wakeboardingn.
/ˈweɪkbɔːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪkˌbɔrdɪŋ/ The sport or practice of coasting on the surface of water, or performing acrobatic stunts and manoeuvres, by riding on a short, wide board resembling a surfboard whilst being towed by a motorized craft.Quot. 1966 refers to a similar sport in which the rider is propelled by the wake of a motor boat rather than towed.
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1966 N.Y. Times 8 May s11/2 Wake boarding, a relatively new water sport, consists of riding without tow atop a modified surfboard on the wake of a power-driven boat.
1991 Seattle Times (Nexis) 2 July f/1 Skiboarding? Skurfing? Maybe wakeboarding?.. What would you call the activity performed by someone whose feet are strapped to a surfboard and who bobs behind the wake of a speedboat?
1995 Daily Mail Holiday Action Summer 9/2 Imagine leaping up to 25ft in the air, turning somersaults as if launched from a trampoline and performing contortionist tricks like the chicken salad grab—or just drifting from side to side behind a speedboat hopping over its wash. Well that's wakeboarding, the radical alternative to waterskiing.
1996 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Sept. 16 The latest crazes are wakeboarding and kneeboarding, where the skier is positioned side-on like a surfer.
2000 Brit. Waterskier Sept. 31/1 (advt.) High-end training for water skiing and wakeboarding.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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