: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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Her hobbies include diving and surfing.
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Everything from world-class surfing and hiking to wreck diving and a particularly impressive culinary scene will make getting outside of the confines of your resort the highlight of a trip to Barbados.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Crowd surfing and rail breaking are prohibited.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 22 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
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Crowd surfing and rail breaking are prohibited.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 22 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
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“Surfing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surfing. Accessed 31 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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