shortboard

/ ˈʃɔːtˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard

Example Sentences

Friends carry professional surfer Potira Nascimento, of Brazil, up the beach as she celebrates her first-place victory in the women’s shortboard final.

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Sidy Camara, of Senegal, celebrates winning first place in the men’s shortboard final.

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Carissa Moore, 28, introduced the world to surfing at the Olympics and she won gold for the U.S. in the women’s shortboard.

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Moore won the women’s shortboard event in the sport’s Olympics debut.

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During the Olympics, he plans to edit primarily in the sport of rowing, but he recently branched out by writing a page for Ella Williams, a New Zealand surfer who is set to compete in the inaugural shortboard surfing competition at the Tokyo Games.

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