body-surf
verb (used without object)
to ride a cresting wave toward the shore by lying face down in the water with the arms stretched forward in the direction of the wave.
bodysurfer
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a word derived from
body-surf.
Example Sentences
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“There’s just weird stuff sticking out,” said bodysurfer Rick Piani, 58.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Even Mark Cunningham, widely considered the best bodysurfer of all time, has found himself wondering: “He’s swimming out in water I wouldn’t even consider. What’s driving him?”
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
Being the best team in the East is akin to being the best bodysurfer in Montana.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2017
Then it was about that promising bodysurfer who could take on any wave, then caught the wrong one and was never the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
Pigeon-toed, he had a piscine ease in water, and was an expert bodysurfer already at nine.
From The New Yorker ● May 25, 2015
