Need Surfing Variations of the Word "Portal"

November 1, 2012 8:36 PM

Is there a surfing/skateboard derivative of the term "portal"

I am developing some wraparound pants and need to give them a name. "Portal" is a favorite of mine. I checked and the name is taking for a website along with variations of it. Is there a surfing/skateboarding variation of the term

posted by goalyeehah to sports, hobbies, & recreation (3 answers total)

I have been a surfer for 20 years and I don't even understand your question. You want a surfing slang version of the word "portal"? A portal is not a thing that exists in surfing. There is no slang term for it for the same reason there is no slang surf term for "double-entry bookkeeping".

Surf slang is focused around surfing, skateboarding is similar. "Portal" isn't even a commonly used English word, so it seems unlikely that anybody outside maybe game-modders for the video game of the same title would have slang variants of it.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 8:57 PM on November 1, 2012 [4 favorites]

The closest thing I can come to is "barrel" or 360. I mean it in terms of a "bridge"
posted by goalyeehah at 9:34 PM on November 1, 2012

No worries. I solved the problem.
posted by goalyeehah at 9:34 PM on November 1, 2012