U Unreal Something that's beyond what one generally expects.
Upwelling The process by which water rises from a lower to a higher depth, usually as a result of divergence and offshore currents. It influences climate by bringing colder, more nutrient-rich water to the surface. A vital factor of the El Naio event.
Upwelling Brief condition of extreme content caused when a surfer has executed a wettie warmer.
Urineaphoria Condition arising from pulling up to a secret spot and finding it offshore and glassy. Also, Epic.
Varial
A shove-it with the difference being that a surfer spins the surfboard with their hand.
VayCay An AWESOME vacation!
Vee A bottom shape in which the stringer is lower than the rails when viewed
from the side. Originated in the tail area during the late 1960s by
Australian designer Bob McTavish and several contemporaries, it allows a
board to roll positively from rail to rail in turns. Tail vee was a
design standard until the early 1990s, when experiments with concaves
and reverse vee (see reverse vee) virtually eliminated it from small
wave equipment. Still the preferred bottom contour in many medium to
large wave designs.
Vee Buttom Similar to boat hull design. Surfboard bottom characteristic where tapering to a subtle angle allows a surfer to turn more easily.
Vegetable Anyone not really into the surfing community.
Velocity The strength that wind blows in a swell generation event. it's also one of the central tenets in wave generation along with Duration and Fetch.
Velzyland Hawaiian surf spot named in honor of legendary shaper/rider Dale Velzy. Props to Bruce Brown and others.
Velcro
Patented hook and loop fastener, used mainly in zipperless suits to
connect overlapping panels and in zippered suits to tighten neck gasket.
Vertical Trail Slash Same start as a lip turn, but the tail arcs 180 degrees vertically above the pitching wave crest before dropping back down the wave face.
Vertical To turn and cut straight up the wave face.
Victory at Sea
A surf condition in which the waves are very choppy and windblown.
Derived from the old classic "Victory At Sea" TV shows in the 60's, in
which the intro showed US Navy destroyers plowing through huge stormy
seas in the open ocean.
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