: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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Her hobbies include diving and surfing.
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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.
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Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
Fine has shared photos on Instagram of himself taking his daughters surfing and ice skating.
—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Maybe the simplest way of describing Thompson’s book is Barbarian Days—William Finnegan’s surfing autobiography—but for running.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
The Insignia 32-inch FE Series gives you a clean HD picture, Fire TV built in, and a voice remote that makes channel surfing way less chaotic.
—PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
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Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
Fine has shared photos on Instagram of himself taking his daughters surfing and ice skating.
—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Maybe the simplest way of describing Thompson’s book is Barbarian Days—William Finnegan’s surfing autobiography—but for running.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
The Insignia 32-inch FE Series gives you a clean HD picture, Fire TV built in, and a voice remote that makes channel surfing way less chaotic.
—PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Surfing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surfing. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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