bodyboard

/ ˈbɒdɪˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a surfboard that is shorter and blunter than the standard board and on which the surfer lies rather than stands Also calledboogie board

Example Sentences

Fall began surfing when he was nine, borrowing a bodyboard from his father, who was a swim teacher.

From Seattle Times

"They told me that I will die," he says of his family's reaction to his taking his makeshift bodyboard to Praia do Norte, the beach where the biggest waves break.

From BBC

Its first board, the Beater, could ride like a surfboard or be used as a bodyboard or skimboard after taking off the fins.

From Los Angeles Times

The first soft-top came out in the 1970s when Tom Morey, who had a bodyboard factory, and Mike Doyle, a surfer, collaborated on creating a surfboard, said Matt Warshaw, a surf historian and author of “The Encyclopedia of Surfing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Last year, a man was riding a bodyboard in Morro Bay when a great white shark attacked him in what is believed to be the first fatal shark attack in San Luis Obispo County in 18 years.

From Los Angeles Times