What is getting pitted in surfing?

As was “pitted”: A surfing term describing when a surfer gets barreled, or rides the hollow center of a breaking wave.

Where is Vine surfer guy now?

Some 15 years later, we wanted to know what happened to the “surfer dude” who so many people around the world recognize. Still surfing, Peasley is now a 35-year-old husband and father and has capitalized on his Internet fame with a business appropriately called Get Pitted Surf & Snow.

What does get pitted mean?

Pitted. What it means to the general public: A form of olive that has the stone removed or something with lots of dents in, usually the faces of acne-ridden teenage boys. What it means to surfers: Getting pitted is what every surfer aspires towards, slotting themselves neatly inside a barreling wave.

What is drained surf?

Alternatively, a person who cleans drains. What it means to surfers: A gnarly wave that sucks the water off a shallow bottom (often reef), bowls up and barrels.

What does it mean to get pitted?

What it means to surfers: Getting pitted is what every surfer aspires towards, slotting themselves neatly inside a barreling wave. “Dude, I got totally pitted just then!”

How do you know you’re a surfer?

You know you’re a surfer when eating shit doesn’t literally mean eating shit…. Surfer slang: a type of speech that sometimes makes you wonder if you’re even speaking the same language. Sometimes it’s like surfers really do have their own.

Do surfers really have their own slang?

Sometimes it’s like surfers really do have their own. You could sit there, as a non-surfer, for hours and hours not understanding what the hell these bearded dudes in boardies are banging on about. We’ve already taken a look at snowboard and mountain bike lingo, so we thought it was about time to delve in the complex semantics of surfer slang.