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单词 wakeboarding
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Definition of wakeboarding in English:

wakeboarding

noun ˈweɪkbɔːdɪŋˈweɪkˌbɔrdɪŋ
mass noun
  • The sport of riding on a short, wide board resembling a surfboard and performing acrobatic maneuvers while being towed behind a motorboat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, wakeboarding isn't the most recognized of the extreme sports, but it is certainly one of the more exciting and visceral ones.
    • According to Spitzner, new participants see rallying as an ‘extreme sport,’ like wakeboarding and snowboarding.
    • From wakeboarding, to kiteboarding, to windsurfing and even sailing, the Blue Lagoon Windsurfing Club is brings a wide range of water sports for people of all ages.
    • On offer at this little slice of heaven is water-skiing, wakeboarding, and knee boarding.
    • The increase is assumed to be due to boat owners making the most of the opportunity for water-skiing and wakeboarding before the 10 mph speed limit is introduced.
    • There are numerous magazines and Web sites devoted to wakeboarding, and both amateur and professional wakeboarders compete in various tournaments, national and world championships.
    • A hybrid of water-skiing, surfing and snowboarding, wakeboarding is a relatively new sport to these shores and the annual competition is in its fifth year.
    • As well as water-skiing, the centre would offer a host of other water sports, including wakeboarding, kayaking, canoeing, rowing, sailing and windsurfing.
    • But while Lewis likes skiing and will teach it if asked, wakeboarding is the sport of the future, he said.
    • Kitesurfing evolved in the mid-1990s out of other extreme water sports, combining the most exciting elements of windsurfing and wakeboarding and taking them to vastly greater heights.
    • A world leader in the fast-growing sport of wakeboarding, Shaun Murray is one of seven professional riders featured in the game.
    • Bessinger says arm strength is important in wakeboarding because like water-skiing you're pulled behind a boat and every movement you make is centered on your arms and upper body reacting to the boat.
    • It's like, well, what snow-boarding is to snow-skiing, wakeboarding is to water-skiing.
    • Eight years ago I saw wakeboarding featured on an extreme-sports show.
    • Kite surfing fuses some of the skills of surfing, wind surfing and wakeboarding.
    • Invented in 1979 by Tony Finn in California, wakeboarding was the water sport of the 1990s and is now the fastest growing board sport in the world.
    • Why not try your hand at a spot of water-skiing or wakeboarding at Pine Lake Watersports, which offers lessons to people of all abilities.
    • Palmer has won Winter X-Games events in snow boarding, mountain biking, extreme skiing, and wakeboarding.
    • Thus, the issue of whether wakeboarding is a high-risk sport and what the frequency of injury is could not be determined from the present study.
    • But, all too often, it is used as a stepping stone to conventional skis or wakeboarding and the skill of kneeboarding is taken no further.

Derivatives

  • wakeboard

  • noun ˈweɪkbɔːdˈweɪkˌbɔrd
    • A short, wide board resembling a surfboard, used in the sport of wakeboarding.

  • wakeboarder

  • noun
    • The world's best male and female wakeboarders packed Long Beach Marine Stadium today, as an enthusiastic crowd of 6,350 enjoyed its first ever X Games Wakeboard competition.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An avid water skier, wakeboarder and slalom waterskier, Benshoof sustained a serious cut to his head while water skiing in August 2000.
      • The usual mechanism for this injury is the edge of the wakeboard catching the water and suddenly stopping and decelerating the wakeboarder.

Origin

1990s: from wake2, on the pattern of surfboarding.

 
 

Definition of wakeboarding in US English:

wakeboarding

nounˈweɪkˌbɔrdɪŋˈwākˌbôrdiNG
  • The sport of riding on a short, wide board resembling a surfboard and performing acrobatic maneuvers while being towed behind a motorboat.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Kite surfing fuses some of the skills of surfing, wind surfing and wakeboarding.
    • On offer at this little slice of heaven is water-skiing, wakeboarding, and knee boarding.
    • But while Lewis likes skiing and will teach it if asked, wakeboarding is the sport of the future, he said.
    • Palmer has won Winter X-Games events in snow boarding, mountain biking, extreme skiing, and wakeboarding.
    • From wakeboarding, to kiteboarding, to windsurfing and even sailing, the Blue Lagoon Windsurfing Club is brings a wide range of water sports for people of all ages.
    • Why not try your hand at a spot of water-skiing or wakeboarding at Pine Lake Watersports, which offers lessons to people of all abilities.
    • It's like, well, what snow-boarding is to snow-skiing, wakeboarding is to water-skiing.
    • A hybrid of water-skiing, surfing and snowboarding, wakeboarding is a relatively new sport to these shores and the annual competition is in its fifth year.
    • Eight years ago I saw wakeboarding featured on an extreme-sports show.
    • A world leader in the fast-growing sport of wakeboarding, Shaun Murray is one of seven professional riders featured in the game.
    • Kitesurfing evolved in the mid-1990s out of other extreme water sports, combining the most exciting elements of windsurfing and wakeboarding and taking them to vastly greater heights.
    • But, all too often, it is used as a stepping stone to conventional skis or wakeboarding and the skill of kneeboarding is taken no further.
    • Invented in 1979 by Tony Finn in California, wakeboarding was the water sport of the 1990s and is now the fastest growing board sport in the world.
    • According to Spitzner, new participants see rallying as an ‘extreme sport,’ like wakeboarding and snowboarding.
    • Bessinger says arm strength is important in wakeboarding because like water-skiing you're pulled behind a boat and every movement you make is centered on your arms and upper body reacting to the boat.
    • Thus, the issue of whether wakeboarding is a high-risk sport and what the frequency of injury is could not be determined from the present study.
    • The increase is assumed to be due to boat owners making the most of the opportunity for water-skiing and wakeboarding before the 10 mph speed limit is introduced.
    • There are numerous magazines and Web sites devoted to wakeboarding, and both amateur and professional wakeboarders compete in various tournaments, national and world championships.
    • As well as water-skiing, the centre would offer a host of other water sports, including wakeboarding, kayaking, canoeing, rowing, sailing and windsurfing.
    • Now, wakeboarding isn't the most recognized of the extreme sports, but it is certainly one of the more exciting and visceral ones.

Origin

1990s: from wake, on the pattern of surfboarding.

 
 
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