enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Outline of canoeing and kayaking - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_canoeing_and...

   Number of blades on the paddle: The easiest way to distinguish between a kayak and a canoe is the number of blades on the paddle. A canoe paddle usually has a single blade on one end, while a kayak paddle is bladed at both ends. [4] Sitting position: In a canoe the paddler either kneels on the bottom of the boat or sits on a raised seat.

3. Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_transoceanic...

   Archaeologist Emilio Estrada and co-workers wrote that pottery which was associated with the Valdivia culture of coastal Ecuador and dated to 3000–1500 BCE exhibited similarities to pottery which was produced during the Jōmon period in Japan, arguing that contact between the two cultures might explain the similarities.

4. Canoe and kayak diving - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe_and_kayak_diving

   Canoe diving and Kayak diving are recreational diving where the divers paddle to a diving site in a canoe or kayak carrying all their gear in or on the boat to the place they want to dive. Canoe or kayak diving gives the diver independence from dive boat operators, while allowing dives at sites which are too far to comfortably swim, but are ...

5. Kayaking - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayaking

   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 ...

6. Canoeing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoeing

   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 ...

7. Paddling - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddling

   Man paddling a canoe. Paddling, in regard to waterborne transport, is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using at least one hand-held paddle.The paddle, which consists of one or two blades joined to a shaft, is also used to steer the vessel via generating a difference in propulsion between the two sides of the watercraft.

8. Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_and_Franklin...

   On November 30, 2021, the first 62-acre section of the park opened to the public and allows for biking, hiking, fishing, rock climbing, canoeing, paddle-boarding, floating boardwalks, a zipline, and a sledding hill. The park is situated within a larger development which will have apartments, townhomes, condominiums, office space and retail. [21]

9. Canoe freestyle - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 kayaking where the objective is to travel the length of a section of ...