Meanings
plural el rollos
- A surfing manoeuvre in which the surfer lies on the surfboard and completes a 360° spin around its long axis.
Moves such as spinners, el rollos and a manoeuvre known as the ARS (air reverse spin) were all carried out.
1999 February 18, The Times, Victor Harbour, SA, page 32, column 51 more example
Here's a pretty strange pullout. An "El Rollo." When Corky does something strange, everyone for 50 yards knows all about it.
1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
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el rollo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/el%20rollo
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