bodysurfed

Verb

bodysurf (third-person singular simple present bodysurfs, present participle bodysurfing, simple past and past participle bodysurfed)

1. To ride waves or surf without equipment, such as a surfboard.
   • The key to bodysurfing a good wave is timing.2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 143
2. To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
   • Australians had been surfing lying down on 4-5 foot wooden surfboards before then and bodysurfing with wooden handboards — some had even heard about stand-up surfing in Hawaii and seen a couple of local surfers standing up — but stand-up surfing was still more of a rumour than a reality for most...2003, Louise Southerden, Surf's Up: The Girl's Guide to Surfing, page 13