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windsurfer

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A person who rides a board with a sail and controls direction by moving it on water

noun
/ˈwɪndˌsɜr.fər/

: windsurfista

For example, expert windsurfers participated in windsurfing an average of 64 times a year, while intermediate windsurfers sailed an average of 37 times per year.
skilled windsurfer

Examples

Sergey is an avid windsurfer and would like to come to Hawaii to windsurf there.

Academic text (1993)
During the summer festival, professional windsurfers demonstrated incredible tricks on the water.
Past the end of the channel, a windsurfer fell over in slow motion.

Fiction book (1990)
He says it's to ensure that he becomes the best windsurfer.

Youth in Revolt (2009)
Only skilled windsurfers are able to navigate high wind conditions.

Academic text (2009)
On sunny weekends, a group of windsurfers gathers at the beach to ride the waves.
She became a skilled windsurfer, mastering the art of controlling the sail and board.

Surface Forms

windsurfer singular

windsurfers plural

Morphology

windsurfer = wind + surf (transparent) = wind + surf + er

The compound core (wind + surf) is clear and '-er' yields an agent (a person who windsurfs).

Etymology

Windsurfer blends wind ('moving air') and surfer ('someone who rides waves'), so think of a person who 'surfs' the wind to travel on water. That's why a windsurfer is someone who rides a board with a sail and uses the wind to steer and go fast.