Howdy team. So here’s another of our handy questionnaire/quiz/interview series; the second in our Surf Speak series: (check out our previous piece here, and all under the Questions tag!)
Number Two: Surf slang.
Whether folks realise it or not, surf culture has been instrumental in influencing mainstream and pop culture for decades. The fashion, the lifestyle, and significantly – the slang – has been used by people whose closest brush with surfing would be a brand of washing powder. Nevertheless, we at Trident expect actual surfers to know the most about our unique slang. So we created this intense quiz, to test your knowledge of said surf slang. So let’s have a go shall we?
Question 1: Translate the following into general speech: Aweh my cuz, just got the sickest tube ever!
Option a. Greetings family members, I have an ill feeling in my intestinal tube!
Option b. Hello my friend, I just got an exhilarating wave which entombed me while I rode standing on my surfboard!
Option c. Howdy Barry Hilton, I just downed a beer using a funnel and tube!
Option d. Goodbye Norma Jean, I just created an armoured suit, cylindrical in shape for my pet centipede!
Question 2: Translate the following into surf slang: I just heard a quick surf report from another surfer; the wind is perfectly offshore, the waves are head high and running for hundreds of metres!
Option a. Heard it’s kiff from that other waxy, wind is groomed, 3 to 4 foot and peeling!
Option b. It’s pomping ekse!
Option c. Someone said a bunch of meteorological terms I don’t really understand, but there’s white water and people bobbing about in the sea!
Option d: I said hey Mr Tambourine Man, put another shrimp on the barbie and craft me a gothic dollhouse!
Question 3: Describe the dominant tone and/or emotion expressed here: My bru, paddle inside me one more time and see what happens.
Option a. Depressed.
Option b. Angry.
Option c. Joyful.
Option d. Don’t understand the question, may I please use your sunblock for this rash on my groin?
Question 4: A global surf term, what is the best description of “brah”?
Option a. An item of women’s intimate wear.
Option b. A close surfing friend.
Option c. The noise a sheep with a lisp makes.
Option d. An item of women’s intimate wear that nobody should judge anyone else of any gender, race, creed, orientation or crayon colour preference for wearing #woke.
Question 5: A classic item of surf clothing, now ubiquitous worldwide, is often referred to as:
Option a. Baggies.
Option b. Boardies.
Option c. Booties.
Option d. Ballbags.
Question 6: Most surfers already shorten surfboard, (shortboard, longboard, fish, skateboard, cudgel) to ‘board. Name another slang term for the equipment:
Option a. Slab of foam.
Option b. Stick.
Option c. Sword.
Option d. Picket fence post.
Question 7: Being called a “kook” is a pretty hardcore insult from another surfer. What exactly does it mean?
Option a. A beginner surfer.
Option b. A surfer of questionable skill and/or a surfer with no etiquette nor understanding of the surf lineup.
Option c. A flat earther.
Option d. The guy you’ll find having a heated argument with a broken urinal in the abandoned ablution block. I know, because this is me.
Question 8: Translate the following into general speech: It was super gnarly bru, heaving barrels and double overhead, I kakked myself, no word of a lie!
Option a. The waves were fairly intimidating, breaking hard and of an enormous size, I soiled myself! Literally.
Option b. I had the time of my life surfing today! Although I soiled myself.
Option c. I couldn’t get to the bathroom in time.
Option d. Like most days, I soil myself so my boss will let me off early.
* Bonus Question: The following statement “Trident is the kiffest surf website ekse my bru” is:
Option a. False.
Option b. True.
Option c. Yes.
Option d. Oblong.
