: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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Her hobbies include diving and surfing.
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Depending on the season, visitors and locals come for sunbathing, swimming, and surfing, the latter especially popular in winter thanks to cold-weather swells at the permanent surf spot near Lincoln Boulevard.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
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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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
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 6 Jan. 2026.
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surfing
noun
surf·ing
ˈsər-fiŋ 
: the sport of riding the surf especially on a surfboard
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