"bodysurf" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 143:",
          "text": "The key to bodysurfing a good wave is timing.",
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        "To ride waves or surf without equipment, such as a surfboard."
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          "text": "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 Aussie beach-goers.",
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