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boardsailing Sport.|ˈbɔədseɪlɪŋ|
Also board sailing, board-sailing.
[f. board n. + sailing vbl. n.1]
An official name for windsurfing (s.v. windsurf v.); cf. sailboarding s.v. sail n.1 11. Also attrib.
1980Washington Post 18 July d4 Other events added for Los Angeles were board sailing (also known as ‘wind-surfing’), [etc.]. Ibid. 16 Dec. d5/3 Winner tried twice before to set new board-sailing distance records. 1981J. Heath (title) Boardsailing. 1983Times 13 Jan. 17 A few years ago the Royal Yachting Association decreed that..henceforth the sport in Britain would be called boardsailing. 1984USA Today 6 Apr. 1c/3 They are members of the..eight-man, three-woman USA boardsailing team training here together. 1984Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 28 Oct. 26/2 This year board sailing was made an Olympic event for the first time. 1986Expression! July 43/1 Or perhaps you'd like to try something a little more daring, like boardsailing — or even a parachute jump?
Hence ˈboardsailer, boardsailor, one who takes part in boardsailing.
1980N.Y. Times 23 June c10/1 For the advanced board sailor, there is now a sailboard..designed for use only in winds of more than 15 knots. 1981Daily Mail 9 Apr. 39/2 A more contentious point is whether HRH and his fellow enthusiasts are wind surfers, sailboarders, boardsailers or simply bored sailors. 1984Times 25 Aug. 11/3 Boardsailors have crossed the Channel.
Add: ˈboardsail n., the art or practice of boardsailing (usu. attrib.); also as v. intr., to participate in boardsailing; to travel by sailboard, to windsurf.
1983E. Anglian Daily Times 5 Nov. 3/3 Top speed for boardsail ace. 1984Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 22 Jan. 22/4 Arnaud de Rosnay..was being lionised after boardsailing across the Bering Strait. 1984Times 25 Aug. 11/7, 160 British centres offer boardsail training. 1984Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 28 Oct. 26/2 You can board sail in a variety of places from London Docks to reservoirs, estuaries and beaches. |