Man surfing: light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a light skin tone riding a surfboard across a blue ocean wave. The figure is shown in a balanced stance, leaning into a turn as he navigates the crest of the water.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent surfing, hitting the beach, or general summer vacation vibes. It is frequently sent when planning a coastal trip or simply sharing excitement for outdoor water sports. Often used alongside 🌊 to set the scene or 🤙 to signal a relaxed surfer attitude.

History

Surfing has been a staple of pop culture since the mid-20th century. The base surfing emoji arrived in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, while this specific gendered and skin-toned variation was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of a push for more inclusive human representations across digital platforms.

Details

Glyph

🏄🏻‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3C4 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c4_1f3fb_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC4;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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