surfer dude
Gnarly wave rider
A surfer dude is a laid-back male associated with surfing culture—typically young, tanned, and casual in manner and speech.
The term evokes Southern California beach culture, with its relaxed attitude and distinctive slang: Some surfer dude gave us directions to the pier.
It can describe actual surfers or anyone affecting that easygoing, sun-bleached persona.
- beachSandy waterside margin
- beach bumCasual coastal idler
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- surfboardBuoyant wave-riding plank
- gnarlyTwisted and rough
catching waves · rad · wetsuit · blonde · tan · chill · bro · stoked · ocean · wax · barrel · hang ten · laid-back · no worries · boardshorts · sandals · beach cruiser · sunset
- Surfingsurfboards, surfboard, longboards, shortboards, longboard
- California Slanghella, gnarly, rad, stoked, sick
- Regional LabelsYankee, Midwesterner, Texan, Californian, New Englander
surfer dudecorporate executive
Senior company leader
Wall Street banker · square · stuffed shirt · suit · yuppie
surfer dudemountain man
Remote highlands wilderness dweller
desert dweller · city slicker · Midwesterner · landlubber · suburbanite
surfer dudeneurotic
Excessively anxious or obsessive
worrywart · control freak · stress case · overachiever · perfectionist