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Quasimodo|ˌkwɑːzɪˈməʊdəʊ|
Also (erron.) Quasimoto, and with small initial.
[f. the name of the hunchback in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris.]
A surfing feat performed in a crouching position (see quots. 1962 and 1963).
1962Austral. Women's Weekly 24 Oct. (Suppl.) 3/3 Quasimodo, trick riding, with body bent nearly double, with one hand stretched out in front and the other behind. 1963Surfing Yearbk. 43/1 Quasimoto, riding on the nose of the board in a crouched position, with one arm forward and one arm back. 1965J. Pollard Surfrider ii. 18 If you are a ‘hot dogger’, you're an expert, you can perform quick turns, head dips, quasimodos. 1970Studies in English (Univ. Cape Town) I. 31 Another form of crouch is the Quasimodo. |