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green room
GREEN ROOM · noun · slang
The magical space inside the wave when you're fully barreled.
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A nickname for the interior of the barrel, the green-lit chamber a surfer sees while riding inside a wave. It evokes a special hidden 'room'.
“For two seconds I was in the green room and the whole world went quiet.”
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green room In A Sentence
For two seconds I was in the green room and the whole world went quiet.
Origin & Usage
Surf metaphor referencing the green light inside a hollow wave, echoing a theatre's green room.
People Also Ask
What is the green room in surfing?
It's a nickname for the inside of the barrel, the green-lit chamber a surfer sees while riding within a hollow wave.
Why is it called the green room?
The light filtering through the wave glows green inside the tube, and the metaphor echoes a theatre's green room as a special hidden space.
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