Meanings
- uncountableA sport in which a person is pulled by a drone, in combination with a sports board, such as a snowboard, skateboard or mountainboard.
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2017 January 23, planetcomp...@gmail.com, “Droneboarding: Heavy duty fire & rescue bots creating a buzz in winter sports”, in alt.politics.org.un (Usenet)3 more examples
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 ScienceDroneboarding, the extreme sport for windless days
2016 March 18, Kym Horsell, “droneboarding hits the beach”, in alt.global-warming (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
Origin
From drone + boarding. Compare snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish dronbordaje
- dronbordajeBoarding pulled by a drone
Cite this entry
droneboarding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droneboarding
“droneboarding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/droneboarding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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