| SACRED | "That betty is sacred" or "that board is sacred" beyond awesome...if something is sacred. This came from the Sunset Cliffs crew...in san diego. |
| SALTY SISTER | Girl who surfs. |
| SANDBANK | An elevation in the level of the sea floor on a beach, causing waves to break over it. |
| SANDBOX | An old ghetto VW van with a bunch of boards on the roof. |
| SCHLONG | Thick, long, old style single-fin surfboard. |
| SCHWAG | Said When Something Sucks. Ex "That's effin schwag." instead of "That sucks." |
| SCOOP | Totaly awesome; off the chain. |
| SCOOPS | Free stuff, or an exclamation of intense joy. |
| SCORE | To acquire, gain or achieve, i.e.; Scored a some great rides today. |
| SCHWACK | The sound made by a surfboard as it hits the lip from a hard, slash on the wave lip. |
| SCHWINGA SWOOSH | Sound the water makes off the bottom of your board when sound echoes inside a righteous tube! |
| SCUBETUBEULAR | Awesome underwater poundage. |
| SECTION | When a wave is divided by white water into several different areas having a clean face. |
| SENIORS | Old farts that can still paddle out and catch a ride. |
| SET | A group of waves coming in at a regular pace. Usually three waves in the group. |
| SHA | Same as yes or okay. |
| SHAKA or SHOCKA | The universal surfer's hand signal where you stick out the thumb and pinky and fold the other three fingers in and usually rock the hand back and forth. It has several meanings such as cool, hang loose or just hi. |
| SHACKED | Being barrelled or getting drunk. To get caught under a closed out wave. |
| SHADES | Glasses protecting you from the sun; sunglasses. |
| SHAGGY HAIR | The typical surfer hair |
| SHANK | Catching a sweet wave and wiping out right at the peak of the wave. |
| SHARKBAIT | 1. A person that is your friend and that is crazy. 2. The person that is the furthest out from the shore. |
| SHARKY | Strange or like when the waters filled with grey suits. Heard it in New Zealand |
| SHAVE IT | Shave the top off a wave |
| SHAZZAM | Term used after Powning a weasel or barney. |
| SHEA | A term for a crazy girl surfer who is very good. |
| SHIBBY | Oh man! Like "gnarly" |
| SHEILA | Rad girl, What guys call girls to get their attention. |
| SHIFTING | To shift the board from side to side. |
| SHOCKA BRA | To hang loose man!!! hawaiian style-Keith(California). |
| SHOCKA NAR NAR | A mix between Totally awesome, hangten, nice wave. |
| SHOOBIE | 1. Actually, this is a redifinition more so as an arguement against the spelling. Considering Shoebie was a term started on LBI to describe the workers from the mainland who came to the beach to eat with their lunches in "shoe boxes" the alternate spelling shoebie should be included. The nick cartoon "Rocket Power" made this term known nation wide because one of the two writers came from LBI. A lot of the area that cartoon takes place in is based off of LBI. (Two random facts). 2. People or some one who take over someones surf spot and claim it as there own. See SHOOBIES below. |
| SHOOBIES | Tourists and beach newcomers that spoil the waves for the locals. People from the city who wear socks and sandles at the beach, who swim and play with plastic blow up toys in the surf section |
| SHOOK | A crazy guy that talks like he knows everthing about surfing but really doesn't. Makes up board brands and usually looks like he never goes to the beach. |
| SHOOTIN' THE PIPE | Getting into, riding and getting out of a pipe. |
| SHOMMY | Not too good. |
| SHOREBREAK | Waves breaking very close to shore or on the beach. More suited for short rides or working on skills such as getting up on the board. |
| SHOULDER | The steep part of the wave directly in front of the breaking area. |
| SHOULDER HOPPING, HOPPER | Drop'n in on someone else's wave (surfer closest to break owns the wave) |
| SHRED | Ability to execute rapid repeated turns on a shortboard. |
| SHREDDIN THE GNARL | To shred a gnarley wave. (matt-california) |
| SHUBEE | Somebody who wears ando buy surf gear but have never surfed on their entire lifes. |
| SHUT DOWN | To wipeout while inside the barrel,surfing a wave that closes out causing you to wipeout. |
| SHWAY | Awesome-stroke of luck. |
| SHWHAT | Another way to say what |
| SICK | 1. Excellent, the best. Totally cool, something that rocked or just a term in place of "wow" for example.. "oh dude, these waves are sick." Awesome insanely cool. 2. Rad, awsome, good, cool. |
| SICKANT | A person who is sick. |
| SICKO DECE | Sick nasty, decent, combination of both. |
| SIS | A radical girl surfer. |
| SILIVER SURFER | See Seniors. |
| SINISTER | Kick ass..."Thats sinister bro" |
| SKANK | The rich poser who'll by everyone stuff but never paddle out, sells himself out to the pros and the naturals just so he can have some friends. |
| SKEPTIC | What you call a good friend who is fat and they are cool about it. Regional. |
| SKIMBOARD | A small board made of plywood or fiberglass. The rider skims over the wave wash on the shore or shoots out from the shore into an oncoming wave. |
| SKIMBOARDER | A person that rides a skimboard. A surfer with balls |
| S`LATER | Combo of see ya + later..."alright, s'later brah" |
| SLAMMIN | Word used to described as cool or awesome |
| SMACKABLE | Certain type of wave that you can smack your board off the lip |
| SMOGBREATHER | A totally unrighteous non surfer someone who lives on rock and not the hydro. |
| SMOKIN | When the surfer does so well they are on fire. |
| SNAKE | Paddling around behind someone who is in position and stealing their wave. Taking ownership of a wave. A legend who thinks they are greater than they are, a real weasel. |
| SNAKE OUT | When person backs out of wave..making you miss it. |
| SNAP UP | To stand up fastly on your board. |
| SOCOF | Can't surf as they are ill. |
| SOLID | Decent "thats a solid set". |
| SOUP | The white water of a broken wave (also the stuff you heat up and eat after surfing so you don't get pnuemonia) |
| SOUP BOWL | A wave which has a steep peak with weak shoulders on both sides. |
| SPEEDBUMP | 1. Those irritating people who stand right in the way of a good ride. 2. A kook who is in your way |
| SPIFFY | Refer to awesome or radical. Also used to refer to an awesome or hot chick. |
| SPIKING | To launch your board into another surfer or their board. Considered a misdemeanor assault or felony assault with a deadly weapon (see toenail) |
| SPIN CYCLE | Wiping out and getting thrashed underwater until you don't know which way is up. |
| SPINNER | Turning 360 degrees on your board while still steering the board straight. |
| SPIN-OUT | When the fins of the board break loose from the waters surface. |
| SPIT | The spray of water coming out of the barrel when the barrel is closing. |
| SPONGER | 1. Boogey boarder or body boarder. 2. Boogey boarder who drops-in on the shoulder of an occupied wave. |
| SPRING SUIT | Wetsuit with short arms and short legs. |
| SQUID | A beginner or newcomer. A new kid. |
| SQUISHED RACCOONS | Waves that are practically non-existent, unrideable, "dead". |
| STALL | A maneuver where the board is slowed or 'stalled' to allow the curl to catch up with the surfer. |
| STANDARD | Nothing new. |
| STAVEWAVE | The rainmaker of waves. |
| STEALING THE BEACH | How much sand you take home in the crack of your butt. |
| STEAMER | A full wetsuit with long arms and long legs. |
| STEAMER LANE | A.K.A. "Steamers" or "The Lane". A legendary surfing location in Santa Cruz, Ca. |
| STELLAR | Gnarly, rad. |
| STICK | Another name for your board. |
| STINK BUG | Kook stance wide apart legs butt up in the air...just like a stink bug. |
| STINK EYE | Hard, cold, menacing stare. |
| STRINGER | The thin piece or pieces of wood running down the center of a board adding strength. |
| STOKED | Full of enthusiasm. |
| STUFFED | Being driven under the water by a wave coming down on you. |
| SUCKY | A hollow, often heavy wave. Not Cool. |
| SUNNIES | 1. ( SUNNY) people or a person who stays in the sun all the time and most likely has a great tan! 2. Sunglasses |
| SUP | Another word for alright dude, whats up. |
| SURFARI | Surfing safari, out of town surf trip. See SURFING SAFARI |
| SURFBETTY | A girl that surfs. See The Betty Series |
| SURF BUM/BEACH BUM | Guys and girls who just spend the whole day at the beach surfing or just chilling there. |
| SURFETTE | A girl surfer. |
| SURF GYPSY | A surfer who would rather sleep in their car/a tent/under a trash can, and borrow someone elses clothes the following day, rather than drive home from the coast in the evening. |
| SURF SWAMY | Your surf teacher Im not 100% sure that is a surf word, I think it might be later brah. |
| SURFER TRAMP | An aging person who once lived to surf but cant afford a board and lives on the streets of woolacombe. |
| SURFMOBILE | Any vehicle covered in surf stickers, toting surfboards and/or body-boards driven solely to get to and from the beach. |
| SURF NAZI | Aggressive surfer(s), that think they own the beach and all the waves. |
| SURFRAT | Some little grom who rips every wave |
| SURFING SAFARI | A road trip expressly for surfing. |
| SURF WEASEL | One who purports to have the Aloha Spirit but practices kookdom without respect for the local community. |
| SWAMP DONKEY | A really ugly woman. |
| SWAMP HOG | A really fat ugly girl tanning while wearing a bikini in the sand. |
| SWAMP MONKEY | A real ugly man. |
| SWELL | 1. Waves generated by the energy from the weather and wind conditions traveling over the oceans surface, often traveling for hundreds or thousands of miles. 2. A measurement of wave height. 3. A day or so of rad conditions. |
| SWEET AS | Really cool. |
| SWEEETTTTTT | Like totally cool dude. |
| SWEETNESS | When something goes totally wrong, a sarcastic term. |
| SWICK | Sweet + sick. |
| SWING BLOUQUE | A blouque (guy, or dude) who is bisexual and surfs (which there is nothing wrong with?). |
| SWITCH-FOOT | A surfer who can surf with either foot forward. |