skateboarding
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of skateboarding
First recorded in 1960–65; skateboard + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Videos on social media and YouTube show people tagging empty storefronts, skateboarding or riding bicycles indoors and urban explorers touring the abandoned spaces for posterity or to look for signs of paranormal activity.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Hirano, who won Olympic silver in 2014 and 2018, also competed in skateboarding at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
He’s campaigned to save the fountain, and rushed to put out a book documenting skateboarding at EMB.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
For Jamie Blair, who owns Glasgow skateboarding shop Clan Skates, the excavation brought back many memories.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
He’d rather be skateboarding, or spitting, or sticking gum on the floor 9 elevator button so that cranky Mr. Watkins had something to give him the stink eye for.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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