: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
Examples of surfing in a Sentence
Her hobbies include diving and surfing.
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The surfing competition for this summer’s Paris Olympics will be in Tahiti, and many of the mountain competitions at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games will be in places four and five hours from Milan.
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Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
For the upcoming Paris Games, for example, soccer matches will be played across France, but surfing competitions will take place over 9,800 miles away on the other side of the world in Tahiti, an island nation that remains under French sovereignty.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
The beds were firm and great for my tired body after a long day of surfing.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
They are designed to create the biggest waves ideal for surfing.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
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Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
For the upcoming Paris Games, for example, soccer matches will be played across France, but surfing competitions will take place over 9,800 miles away on the other side of the world in Tahiti, an island nation that remains under French sovereignty.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
The beds were firm and great for my tired body after a long day of surfing.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
They are designed to create the biggest waves ideal for surfing.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
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“Surfing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surfing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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surfing
noun
surf·ing
ˈsər-fiŋ 
: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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