: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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Her hobbies include diving and surfing.
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For years, our young, living in shelters, couch surfing and living on the edge, always surrounded by violence, have been conditioned to believe that prison and early death were their inevitable future.
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Asha Bandele, Essence, 25 June 2025
There is much more, including the traditional surfing lesson that this time happens on Saturday morning at 30th street in Newport Beach.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
Building on a legacy that has raised over $2.75 million since 2005, the Bro-Am events continue to support nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth through programs focused on fundamental needs, as well as music, art, and surfing.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
So far this year, two people have died in subway surfing incidents.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
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Asha Bandele, Essence, 25 June 2025
There is much more, including the traditional surfing lesson that this time happens on Saturday morning at 30th street in Newport Beach.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
Building on a legacy that has raised over $2.75 million since 2005, the Bro-Am events continue to support nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth through programs focused on fundamental needs, as well as music, art, and surfing.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
So far this year, two people have died in subway surfing incidents.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
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“Surfing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surfing. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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