paddleboard
noun
pad·dle·board
ˈpa-dᵊl-ˌbȯrd 
: a long narrow buoyant board used for riding the surf or in rescuing swimmers
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The short video shows a man and woman gliding across calm water on a paddleboard when an alligator, camouflaged along the bank, suddenly slips into the water just feet away.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
True to its Italian city namesake, Venice dug canals in 1905 which are explorable by paddleboard or by adjacent bicycle and walking trails.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
In summer, the Lake Logan Marina rents kayaks, paddleboards, and pedalboats (from $14 an hour) and local outfitter Touch Earth Adventures runs evening kayak excursions in search of the lake’s elusive giant beaver ($100 for three hours).
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2025
A week after 26 people from China landed in Coral Gables in what authorities say was a migrant smuggling operation launched from the Bahamas, the Coast Guard reports that one of its crews stopped a man from China trying to migrate to the U.S. from the island nation on a paddleboard.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
True to its Italian city namesake, Venice dug canals in 1905 which are explorable by paddleboard or by adjacent bicycle and walking trails.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
In summer, the Lake Logan Marina rents kayaks, paddleboards, and pedalboats (from $14 an hour) and local outfitter Touch Earth Adventures runs evening kayak excursions in search of the lake’s elusive giant beaver ($100 for three hours).
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2025
A week after 26 people from China landed in Coral Gables in what authorities say was a migrant smuggling operation launched from the Bahamas, the Coast Guard reports that one of its crews stopped a man from China trying to migrate to the U.S. from the island nation on a paddleboard.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Paddleboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paddleboard. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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