Windsurf Vocabulary


Abwind See danewind

Adjustable mast drag Sand in the hinge

Body brag Been tanning all winter

Bump and lump Not quite there yet

Danewind Too much food yesterday, worked into wetsuit

Foei Surfer

Had-a-rush On the way home

Horde bag Twin sleeping bag

Hype surf OK, that's cheap, i couldn't resist

Kin box RV

Leewear side Starboard announces jeans look going into 2005 spring season

Life See Wife. (You have one even though you're a windsurfer?)

Outcrawl After a catapult

Shin screw Unobtainium from where the white cab took you

Shwell See abwind

Stalk the sail Get on the nerves of a shop guy until you get that brand new Infinity for 250 bucks

Surebreak Your first wave session

The Torge See Surebreak

Tuck bribe Don't tell your momy

Unobtanium Accessory made from expensive, high-tech material. Titanium fin screws, all carbon booms and the like. (Source: MTB lingo)

White cab Your EMS vehicle to the hospital after failed attempt to loop

Wife See Life. (You have one even though you're a windsurfer?)