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  • verb Present participle of skateboard.
  • noun the act of riding on a skateboard

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  • noun the sport of skating on a skateboard

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Examples

  • He credited his ability to "pump" speed from the banked turns to his background in skateboarding and surfing.

    USATODAY.com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross 2006

  • OF COURSE IT WONT WORK IN A FIGHT, but then again skateboarding and breakdancing aren’t very good in a fight either.

    Disney Animation Reuse 2006

  • What do you think of the idea of skateboarding in the Olympics?

    Questions for: Danny Way 2008

  • And finally, I think we're actually in a sweet spot where we've kind of captured what Phillip Torrone likes to call "skateboarding culture."

    Wired Top Stories Wired 2011

  • And finally, I think we're actually in a sweet spot where we've kind of captured what Phillip Torrone likes to call "skateboarding culture."

    Wired Top Stories Chris Anderson 2011

  • The skateboarding is the bait for the children, many of whom work on the streets, selling chewing gum and cigarettes.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • She recalls the skateboarding accident that sent the 16-year-old to the hospital with head injuries; he had not been wearing a helmet that afternoon.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Christina Eng 2010

  • She recalls the skateboarding accident that sent the 16-year-old to the hospital with head injuries; he had not been wearing a helmet that afternoon.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Christina Eng 2010

  • The boys who came in were the arty ones, the bohemians; they, too, had shunned what the Americans call "jock culture" in favour of skateboarding, which is a deeply creative pursuit.

    The Idler 2009

  • James Falconi, 16, who directed the video, called skateboarding an up-and-coming individual sport that promotes physical and mental strength.

    The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS Abby Jordan/Daily News staff 2009

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