Contrary to what you might think, there actually is an origin to this clothing company's name. A billabong is an Australian name for a dead-end channel, or a stagnant pool.
by zanny May 28, 2004
Sally worked hard at Camp UCSC spending every waking moment concentrating on her surfing, yoga, and theatre art classes.
by zanny May 25, 2004
When a sailboat switches back and forth, alternating which side of the boat is facing the wind. Tacking allows a boat to make progress in whichever direction the skipper wishes to go.
by zanny May 26, 2004
An event at UC Santa Cruz that takes place every year the night of the first rain. A group of students goes around from college to college, collecting more crazy people on the way, in nothing but their birthday suits.
I couldn't believe my eyes when a member of the Naked Run came running into my dorm, trying to recruit more insane people.
by zanny May 25, 2004
When someone goes all the way down the ski slope on their snowboard on their heal side, taking the mountain with them.
When Jack found himself amongst an entire slope of moguls he gave up on carving and snow plowed down the mountain.
by zanny May 27, 2004
The part of a catameran that keeps it afloat on the water. A catameran has two pontoons that are shaped like canoes. They are connected by a platform that the person sailing the boat sits on.
by zanny May 27, 2004
The person who steers a sailboat or is in charge of giving directions to the other people on the boat.
by zanny May 26, 2004