Skateboarding is the activity of riding on a skateboard.
skateboarding in American English
(ˈskeitˌbɔrdɪŋ, -ˌbour-)
noun
the sport of riding a skateboard
Also called: skurfing
Word origin
[1960–65; skateboard + -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, bicycle kick, deinstitutionalize, disco, go-go-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”