Example Sentences

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I quit surfing at the beach where we had surfed together and where I first stood up on a board.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

Steudtner's world record wave was only officially measured and ratified 18 months after he had surfed it.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

“There was no surf scene in Florida when I got there. There were guys who had surfed up in Daytona on 16-foot paddleboards in the ’20s and ‘30s,” Murphy said in the post.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2020

In his day, his sons told me proudly, he had surfed Waimea Bay.

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

The trio pushed the noise to new levels, after Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh had surfed the sound wave to a world record in qualifying for the 4,000m team pursuit.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2012