: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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Her hobbies include diving and surfing.
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On whale cams, clingy fish steal the show The marine scientist who recorded the accidental close-ups of the remoras’ high-speed whale surfing had placed suction-cup cameras on humpbacks during their annual migration from Antarctica to the waters off Australia’s Queensland state.
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CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
This character of aberrance is what makes accidental surfing deaths seem inevitable—or, rather, inexorable, built into the subway’s force.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
The clips also show Bündchen doing yoga, dancing, cycling and surfing.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Ride the waves for the first or thousandth time at all-level Playa Cocles or test your surfing technique on the mighty barrels at expert-only Playa Brava.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
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CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
This character of aberrance is what makes accidental surfing deaths seem inevitable—or, rather, inexorable, built into the subway’s force.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
The clips also show Bündchen doing yoga, dancing, cycling and surfing.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Ride the waves for the first or thousandth time at all-level Playa Cocles or test your surfing technique on the mighty barrels at expert-only Playa Brava.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for surfing
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“Surfing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surfing. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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surfing
noun
surf·ing
ˈsər-fiŋ 
: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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