skateboarding

[skeyt-bawr-ding, -bohr-]

noun

1. the sport of riding a skateboard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skateboarding¹

First recorded in 1960–65; skateboard + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“Usually everyone that’s skating is cheering for each other,” says Amelia Brodka, a skateboarding Olympian and co-founder of Exposure, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls, women and nonbinary people through skateboarding.

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Cinematographer Michael Bauman puts together a gorgeous, silhouetted shot of St. Carlos’ skateboarding scouts vaulting over rooftops in front of a building lit up to look like the American flag.

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When 68-year-old skateboarding legend Tony Alva carved through the concrete bowl at the Surf Skate Expo in Cornwall, a point was made for all people of a similar age.

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Similar to skateboarding and BMX, you get three attempts on the park to perform your best run.

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Jamie Blair, the owner of Glasgow-based skateboarding shop Clan Skates and a former member of the Kelvingrove skateboard team, said he was thrilled that skaters have a chance to rediscover it again.

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