Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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A young woman from Banbridge is skateboarding across the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland to raise awareness of suicide.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
The theme here is skateboarding, and players get to roam around a “Brooklyn-inspired” downtown area, completing challenges to unlock extra goodies and beautification items for their hero.
From The Verge ● May 22, 2019
Skateboarding is beautiful because it takes people out of their socio-economic and racial bubbles and unites people based on what they love to do, which is skateboarding.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
By the time the vampire in the chador is skateboarding down a dark, desolate street, director Ana Lily Amirpour has ensured that “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” will roll on in your memory.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2015
The Milner is sketchy, but so is skateboarding.
From Time Magazine Archive
