How to Use bodyboard in a Sentence

bodyboard

noun
  • Head here to surf, bodyboard, or try to catch a glimpse of the area's otters.
    — Alanna Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Reale was 15 when his brother came home with a bodyboard, which, unlike the mat, could turn and go fast down the face of the wave.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Kauai has banned the sale, rental, and distribution of disposable polystyrene foam bodyboards.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Guests can rent paddleboards, bodyboards, surfboards, skimboards, and wetsuits.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Maui passed a similar ban on disposable bodyboards in 2022.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Polystyrene foam bodyboards aren't the only common beach-day items banned in Hawaii in order to protect its environment.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The bill doesn't outright ban all bodyboards, including those made of more durable materials such as high-density polyethylene or polypropylene.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • His induction is only preceeded by Tom Morey, inventor of the Boogie board, and bodyboard champion Mike Stewart’s spot on the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach nearly three decades ago.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026

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