kooks
Off-the-wall people
Kooks is the plural of kook—people considered strange, eccentric, or crazy.
The term suggests harmless oddity rather than genuine mental illness: The beach attracted surfers, hippies, and assorted kooks.
In surfing specifically, a kook is an inexperienced or clueless surfer who doesn't know the etiquette: The lineup was full of kooks dropping in on everyone.
Eccentric individual
- crackpotEccentric with strange ideas
- weirdoPeculiar person, dismissively
- nutcaseEccentric or deranged person
- freakAbnormal deviation from typical
misfit · whacko · screwball · loony · crank · character · original · flake
Artistic nonconformist type
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- rebelAuthority defier
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
- outsiderOne excluded from group
misfit · counterculture · hippie · beatnik · dropout · freethinker · anarchist · radical
oddball
Eccentric individual
- crackpotEccentric with strange ideas
- weirdoPeculiar person, dismissively
- nutcaseEccentric or deranged person
freak · misfit · whacko · screwball · loony · crank · character · original · flake · nut
bohemian
Artistic nonconformist type
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- rebelAuthority defier
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
outsider · misfit · counterculture · hippie · beatnik · dropout · freethinker · anarchist · radical · dissenter
beginner
One who lacks experience
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- wannabeAspiring imitator of others
poser · grommet · barney · inland · clueless · reckless · dangerous · wipeout · snaking · drop-in
- surferslongboarders, big wave surfers, grommets
- beginner surfersnewbies, first-timers, groms
kooksconformists
Those obeying social norms
conventionalists · squares · straights · traditionalists · pillars of society