{"id":5605,"date":"2012-05-10T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2012-05-10T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:59:48","slug":"what-are-groms-and-how-do-they-do-that-surf-lingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/what-are-groms-and-how-do-they-do-that-surf-lingo\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Groms and How Do They Do That? Surf Lingo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As grunion run approaches<\/a> once again (June 4,) people are looking to the beaches, rivers and lakes for things with odd names–such as groms or grommets. Though it sounds like a fish and\u00a0 certainly maneuvers like one, the grom is kid surfer, and grommet is its female version.\u00a0 Shown in the picture is a grom with blonde, curly hair and little surfboard to match his pint size. This grom was seen yesterday in Newport Beach, Calif., warming up for the Volcom surf competition.<\/p>\n

Grom is a term to describe the surfer-youngster usually under the age of 15– but each of us has our own interpretation as to what constitutes a grom. I call them groms if they appear to be under the age of 12.<\/p>\n

The groms and grommets are out this week and maybe even ditching school for the Volcom world surfing championship (volcom.com) in Newport Beach taking place May 10 -12, 2012 on 54th Street Beach. What’s the big deal about yet another surf contest with groms? \u00a0 $35,000 prize money!<\/p>\n

If you’ve never seen these little kids surf in that huge ocean, you’ll be impressed. They look nothing like the grunion\u00a0 flopping on the beach. Groms are little fish in a big sea, no doubt, but the do amazing tricks and make their surfboards fly–like the flying fish in Catalina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other surf lingo:<\/p>\n