What is the dictionary definition of the term "surf's up"?

Hello cc1849-ga,

A page from dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's web site explains
that in the 1960s:

"Surf's up (an exclamation meaning that the waves are good enough to
ride, let's go) became an all-purpose exclamation with a more general
meaning of 'let's get going.'"

"Summer Fun: Surfing in the Sixties"
Merriam-Webster's Words from the Lighter Side
Merriam-Webster OnLine

The Surfin'ary, which is mentioned on the Merriam-Webster page, might
give you additional information.

"The Shakespeare of Surf", by Buck Wolf
ABC News.com
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/WolfFiles/wolffiles185.html

"Surfin'Ary: A Dictionary of Surfing Terms and Surfspeak", by Trevor
Cralle
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580081932/qid=1044251645/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-4634801-7986427?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

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"..."Surfdom" actually evolved first here in Hawaii.  It was an
economic system and political movement centered on Waikiki----but with
a strong and often more macho native group settled on the North Shore
of O'ahu.
The unquestioned Master and Leader of this "Surfdom" was the Duke Paoa
of Kahanamoku.  He ruled peacefully over his happy and loyal subjects
for many years.  It was Duke Paoa of Kahanamoku who originated the
phrase, "Surf's Up!----as a battle cry----and invitation to a good
party
or luau..."
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=337F3D8B.2E97%40worldnet.att.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522phrase%2Bsurf%27s%2Bup%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D337F3D8B.2E97%2540worldnet.att.net%26rnum%3D1

"...Surfing radically changed with a single man, really a superman,
Duke Paoa Kanamoku who with a 'light' 114 pound Koa wood board started
moving left and right on the wave. He rode backward, standing on his
head and with his pup on the boards. It's likely that he was the first
to ride tandem with a woman aboard. Today, there's a statue of him and
his board in Waikiki. He's credited with starting surfing about 1915
in Australia where the mostly coastal population may be more surf mad
than even in Hawaii. In the 1920's he won Olympic medals and took
surfing to all three US Coasts..." 
http://www.123hawaii.net/hawaii-surfing.htm