droneboarding
nounEtymology From drone + boarding. Compare snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.
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A sport in which a person is pulled by a drone, in combination with a sports board, such as a snowboard, skateboard or mountainboard.
- Just in time for winter is a brand-new technology-and-board-based sport: droneboarding. The premise is simple: While riding a snowboard, attach a rope and a handle to a drone, and let the machine turn a level field into an X-Games wonderland.2016 January 30, Kelsey D. Atherton, “Droneboarding Is A Thing Now Because Of Course It Is”, in Popular Science:
- Droneboarding, the extreme sport for windless days2016 March 18, Kym Horsell, “droneboarding hits the beach”, in alt.global-warming (Usenet):
2 more examples
- [See title]2017 January 23, planetcomp...@gmail.com, “Droneboarding: Heavy duty fire & rescue bots creating a buzz in winter sports”, in alt.politics.org.un (Usenet):
- Droneboarding looks like a real blast as well.2017 March 4, Avery Thompson, “Jetpack Skiing Seems Like a Fun Way to Break Your Legs”, in Popular Mechanics:
- Related terms
- kiteboarding