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By Jay DiMartino, About.com Guide to Surfing / Bodyboarding since 2003

Talk the Talk

Tuesday May 26, 2009
Learn to Talk like a Surfer
If you plan on learning to surf this season, be sure to learn to walk the walk before you talk the talk. But if you are on the fringe looking in and are trying to understand the waveriders' lingo, here is a cheat sheet. Surfers utilize a highly stylized and descriptive array of words and phrases in their communication. Learn new ways to linguistically interact at the beach. There is more to a surfer's lexicon than "dude."

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