Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very short surfboard, typically having a straight front end and no fins and ridden by lying on one's chest.
- intransitive verb To surf on a bodyboard.
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- noun A piece of
foam , usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lays whenbodyboarding - verb To
surf riding a bodyboard
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Examples
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Riley Thornton, 5, of Lufkin floats on his bodyboard over North Gayle Street in Gilchrist after flooding covered the Bolivar Peninsula street.
Flash flooding 2007
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Riley Thornton, 5, of Lufkin floats on his bodyboard over North Gayle Street in Gilchrist after flooding covered the Bolivar Peninsula street.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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So far, the boards are available only in California, where you can now sign up for a river-bodyboard expedition with trained experts.
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"It's like the hang gliding of water sports," says river-bodyboard enthusiast Erik Fair, sounding as if he's also spent some time surfing.
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With its body-hugging grooves and easy-to-grasp handles, the $224 river bodyboard makes it possible to ride big rapids safely without having to sit inside some confining raft or kayak.
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These days, the coolest way to get that adrenaline pumping is to catch a ride on a river bodyboard-a sleek, lightweight craft that sends you flying downstream at up to 25 miles per hour.
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By contrast, the Airboard -- aka the "bodyboard for the snow" -- is cushioned and smooth.
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Knowing that what was coming would be bad, I duck-dove as deeply as I could then wrapped my arms around my bodyboard.
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The wave slammed down on me, tumbled me end over end like an insane washing machine, and next thing I knew I was on my back being literally dragged along the bottom with my buoyant bodyboard pressing down on top of me.
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Knowing that what was coming would be bad, I duck-dove as deeply as I could then wrapped my arms around my bodyboard.
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