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2. Inflatable armbands - Wikipedia

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   Inflatable armbands, usually referred to as simply armbands, water wings, swimmies, or floaties, are swim aids designed to help a wearer float in water and learn to swim. [ 1 ] Inflatable armbands are typically cylindrical , inflatable plastic bands that are inflated and worn on the upper arms.

3. List of water sports - Wikipedia

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   Windsurfing, is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. Windfoiling, is the hydrofoiling variant of windsurfing. It uses a hydrofoil that lifts the board above the water. Wing foiling is a sport where an individual holds a lightweight wing on a surfboard with a hydrofoil.

4. River rapids ride - Wikipedia

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   The flowing water makes its way over wooden logs or plastic tubes strapped to the base of the river channel, which disrupt the smooth flow of the water, thus providing the ride with its 'rapids'. Most river rapid rides also feature a wave section, where the river channel widens and a wave machine creates waves at a 90-degree angle to the flow ...

5. The myth about floaties and water wings that all parents ...

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   According to a survey conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of PHTA, 66% of parents believe that floaties and water wings keep children safe in the water, despite the fact that these ...

6. Electric ‘seagliders’ that skim over water could make ferries ...

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   Island hopping. In the summer of 2022, REGENT tested a quarter-scale prototype of its seaglider — a remotely operated version weighing 400 pounds, with a wingspan of 18 feet. The full-scale ...

7. Backplate and wing - Wikipedia

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   A backplate and wing (often abbreviated as BP&W or BP/W) is a type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device (BCD) which can be used to establish neutral buoyancy underwater and positive buoyancy at the surface. Unlike most other BCDs, the backplate and wing is a modular system, in that it consists of separable components.

8. This is why you should never refill your plastic water bottle

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   In a study of 259 plastic water bottles at the State University of New York at Fredonia, scientists found that 93% of the surveyed bottles had some form of microplastic contamination.

9. Buoyancy compensator (diving) - Wikipedia

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   A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ), depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establish neutral buoyancy underwater and positive buoyancy at the surface, when needed.