Grom is a funny word. A slang word for the younger wave dancer given by elders. You’d be forgiven for thinking that at this point a good article written by professional journalists would insert a load of history surrounding the background and origins of the word. You’re also forgiven if you thought that we might be good surf journalists. We are not, we are clearly just in it for the sh*ts, giggles and camaraderie.

Anyway, every now and then someone will drop us a line or two. Normally they are very nice and supportive of our project. But we have had a handful of those who we may have rubbed up the wrong side of (not a euphemism but can be if your brain went there). So to see a long message in our inbox that started with ‘Wow dude! I feel excluded already!’ made us initially think we were in for a (likely appropriate) ear bashing. However, we continued to read and it turns out Bronia had seen our #notforgroms hashtag and wanted to drop some bloody interesting knowledge all over our (rugged but still moderately sexy) faces.