up tourist who believes he owns the beach. |
| GETTIN' COVERED | In the Tube or Barrel. See Tube or Barrel. |
| GETTING TUBED | When the waves comes over your head and covers you, inside the wave and surfing. |
| GETTING WET | 1. To paddle out 2. Expression used to state you're going surfing ex. " dude you wanna get wet? " |
| GETTING WORKED | The action a wave plays on you. |
| GFAD | A girl that looks hott from a distance, but once seen up close is really a swamp donkey. |
| GIDGET | Surf Chick who can hang with the crew. |
| GLADIATOR | Male who has more than one strap on his sandles |
| GLASSY | Smooth seas resulting from calm wind conditions giving the surface a sheen - provides excellent surf when combined with a swell. |
| GNARLY | (Also spelled 'KNARLEY') 1. Heavy, intense. Heavy, difficult waves, usually quite big. 2. Rough Going. Danger Ahead. "That knarley wave fully biffed my board on the rocks." I was the creator of the word gnarly. I was taking metal shop in junior highschool at freemont junior high in anaheim about 1975. There is a tool for turning a on the lathe called a gnarl tool, it makes a bumpy surface for grips on handles. I realy liked the pattern it made. I was also surfing with my friends alot from huntington to san diego with my friends. I started calling choppy waves gnarly, then all my friends started saying " that was gnarly" then the word mutated,,, anyway thats where gnarly comes from. roger callen 3. Stuff that proper surfers can do that you can't. |
| GNARLY CHARLIE BROWN | Some kid with blonde hair who talks to himself. |
| GOAT BOATER | A Kayaker riding the surf and getting in the way. |
| GO DEEP | A replacement for the term hang loose. |
| GONEIF | The wave is gone if you dont get your on ass on it. |
| GOIN' DEEP | Going far on the wave. |
| GOING OFF | A break under optimum conditions. Waves really high; a lot of them. |
| GOOFY FOOT | AKA GOOFY A surfer who rides with his or her right foot forward on the board. |
| GNAR GNAR | Way sick or awsome. |
| GRAND | Awesome. Rad. Saweet. |
| GRAZE ZA | To eat pizza. |
| GREEN ROOM | Inside a full cover-up tube. |
| GREMMY | From gremlin, young hanger-on who are troublesome to surfers. |
| GRINDAGE | To "get some grindage" to get some food. |
| GRIPTION | Having fresh wax on the board. |
| GROM or GROMMET | A name used for younger surfers. |
| GROUND SWELL | A clean swell with evenly-spaced lines, usually from a distant storm. |
| GUN | A large surfboard. A big wave board - long and narrow in shape. |
| GUNSMOKE | Take off really quickly on the board |
| GUSTER | Totally ripped. eg. "that was totally guster bro." |