# Green room

> The space inside a barrel, looking out through the curtain of water.

**What "green room" means in surfing:** The space inside a barrel, looking out through the curtain of water.

**Example:** "Ten seconds in the green room. Best day of my life."

**Also said:** Greenroom

**Category:** Riding

## Related words

- [Barrel](https://surfslang.com/barrel): The hollow space inside a wave when its lip throws out ahead of the face, forming a tube a surfer can ride through.
- [Pitted](https://surfslang.com/pitted): Ridden deep inside a barrel.
- [Shacked](https://surfslang.com/shacked): Deep inside a barrel, often fully covered up.

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Source: [Green room](https://surfslang.com/green-room) on Surfslang.com, the surf slang glossary. Full glossary: https://surfslang.com/llms.txt