# Pig dog

> Riding a backhand barrel crouched low and grabbing the outside rail.

**What "pig dog" means in surfing:** Riding a backhand barrel crouched low and grabbing the outside rail.

**Example:** "Pig-dogged the whole tube."

**Also said:** Pigdog

**Category:** Riding

## Related words

- [Backhand](https://surfslang.com/backhand): Surfing with your back to the wave face.
- [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.
- [Pull in](https://surfslang.com/pull-in): Steering into the barrel instead of running away from it.

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Source: [Pig dog](https://surfslang.com/pig-dog) on Surfslang.com, the surf slang glossary. Full glossary: https://surfslang.com/llms.txt