>> "barney," but nobody seems to use that...
>> 
>
>This term has also transferred over to the snowboarding world.  Although as
far as 
>I can tell it has lost the negative association it used to have for
surfing.  Now 
>it just seems to mean "board babe" (no political incorrectness intended)
although 
>this may be a purely Canadian phenomenon.
>
>And what do big purple dinosaurs have to do with surfing anyway?

Sorry, but the term pre-dates the purple dinosaur poof by about 20 years.

I love you
You love me,
we're a hap-py fam-ily
then a shot rang out 
and barney hit the floor!
no more pur-ple dino-saur!

Thom Fitzpatrick
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