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  2. Kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the ...

  3. Whitewater kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Whitewater kayaking is an adventure sport where a river is navigated in a decked kayak. Whitewater kayaking includes several styles. River running; where the paddler follows a river and paddles rapids as they travel. Creeking usually involving smaller, steeper, and more technical waterways.

  4. Kayak - Wikipedia

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    Whitewater kayaker at Great Falls, Virginia, United States. A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Inuktitut word qajaq (IPA: [qajɑq]). In British English, the kayak is also considered to be a kind of canoe.

  5. Outline of canoeing and kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Kayakers view of Coniston Water, Cumbria. Canoeing – recreational boating activity or paddle sport in which you kneel or sit facing forward in an open or closed-decked canoe, and propel yourself with a single-bladed paddle, under your own power. Kayaking – use of a kayak for moving across water.

  6. Canoe - Wikipedia

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    Bark canoe in Australia, Howitt 1904. A family riding a canoe in the Western Region of Ghana. A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles. [2]

  7. Canoe freestyle - Wikipedia

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    Canoe freestyle. Kayaker performing a cartwheel at Saint-Clément-sur-Durance 's canoe stadium, on the Durance river (France). Canoe freestyle (also known as playboating) is a discipline of whitewater kayaking or canoeing where people perform various technical moves in one place (a playspot), as opposed to downriver whitewater canoeing or ...

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