1. If you’re excited to surf, you’re…
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- Frothing
- Gunning
- Hanging loose
- Rocking
2. If you’ve thrown a yard sale, you’ve…
- Sold all your surf boards
- Surfed with your besties
- Wiped out in spectacular fashion
- Hung all your surfboards in your garage
3. If you’re at a gromfest, you’re…
- At a surfer party
- With a bunch of young surfers
- With old, experienced surfers
- In the wedding party of a surfer
4. Dawn Patrol is…
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- A great film
- A spinoff of Paw Patrol
- An early morning surf session
- A group of surfers insuring the beach is safe
5. A foam ball is…
- Fun to play with in the water between waves
- Necessary for proper stretching after a surf session
- A particularly foamy wave
- The water that will blast you out of the tube, or wipe you out
6. A barrel is…
- A sick surfing maneuver
- A cylindrical container
- The front of the surfboard
- The interior of the wave that surfers seek to go inside
7. Where’s the doggy door?
- At the end of a barreling wave
- At your house
- At the lifeguard stand
- In a reef
8. What’s a closeout?
- When you’re done surfing for the day
- When a wave doesn't break cleanly, making it not surfable
- A sold-out surfing tournament
- When you get too close to another surfer and cause a wipe out
9. What’s a Barney?
- Someone who can’t surf, or drive, or do anything cool
- A big purple dinosaur
- The nickname of surfer Shawn Barron
- A strange marine creature
10. If you’re banging the lip, you’re…
- Cutting your lip after a wipeout
- Kissing
- Smacking waves to scare away sea creatures
- Aiming the board at the crest of the wave (lip), and using the force of the lip to redirect
Answers
- A. If you’re excited to surf, you’re frothing
- C. If you’ve thrown a yard sale, you’ve wiped out in spectacular fashion
- B. If you’re at a gromfest, you’re with a bunch of young surfers
- C. Dawn Patrol is an early morning surf session
- D. A foam ball is the water that will blast you out of the tube, or wipe you out
- D. A barrel is the interior of the wave that surfers seek to go inside
- A. Where’s the doggy door? At the end of a barreling wave
- B. What’s a closeout? When a wave doesn't break cleanly, making it not surfable
- A. What’s a Barney? Someone who can’t surf, or drive, or do anything cool
- D. If you’re banging the lip, you’re aiming the board at the crest of the wave (otherwise known as the lip) and using the force of the lip to redirect
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