surfing

sport that consists of riding a wave
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surfing

Summary

surfing is a type of sport[1]. surfing draws 624 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_sport category, ranking #70 of 435).[2]

Key Facts

  • surfing's video is recorded as Surfing competition at Salt Creek Beach, Dana Point, California, USA as viewed from a FPV drone.webm[3].
  • surfing's image is recorded as Surfer at the Cayucos Pier, Cayucos, CA.jpg[4].
  • surfing's instance of is recorded as type of sport[5].
  • surfing's instance of is recorded as Olympic sport[6].
  • surfing's instance of is recorded as hobby[7].
  • surfing's instance of is recorded as industry[8].
  • surfing's GND ID is recorded as 4189553-8[9].
  • surfing's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85130757[10].
  • surfing's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119459173[11].
  • surfing's subclass of is recorded as water sport[12].
  • surfing's subclass of is recorded as boardsport[13].
  • surfing's subclass of is recorded as Olympic sport[14].
  • surfing's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01042390[15].
  • surfing's Commons category is recorded as Surfing[16].
  • surfing's Unicode character is recorded as 🏄[17].
  • surfing's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 53011[18].
  • surfing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_g7[19].
  • surfing's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph126282[20].
  • surfing's authority is recorded as International Surfing Association[21].
  • surfing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Surfing[22].
  • surfing's Commons gallery is recorded as Surfing[23].
  • surfing's page banner is recorded as OC-surf-c1.jpg[24].
  • surfing's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX536012[25].
  • surfing's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300222780[26].
  • surfing's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 797.32[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for surfing include S.U.R.F.[28], a video game[29].

Why It Matters

surfing draws 624 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_sport category, ranking #70 of 435).[2] surfing has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] surfing is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for surfing include S.U.R.F.[28], a video game[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). surfing. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/surfing
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_surfing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{surfing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/surfing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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