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urban surfing 

Surfing the urban dictionary on "random" due to a combination of intense boredom and will to expand your street knowledge.
"Dude, what have you been doing all day?"

"Nothing man, just a bit of urban surfing"
urban surfing by Steve Gremo October 12, 2006

urban surfing 

not holding on to anything while riding the subway train, when the train turns, stops, goes etc. you get jerked around and have to "surf" to maintain balance

derived from the natural position your body takes in order to maintain an upright position

can be both purposeful or accidental (e.g. children are often urban surfing for fun, while adults are forced to urban surf when the trains packed)
The other day these two kids almost knocked me over because they were urban surfing from 110th to 96th. Nobody can survive those rickety turns when the train cuts through the park!

The ride to Coney Island was so long that we were urban surfing just to pass the time.
urban surfing by bambugg10 July 24, 2009

Urban Surfing 

When you keep clicking the blue text on urban dictionary definitions with repetition to see where you end up
When you’re really bored, you should try urban surfing.

urban surfing 

old school street skating in the city,
hey man lets carve up the streets this arvo, nah i cant go urban surfing today i got other stuff to do,
urban surfing by Hallzee July 12, 2007

Urban Surfing 

Urban Surfing is riding the Detroit inner city bus or any other large ghetto where you are pack in ass's to elbows, everyone has to standing and the bus drivers drive totally fucking nuts!
I got a DUI and now have to urban surf to work. Man, I have gotten in two car crashes this week, while I was urban surfing.
Urban Surfing by Get Pecked January 10, 2018

Urban Surfing 

Taking a board of some kind (eg. body board, surf board) just after it has rained heavily and using it to surf across the areas of parks, backyards, golf courses or any urbanized locations where there is enough water for the board to skim across with small amounts of kinetic energy, usually created by running up to and jumping on the board.
"The Baseball field is flooded! Let's go urban surfing!"
Urban Surfing by MarkMash17 January 11, 2009
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