Choka Bitchin', awesome, great etc.
Mark Foo, an American surfer from Hawaii, died at Mavericks in 1994.
Junkyard Dog A surfer with poor style or a surfer who only surfs crappy waves.
A newer addition to surfing is the progression of the air, whereby a surfer propels off the wave entirely up into the air and then successfully lands the board back on the wave.
Smaller wave peel angles increase the velocities of waves.
Although surfboards are buoyant, they cannot be relied upon as flotation devices.