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 ==== Aloha ====
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 ==== Arvo ====
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 ==== Beta ====
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   * (From climbing, but used now for a number of sports and activities) Information about a route, area, or activity acquired before visiting the area or embarking on the activity. In climbing if you climb a route on your first attempt without any falls and with no beta that is called an "**onsite**". With no falls but with beta is called a "**flash"**.
   * **Beta Spray **  (Also from climbing) Unsolicited advice about how to do something (typically referring to technique - not safety advice) similar to "fun ruiner". Given how often getting local knowledge is so important for paddling unfamiliar runs we're not sure this is that useful of a term for downwinding, but we like it anyway. In downwinding, one's first completion of a world class downwinder is very unlikely to be spoiled by advance knowledge about the run. And of course, one of the great things about some [[:world_s_best_downwind|great downwind runs]] is how much they can vary with different conditions.
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 ==== Boat Classifications ====
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   * **HPK**  - high performance kayak (eg. surfski), **SK**  - sea kayak, **FSK**  - fast sea kayak etc. these are designations that were developed to provide some uniformity of boat speed classification for racing - based on width and length of boats. There are some beginner surfskis (see the "Race Cat" column in [[:surfski_tables#single_skis|surfski table]]) whose dimensions qualify them as FSKs in races using these ratings. [[http://www.soundrowers.org/boat-classes/|SoundRowers.org Classification Reference]]
   * **SS20+ **- racing classification added for the Blackburn Challenge - "The **Surfski 20 Plus (SS20Plus) class**  is a new class for 2013. This class will include surfskis whose beam is greater then 20 inches (50.8 cm). A surfski is defined as closed hull front facing paddled boat with an open self bailing cockpit. Examples of surfskis included in this class are: Epic V8 & V6, Stellar S18S, Think EZE, Nelo Viper 55 Ski, Fenn Blue-Fin, etc. Anyone paddling a SS20Plus surfski can still participate in the HPK class if they would like, but no longer the FSK class like prior years. Both the HPK and SS20Plus will start at the same time." - [[https://www.facebook.com/newenglandsurfski|New England Surfski facebook]]
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 ==== Boat Design Terms ====
   * See [[:surfski_design_characteristics|]]
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   * **draft **- the distance between the waterline and the keel (bottom centerline) of a boat or lowest fixed piece of running gear which in the case of surfskis and OCs can be the bottom of a long surfing rudder. Thus draft is the minimum depth of water necessary to allow a boat to float freely.
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 ==== Bombora (aka bommie, bombie, bommy) ====
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 ==== Brace ====
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 ==== Brother/Dude variations ====
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   * **Less Common **- Breh, Bruv, etc. etc.
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 ==== Cracker ====
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 [[https://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html|Australian slang]] used to describe something as "great". That was a cracker downwinder, mate. ((reference provided by Wayne Jater, Queensland, Au)) "Corker" and "Ripper" can be used similarly.</WRAP>
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 ==== Downwind ====
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         * Technical (waves from multiple directions), "Chunky Munky" - choppy, difficult, maybe also "technical".
           * more about "technical" from the UK - "…was messy— purists would call it ‘technical’ - it sounds better, because it gives the impression that you know what you are doing. I call it survival!! Andy Nicholson from Hayling calls it ‘paddling at your limit’ T-bone calls it ‘fekking scary’"
+See also [[:downwind|]]
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 ==== Drafting/Bow Wake Riding ====
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 Photo: from [[:wash_riding|Surfski Kayak Wash Riding Discussion]]
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 ==== Eponyms Related to Surfskis/Downwinding ====
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 ==== Feather ====
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 "feather" of your kayak paddle refers to the angle your blades are offset from one another. Feathering your blades may be helpful in paddling upwind - reducing the wind effect on the recovery side blade. When one blade is in the water, the one in the air (if feathered) slices through the wind rather than catching or having to push against it. Oscar Chalupsky (somewhat controversially) in recent years has recommended surfskiers adopt zero feather to simplify bracing and because feathering is not needed when paddling downwind. There is a fair amount of argument about 0 feather, but it has gained some adherents, including Boyan Zlatarev in Tarifa.((See  [[:setup#feather|feather in paddle setup]]))  </WRAP>
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 ==== Frother ====
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 ==== Grand Ducky of Fenwick (more commonly know as the Duchy of Grand Fenwick) ====
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-Reivers Dustin's [[:races:tdia_2010#reivers_declaration_of_dual_citizenship|adopted homeland]]. He uses his dual citizenship to compete for the Ducky((See  [[:grand_fenwick|Grand Fenwick]]))  in the [[:races:washington_race_reports#t_u_v|Think International Challenge]] race series.
+Reivers Dustin's [[:races:tdia_2010#reivers_declaration_of_dual_citizenship|adopted homeland]]. He used his dual citizenship to compete for the Ducky((See  [[:grand_fenwick|Grand Fenwick]]))  in the [[:races:washington_race_reports#t_u_v|Think International Challenge]] race series (which has been on hiatus for a number of years as of 2025).
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+==== Holoholo ====
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-from Huki.com: "Huki means pull in Hawaiian and is sometimes shouted by steerspeople as a command to commence paddling at the start of a race"
+Urban Dictionary: A Hawaiian word meaning "to go and roam about" (for pleasure).
+"We go holoholo" means we are moving/exploring in some fashion for enjoyment - walking, riding, sailing, **paddling**,…
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 ==== Kiff (Kif) ====
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-==== Lekker ====
+==== Lekker (lekka) ====
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 ==== Ocker ====
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 A typical or average Australian male. Ocker is also used as an adjective meaning characteristically Australian (also occa, okker) (Can be used to describe someone uncouth, etc., but we're sticking with the more positive definition here, mate, because the Aussie surfskiers we have met are a lekker bunch.)((reference provided by Judi Row, Queensland, Au))  </WRAP>
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 ==== Outrigger Terms ====
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   * **ama**  - ("ah-mah") Polynesian term for an outrigger float. Used for the ones on the side of an OC and a Va'a and also commonly used when referring to the outside floats on catamarans and trimarans. With canoes amas are usually mounted on the left but can be mounted on the right (which surfing OCs do in Hawaii to catch "rights" while avoiding digging in with their amas and flipping)
   * **iako**  - ("yah-koh") Hawaiian term for a pole (2 per canoe) that connects an ama to an outrigger canoe (Polynesian term is "**aka**", Samoan term is "**kiato**")
+  * **huki**  - ("hoo-kee") from Huki.com: "Huki means "pull" in Hawaiian and is sometimes shouted by steerspeople as a command to commence paddling at the start of a race"
   * **huli**  - ("hoo-lee") term commonly used by outrigger paddlers to mean tipping one's boat (usually flipping) and falling in the water which can be a little more dramatic in an OC given the two boat parts. In rough water OCers sometimes manage to huli boat over ama. Huli is becoming more common in usage with other types of boats to also refer to falling in the water.
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 {{  :oc:oc_huli.jpg?direct&268x166  |OC in middle of a huli}}
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 ==== Pearl (nosedive) ====
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-Term from surfing meaning a nosedive. Strictly speaking in surfing it refers to a nosedive into the wave you are on, which is rare with a surfski unless you are on steep waves such as shore break. Having a surfski nose submerge more commonly involves burying your bow into the base or back of the wave in front of you when you are downwinding. The degree that the nose gets buried can often be moderated by leaning your torso backward which will usually reduce how far your bow gets buried thereby reducing your speed loss and diminishing how long it takes for your bow to pop up on top of the water again. Extreme nosedives on steep waves can lead to **"pitch poling"**  where the rear end flips over the front. This usually occurs only in the very steep waves found in [[:wave_basics#breaking_waves|shore break, boomers]], or very big seas and lends itself to boat and boater injury.
+Term from surfing meaning a nosedive. Strictly speaking in surfing it refers to a nosedive into the wave you are on, which is rare with a surfski unless you are on steep waves such as shore break. Having a surfski nose submerge more commonly involves burying your bow into the base or back of the wave in front of you when you are downwinding. The degree that the nose gets buried can often be moderated by leaning your torso backward which will usually reduce how far your bow gets buried thereby reducing your speed loss and diminishing how long it takes for your bow to pop up on top of the water again. Extreme nosedives on steep waves does involve pearling and can lead to **"pitch poling"**  where the rear end flips over the front. This usually occurs only in the very steep waves found in [[:wave_basics#breaking_waves|shore break, boomers]], or very big seas and lends itself to boat and boater injury. Tupuria King demonstrating an [[https://youtu.be/dtuOYvy4ND8?t=15|OC pitch pole with a 1/2 twist]].
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 **Near OC pitchpole (big conditions, open ocean)**, Kaiwi Solo 2024, photo from [[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6nuQvQLyes/|video clip]]
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 ==== Put-in, Take-out ====
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   * **Put-in**  where you put your boat in the water to launch
   * **Take-out **- where you take your boat out of the water to end your paddle trip.
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+==== RDS ====
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+**RDS = "Race Derangement Syndrome"**. This does not refer to otherwise mild-mannered folk who become fierce competitors when racing. No, it is really a term that captures a range of behaviors that involve cognitive dissonance between what a boater claims to be their own personal race philosophy and that same boater's actual behavior during races. RDS can refer to individuals who profess a non-cutthroat, loving philosophy about racing but display a completely different demeanor and attitude when actually racing. It can also refer to individuals who categorically deny any competitive behavior that is "unfriendly" even though all of their fellow competitors can describe instances when such individuals have effectively tried to run them off the road or put their persons and equipment at risk during races.
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+==== Ria ====
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+"Ria" comes from Galician Spanish derived from "Rio".
+Wikipedia: "Ria - is a coastal [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inlet|inlet]] formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_valley|river valley]]. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea"
+Rias are common in Galicia and can offer somewhat organized waves, good for downwinding or long surfing waves that do not subside for quite a distance and only break when close to shore or when the water gets sufficiently shallow. **Coastal inlets**,regardless of origin,** can provide these kinds of waves**, whether such inlets are **rias, estuaries, fjords, or simply bends in the coastline**  if they have a good combination of shape, orientation, and depth **.**  As long as there are occasions when tide, wind and swell work together with the right alignment and wave affecting factors within such inlets, long running waves will form. Examples: [[:northern_spain_videos|coastal inlet videos]] of Northern Spain.
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 ==== Rhumb Line ====
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 The path between two points on a surface that allows a constant bearing. On a curved surface like the earth it is not the shortest path, but it allows the simplest navigation. On a two dimensional surface it is also the shortest path. Wikipedia: "Over the Earth's surface at low latitudes or over short distances it can be used for plotting the course of a vehicle, aircraft or ship. Over longer distances and/or at higher latitudes the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle|great circle]] route is significantly shorter than the rhumb line between the same two points."</WRAP>
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   * [[:tidalrace:tidal_races|Tidal Race ]](aka** Tide Rip**) is a specific type of current associated with the swift movement of tidal water (either ebbing or rising) through constrictions - channels, inlets, the mouths of estuaries, bays, and harbors, and places where water depth rapidly changes. These tidal currents are stronger and faster where constriction or narrowing of a channel occurs, but such constrictions are not always visible, they can also occur underwater from bottom depth variation. Depending on circumstance such tidal currents can be a nuisance or a danger or they can be the source of excellent waves to surf.((See  [[:tidalrace:ambleside|Ambleside]]  or  [[:tidalrace:deception_pass|]]  - typically the waves stack up more with wind going against the current. Also they often tend to be technical with rapidly varying wave forms and directions so these sites when working can provide particularly demanding workouts for strength and skill.))
   * **Overfall **is another term used in conjunction with rough tidal current. We have found a variety of definitions, some which equate an overfall with tidal races and others which distinguish an "overfall" as tidal current going over obstacles or rough sea bed features. We are not sure about the distinction - tidal races where swell and wind oppose a strong current can get quite rough, but changes in sea bed topography certainly also seem to contribute to wave formation with strong tidal current. Overfall appears to be a more common term in sea kayaking circles.
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   * from [[https://paddlemonster.com/explore-stand-up-paddleboarding/deciphering-the-wind-forecast/|Deciphering The Wind Forecast]]:
-      * **Cross shore wind:**  Wind that blows more or less parallel to the shoreline
+      * **Cross shore wind:**  Wind that blows more or less parallel to the shoreline****
-      * **Tailwind:**  wind that is blowing in the direction you want to paddle, coming from behind you, giving you a good push, and working with you
-      * **Headwind:**  Wind coming from directly in front of you, from the direction you want to paddle, head-on. Headwinds work against you.****
       * ******Crosswind:**  Wind that comes from the side, across your direction of travel.
-      * **Downwind:**  In the direction the wind is blowing, with the wind, similar to tailwind.
+      * **Downwind:**  In the direction the wind is blowing, with the wind, similar to tailwind or with a following wind.
-      * **Upwind:**  Against the direction of the wind, similar to headwind.
-      * **Nor’easter:**  According to [[http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/noreaster.shtml|NOAA]], a Nor’easter is a cyclonic storm that can develop along East Coast of North America that features strong winds blowing from the northeast.
-      * **Kona Wind:**  Important to know if you paddle in Hawaii, a [[https://www.hawaiilife.com/blog/hawaiis-winds/|Kona wind]] is a wind blowing from the southwest or south-southwest, usually from the leeward (protected) side of the island toward the windward. For example, if a Kona wind comes up while you are paddling the Maliko Run on Maui’s North Shore, it could blow you out to sea. It’s the opposite of the tradewind.
-      * **Tradewind:**  The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly (coming from the east -blowing toward to west) surface winds found in the tropics, within the lower portion of the Earth’s atmosphere, in the lower section of the troposphere near the Earth’s equator. In the northern hemisphere the trade winds generally blow from the north east while **in the southern hemisphere they blow from the south east**. The direction of the winds is influenced by land masses so trade winds tend to be more uniform over the oceans
       * **Easterly, Easterlies**  A wind, especially a prevailing wind, that blows from the east. The tradewinds in tropical regions and the prevailing winds in the polar regions are easterlies.
+      * **Headwind:**  Wind coming from directly in front of you, from the direction you want to paddle, head-on. Headwinds work against you.
+      * **Kona Wind:**  Important to know if you paddle in Hawaii, a [[https://www.hawaiilife.com/blog/hawaiis-winds/|Kona wind]] is a wind blowing from the southwest or south-southwest, usually from the leeward (protected) side of the island toward the windward. For example, if a Kona wind comes up while you are paddling the Maliko Run on Maui’s North Shore, it could blow you out to sea. It’s the opposite of the tradewind.
+      * **Nor’easter:**  According to [[http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/noreaster.shtml|NOAA]], a Nor’easter is a cyclonic storm that can develop along East Coast of North America that features strong winds blowing from the northeast.
       * **Prevailing Wind**  A wind from the direction that is predominant at a particular place or season.
+      * **Spindrift**  Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind…(also used to describe blowing snow or sand). Sometimes referred to as "smoke" on the water, usually water spindrift picks up around 40 mph wind speed and can indicate for some that it's time to get off or stay off the water or for others that it is definitely time to be using a paddle leash.
+      * **Tailwind:**  wind that is blowing in the direction you want to paddle, coming from behind you, giving you a good push, and working with you
+      * **Tradewind:**  The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly (coming from the east -blowing toward to west) surface winds found in the tropics, within the lower portion of the Earth’s atmosphere, in the lower section of the troposphere near the Earth’s equator. In the northern hemisphere the trade winds generally blow from the north east while **in the southern hemisphere they blow from the south east**. The direction of the winds is influenced by land masses so trade winds tend to be more uniform over the oceans
+      * **Upwind:**  In the opposite direction of the wind, against the wind, similar to headwind.
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+**WTF = Work-to-Fun **ratio. Rating system suggested by Michael Medler to Bellingham paddlers. Intended primarily to describe downwind lap days and to compare the amount of work paddling upwind to the pleasure surfing downwind. See [[:stories:wtf_system_september_2015|original WTF post]]
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