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Definition of Surfriding
1. Noun. The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave.
Definition of Surfriding
1. Noun. the sport of riding a surfboard using the power of the waves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surfriding
Literary usage of Surfriding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"And that is how it came about that I tackled surfriding. And now that I have
tackled it, more than ever do I hold it to be a royal sport. ..."
2. The Cruise of the "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands: A Diary by Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (1914)
"The captain offers to make me a plan of a surfriding canoe. There was a light
rain last night which the captain thinks must have fallen on my eyes, ..."
3. The Aloha Guide: The Standard Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands by Ferdinand John Henry Schnack (1915)
"surfriding was invented by him. As a swimmer he has few peers, and numerous tales
might be related of shipwrecked men and women swimming about in the ocean ..."
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