# Pitted

> Ridden deep inside a barrel.

**What "pitted" means in surfing:** Ridden deep inside a barrel. Getting pitted is what most surfers are chasing.

**Example:** "I got so pitted on that last one."

**Also said:** Shacked, Tubed, Barrelled

**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.
- [Keg](https://surfslang.com/keg): Australian slang for a barrel.

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Source: [Pitted](https://surfslang.com/pitted) on Surfslang.com, the surf slang glossary. Full glossary: https://surfslang.com/llms.txt