outside
The region just beyond the breaking surf; a staging area where surfers wait for incoming waves, as differentiated from the "inside"—the broken-wave area leading to the shore. "Outside," in this usage, is synonymous with "lineup," or the Australian-derived "out the back." "Outside" is also used to signal an approaching bigger-than-average set of waves, and is sometimes spoken or shouted as a warni...
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Two surfers outside the lineup at Makaha, in the late 1940s, waiting for wavesSubscribe to view
Outside wave at Cloudbreak, Fiji, 2012. Photo: Brian BielmannSubscribe to view
Two surfers outside the lineup at Makaha, in the late 1940s, waiting for waves
Outside wave at Cloudbreak, Fiji, 2012. Photo: Brian Bielmann