Water sports Water sports Artificial waves are man-made waves usually created on a specially designed surface or in a pool. ...more on Wikipedia about "Artificial wave"
The Avon Descent is an annual, two-day, white water event involving both paddle craft ( kayaks, surf skies) and small motor boats. It runs from Northam to Perth, Western Australia, and is held in August of every year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avon Descent"
Barefoot skiing is water skiing behind a motorboat without the use of skis, commonly referred to as "barefooting". Barefooting requires the skier to travel at higher speeds than conventional water skiing. Barefooting is known for its falls, which can be very painful, but if you learn properly, you won't fall too often. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barefoot skiing"
BaseketPolo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of water polo and standing. A team consists of two players. The goal of the game is to be the first team to score five goals, with each goal being worth one point. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baseketpolo"
(Bodyboarding) A bodyboard is an instrument of wave riding consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. The bodyboard is ridden predominantly lying down, (or 'prone'). It can also be ridden in a half-standing stance (known as 'dropknee') or can even be ridden standing up. The vast majority of bodyboarders usually wear swimfins on both feet to aid in paddling out and taking off. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bodyboarding"
Bog Snorkelling is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a 60- yard water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers, and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes. Wet suits are not compulsory, but are usually worn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bog snorkelling"
:This article refers to the kayaking term. Boofing may also be a slang word for sexual intercourse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boofing"
Canoe polo (called kayak polo in some countries) is a competitive ball sport played on water, in a defined "field", between two teams of 5 players, each in a kayak. The object of the game is to get the ball into the opponent's goal (i.e. to score goals), the team scoring the most goals in a set time being the winner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canoe polo"
Caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caving"
The Dutch Waterski Association (Nederlandse Waterski Bond, NWB) is a union of all Dutch water ski, wakeboard and water sports clubs and organisations. The association's goal is to promote the sport of water skiing and wakeboarding. It organises competition, subsidies, training and scouting, and coordinates sending skiers to international sport events. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dutch Waterski Association"
Fish out of Water is a fairly popular swimming pool game in the United States and other countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fish out of Water (game)"
Fistral Beach is a major surfing beach of Britain, located near Newquay in Cornwall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fistral Beach"
A folding kayak is a direct descendant of the original Inuit kayak made of animal skins stretched over frames made from wood and bones. A modern folder has a collapsable frame made of some combination of wood, aluminum and plastic, and a skin made of a tough fabric with a waterproof coating. Many have integral air chambers inside the hull, making them virtually unsinkable. ...more on Wikipedia about "Folding kayak"
The International Bodyboarding Association is the governing society of international bodyboarding. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Bodyboarding Association"
The International Swimming Federation ( French Fédération Internationale de Natation, FINA) organizes and regulates international swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming championships. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Swimming Federation"
International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) is the international regulatory body promoting water skiing and other water sports, setting the official rules of water skiing and official tournaments, coordinating the work of national federations. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Water Ski Federation"
Kiteboarding is a relatively new sport based on the ever-growing sport of kitesurfing. Whereas in kitesurfing the rider is pulled over the water on a wakeboard style board, kiteboarding involves the use of a landboard which is essentially a big skateboard with offroad wheels and sometimes suspensions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kiteboarding"
Kite surfing, also known as kitesurfing and kiteboarding, and sometimes as flysurfing in Europe, involves using a power kite to pull a small surfboard (on water), a wheeled board on land, or a snowboard over snow. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kitesurfing"
Kneeboarding is a discipline of surfing where the rider paddles on his belly into a wave on a kneeboard, then rides the wave face typically on both knees. The typical kneeboard is between five and six and a half feet in length, with a wide round nose and constructed of Glassfibre over a polyurethane foam core. Kneeboard designers however are known for their wild experimental excess and so most modern materials including various aerospace elements such as Titanium alloys (for fins), carbon fibre and kevlar in epoxy matrixes are not unusual. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kneeboarding (surfsport)"
Kneeboarding is an aquatic sport where the participant is towed on a buoyant, convex, and hydrodynamically shaped board at a planing speed behind a motorboat. In the usual configuration of a towsport kneeboard, the rider sits on his heels on the board, and secures himself to the deck with an adjustable strap. As in wakeboarding or water skiing, the rider hangs onto a tow-rope. The forte of kneeboarding vis-a-vis other towsports seems to be an easier learning curve, and not requiring as much speed from the boat to have fun. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kneeboarding (towsport)"
(Lifeguard) List of Annual Competitions ...more on Wikipedia about "Lifeguard"
The following is a List of water sports, divided by category. These categories are based on the relation of the sports to the water, and there are many more sports to be added. Some of the sports include only one part related to swimming, as for example Triathlon. This system has the disadvantage that some sports may fit in more than one category. Here they are only listed in one. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of water sports"
Mister Pipeline is a title given to masters of the waves at the North Shore's Pipeline. It was first given to Butch Van Artsdalen, and is passed on from generation to generation, by consensus. Other holders of the title have included sometime actor Gerry Lopez and bodyboarding legend Mike Stewart. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mister Pipeline"
Outrigger Canoe Racing is a team paddling sport which utilises the outrigger canoe. The sport is also known as Va'a racing in some parts of the Pacific. The length of the race can be up 500 meters in short sprint events, 8 kilometres for "short course" events, 16 to 18 kilometres for "long course" events, and 42 kilometres for marathon events. The standard crew complement is six to nine, depending on the type of race and canoe. As a standard outrigger canoe contains six seats, crew changovers during longer races involve exit and entry to the canoe directly from the water while the canoe is underway. The longer races are typically conducted in the open ocean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Outrigger canoe racing"
Picigin (pronounced "pitsighin") is a popular game played on beaches in Croatia. It involves several players passing around a small ball and keeping it in the air and out of the water for as long as possible. ...more on Wikipedia about "Picigin"
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