YOU WANNA BE COOL? LEARN SOME SLANG:
Awesome: exaggerate whenever you can – the wave was awesome, the ride was awesome, the surfboard is awesome, and you look awesome
Cool: surfers are usually cool, so be cool and spread coolness – that’s cool, it sounds cool, and it looks pretty cool
Dude: a dude is a surfing brother, so keep your peers close – hi dude, what’s up dude?
Epic: once again, amplify the feat – your drop was epic, the conditions were epic
Gnarly: praise your peers for their extreme stunts – that’s gnarly, he’s gnarly all the time
Rad: rad is cooler than radical – rad move, rad dude, rad board
Shred: if you shred, then you perform at a very high level – that guy is shredding that wave
Sick: a very surfy alternative to uber cool and insane wave or rides – that is a sick wave, what a sick ride
Stoked: the most heard word in post-heat interviews is used for almost everything, particularly if you’re excited or exhilarated – so stoked, man