These kooks have no idea what GNARLY is. Gnarly is when you've gone beyond radical, beyond extreme, it's balls out danger, & or perfection, & or skill or all of that combined.

slang term for something extreme. Used in bad and good cases.

Originated from the word gnarled.

adjective; used to describe anything really far out and amazing, not necessarily lovely; an extraordinary stunt, or event. Also, onomatopoeia.

grotesque, yet awesome

Original from 70's surfspeak - to describe waves that are violently breaking without the form that would render them more rideable. Can also describe less than ideal females.

off the hook , totally extreme ,

a word that is overused by the cast of Laguna Beach. It means crazy, rad, totally fickin awesome.