What is Dawn Patrol?
1.
The act of getting up extremely early - sometimes before sunrise (i.e, "dawn") -to go surfing. This term is most often used by Surfers, but it still can be used outside of surfing and refers to getting a very early start to the day.
Bob, Varno, and I are surfing a dawn patrol session at Rincon tomorrow morning.
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2.
Getting up before dawn to surf; generally before school, work or some important activity like getting married or going to a funeral.
Crank: Yo dude why you got that smegma on your elbow?
Wingnut: It's dried salt bro. Dawn Patrol this morning! 6 foot swells!
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3.
surfing at dawn to a hard core
me " bro dawn patrol at the pier, the wedge and salt creek rock my socks
4.
Great Song by thrash metal band
Dude, I fucking love that song Dawn Patrol by Megadeth.
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5.
WW1 phenomenon in which pilots got up extremely early - usually 3 a.m. - ate a greasy English fried breakfast, then went aloft 1/2 hour before sunrise to look for Huns (Germans) on the ground or in the air. In general, refers to getting a very early start to the day.
Billy Bishop did a dawn patrol looking for Krauts.
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