board sport

noun

plural board sports

: a sport (such as snowboarding, skateboarding, or surfing) that involves a person standing on or riding a board for the duration of the activity

With my knees finally having had three knee surgeries from all my love of snowboarding, surfing is the next board sport that is on my horizon.

—Aaron Bird Bear, quoted in The Ashland Daily Press

[Founder, Paul] Norris said the goal for Surf Ready Fitness is to be a one-stop shop for surf training or any board sport that requires flexibility and agility.

—Laylan Connelly

Although each has its own perks and challenges, practice in one board sport almost always improves your skills in another.

—Ben Kindlon

Examples of board sport in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most of those who fell victim to a shark bite last year were either surfing or participating in board sports, according to the International Shark Attack File. —Greg Norman, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024

In the 2010s, about three times as many people worldwide were attacked surfing and doing other board sports than swimming and wading. —Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024

Surfers or people participating in board sports account for 42% of people bitten, according to the database. —Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024

Surfers and people participating in other board sports accounted for 42% of the incidents in 2023, the Shark Attack File reported. —Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024

The report stated that 42 percent of shark attack victims were either surfing or doing board sports at the time of the encounter. —Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024

Surfers and other beachgoers participating in board sports were the most common targets of shark attacks in 2023, followed by swimmers and waders and, lastly, snorkelers and free divers. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above