Now that you know all these surfer slang terms, the only thing stopping you from going surfing is the ability to surf.

Boneyard: where the waves break, or crash down to the point where they can be surfed.

Soup: the foamy white water after a wave breaks.

Ankle slop: waves too small to surf.

Cruncher: A large, hard-breaking wave that folds back over on itself and is almost impossible to surf.

Honker: a big, surfable wave.

Off the Richter: a particularly excellent wave

Eat it: to fall off, or wipeout.

Gremlin: a young, novice surfer.

Hodad: a non-surfer.

Probros: amateur surfer derogatory term for professional surfers.

Gandalf: an old, wise surfer.

Dawn patrol: early-morning surfers.

Goat boat: a jetski and its rider using up all the good surfing waves.

Meatball: a “no surfing flag.” Traditionally, these flags were yellow with a solid black circle in the middle.

Humpback: a double wave that can be surfed by two people at the same time.

Having a Neptune Cocktail: to accidentally ingest a large amount of seawater.

Reef rash: getting cuts and scratches from coastal reefs.

Beef jerky: reef rash.

Depth charge: when a surfer is too far away from shore and needs to make a #2…they go for a depth charge.

Delammed: short for “delaminated,” or when a fiberglass surfboard becomes so old and used that the foam core is poking through the top, making the board slippery and hard to stand on.

Wettie warmer: to pee in one’s wetsuit to make it a little warmer.

Noah. Short for an Australian rhyming slang term, Noah’s Ark, which means…shark.