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Canoe polo, also known as kayak polo or polo (to players and fans), is one of the competitive disciplines of kayaking. It incorporates ball-handling skills into a contact team game, wherein group tactics and positional play are as important as individual speed and fitness.
A canoe is usually open on top, but can be decked over (i.e. covered, similar to a kayak). A canoe is typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by poling, sails, or a small electric or gas motor. Paddles may be single-bladed or double-bladed.
Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian. A few of the recreational forms of canoeing are canoe camping and canoe racing. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes ...
Jul. 10—BROOKS — At Earthways Guide Service, Ray and Nancy Reitze use a turtle with a backpack as the symbol of their company, and the message inherent in that symbol is intentional. "People ...
Punting on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers and shallow water. Punting is boating in a punt; the punter propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole.
Three punt pole shoes in varying states of wear. A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction.
This guide to the skills of poling, lining, portaging, and ice maneuvering is praised as the first and only of its kind to provide clear, precise, and detailed explanations of these techniques used by wilderness canoeists. A Snow Walker's Companion was written with Alexandra in 1995 and quickly became an authoritative text on winter travel.
A canoe pack, also known as a portage pack, [1] is a specialized type of backpack used primarily where travel is largely by water punctuated by portages where the gear needs to be carried over land. [2] When worn, a canoe pack must ride below the level of the shoulders in order to accommodate the wearer also carrying a canoe.