Sanding Resin
(see hotcoat)

Sandpaper
Coarse paper mounted with a variety of grit types, used in most stages of surboard making. For instance, a type of sandpaper known as sanding gauze is often used by the shaper to do a final smoothing and tuning of the shaped blank. Thick-grit paper is used with a disc-sanding machine to cut away excess resin following the hotcoat, and thinner paper grades are used to restore the original shape of the board. Finally, very fine grades of paper are used to cut back the final glosscoat ready for polishing.

Sane
Coined by a surfer in Satellite Beach, Florida when someone did something outrageous or intense maneuver or trick. Gregory Lee Smith who coined this phrase died at the age of 49 on Christmas Eve 2003 and his surf lingo will live on in the Brevard County and San Diego Beaches forever.

Santa Ana Wind
The hot, dry, and gusty offshore winds in Southern California that are actually born near the Rocky Mountains. Typically seen between September and February, the offshore breezes begin when a ridge of circling high pressure builds over the Great Basin, forcing air down slope from that plateau. That air is then pushed westward out through the deserts where it warms at a rate of 5 degrees per 1,000 feet before kissing incoming swells (and fanning autumn fires) on the coast at anywhere from 25 to 50 knots. Homeowner's fright, surfer's delight.

Sausagefest
Similar to barnyard, but with many barnyards in the water at once. When there are a bunch of kooks in the water it's a "sausagefest" going on in the lineup.

Scab
A reef or rock. Usually associated with reef or point breaks that are shallow.

Scattered peak
A surf condition in which waves break apart into different peaks/lines with a clear separation between the ridable shoulders. This is usually caused by two swells from different directions and or periods overlapping the same break. Also called "Broken up".

Schlong
Thick, long old school surfboard. Also used to describe someone who rode one.

Schnot
The process of alternately plugging a nostril and blowing out in an attempt to eject seawater from ones sinus cavity after being worked by a bomb or getting rag dolled.

Schwack
The sound made by a surfboard as it hits the lip from a hard, slash on the lip of a wave.

Schwag
Colloquialized version of swag, being vulgar slang for booty or otherwise stolen property. Origin is derived from Swagman, an Australian Bushman. Swag being the Swagman's possessions. Applied in the surfer's world it means to get something for free.

S-Core
Name for the hollow surfboard blank designed by sports equipment company Salomon and made from styrene foams and carbon fiber; still in r-and-d in early 2003, and not yet commercially available.

Score
To acquire, gain or achieve.

Scrap
A surfer who sits just outside the lineup and off the main peak. Merchants usually catch waves that nobody else wants or is in position for and end up with higher wave counts. This is the best place for a beginner.

S-Core
A term used to describe the combination of various waves in the ocean in a specific area. The combination of these waves may include ripples, chop, wind waves, and swell, and all from a multitude of different directions. In surf forecasting terms, a "pre-existing sea state" left in an area by a previous storm, can greatly enhance the swell in a following storm passing over the same area within a 48-hour period if the sea state is going in the same direction as the fetch of the new storm.

Sea Lice
Invertebrate that embeds itself in your skin causing an annoying itch and sometimes a nasty rash.