About Us
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One day a friend and I were sitting at our favorite beach talking about
surf conditions when the idea came to mind to start a website for the many
words and phrases surfers use.
There's no doubt that surfers have an unusual and distinct language. After
all, he and I had a detailed discussion about wave conditions, the setup at
our break, tidal influences, shifting sand bars, swell direction and
period, wind influences, and so on. To the uninformed, this conversation
would have sounded like an unfamiliar language. Shortly thereafter, the
idea gelled and Riptionary.com was launched. |
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Although the site wasn't an overnight success, over time surfers from around
the globe began submitting their entries. Because of generous surfer
contributions, Riptionary has grown from a few dozen words into the largest
online surf lingo dictionary with well over one thousand terms, sayings and
definitions.
Today we're a top PageRank site at Google and garner a top-tier (if not the
top) position in every leading domestic and international search engine for
surf lingo and surf dictionary queries. On average, we receive 45,000 unique
sessions per month and to date have served well over 3.5 million lexicon page
views. Our site is regularly used as a reference source by everyone from
students and journalists to marketing and media firms to anthropologists; we
get 'em all.
Now we're no experts in etymology nor do we claim to be - we're surfers, but
Riptionary.com isn't simply about compiling a sub-culture language. It’s more
about looking at surf culture thru a lens that is the language. From the beginning,
we’ve tried to focus on the slang, terms and specific definitions that surfers'
use in their every day lives. Mainly because it's more fun, but also because
this approach offers a unique perspective when looking at past, present and the
evolution of surf culture.
We hope you find Riptionary.com fun, interesting and informative.
Surf On!
S.A. Mathews
Founder, Lead Surfologist
Riptionary.com - Surf Lingo Lexicon
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