surf sacrifice

Spoofing beachfront pyrotechnic ritual performed in order to bring up the waves by appeasing the surf gods with an offering—the real point being to engage in a bit of misdemeanor destruction.

The exact sequencing of a surf sacrifice is often made up on the spot, but the final result is the burning, usually at night, of an old, discarded, gas- or lighter-fluid-soaked surfboard or stack of surfboards. A surf sacrifice is often crowned with a beery salute to Kahuna (or Huey, if the sacrificing ...