Aloha, Bruddah!

Entering surfing at an older age and possibly because I live in New Zealand, I am not familiar with a lot of surfing terminology from today or yesteryear.

Surfers certainly have a unique language in describing all facets of the sport / hobby. If you are interested in the lingo look no further than Riptionary.com. It is the largest online surf lexicon and got to this stage from passionate surfers who have submitted entries and still do today. I haven’t had so much fun exploring a website in ages. I would be known as a Barney:

Someone who is less than skilled at surfing. Orginally derived from the cartoon character Barney on The Flinstones because he was similar to a hodad.

It is the most neat site that contains over one thousand entries divided into five broad categories: Culture, Oceanic, Equipment, Technique and Old School. A Most Popular category is also featured that lists the most searched terms and if you are like me and not up with the play there is a For Example category where terms are shown in context.

Enjoy this awesome dictionary.

Take it Easy,

Brendon

New Zealand Surfing Guide

If you are learning to surf or are experienced, a local Kiwi or a tourist, you will find the jam packed New Zealand Surfing Guide very handy. This 550 page guide contains 470 detailed break maps. There are also 80 line up pictures and a 16 page colour gallery. This guide is perfect for planning a surfing road trip.

Two years of work went into compiling this guide - a lot of passion and love for surfing. Local surfers assisted in providing detailed information on the listed spots. The surfing community are lucky to have been given such great knowledge and insight.

Clever icons give detailed information for each spot and a stoke metre rates each break on a scale of 1 to 10. The guide also shows surfers how to learn to read the weather and predict swells. There are over 60 local area synoptic charts featured in the book.

Author, Peter Morse, acknowledges how complex New Zealand’s volcanic and reef lined coastline is and how much of it is still largely unexplored.

This gold bar sized guide book is just that gold. It is a perfect size for the car glove box or your carry bag where you can swat up on your next surfing adventure when you have a spare moment.