# Stall

> Slowing down on purpose, usually by leaning back, to wait for the curl or the barrel.

**What "stall" means in surfing:** Slowing down on purpose, usually by leaning back, to wait for the curl or the barrel.

**Example:** "Stall and let the lip throw over you."

**Category:** Riding

## Related words

- [Pull in](https://surfslang.com/pull-in): Steering into the barrel instead of running away from it.
- [Trim](https://surfslang.com/trim): Setting your board at the fastest line across the face and holding it there.
- [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.

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