Boardsports

right|200px|thumb|Pictogram for Surfing at the Summer Olympics

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thumb|right|Windsurfing on Columbia River, [[Oregon]]

thumb|A kiteboarder being pulled across the water by a power kite Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Kiteboarding is among the less expensive and more convenient sailing sports.

thumb|upright=1.5|A person wakeboarding in Zug, Switzerland Wakeboarding is a water sport in which the rider, standing on a wakeboard (a board with foot bindings), is towed behind a motorboat across its wake and especially up off the crest in order to perform aerial maneuvers. A hallmark of wakeboarding is the attempted performance of midair tricks. Wakeboarding was developed from a combination of water skiing, snowboarding and surfing techniques.

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right|thumb|Sandboarding in Dubai, [[United Arab Emirates]]

thumb|Riding a skimboard thumb|Skimboarding at Seal Beach, California|Seal Beach, 2011 Skimboarding, also known as "skimming", is a boardsport in which a skimboard (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore. There are currently 3 U.S. based competitive organizations including Premier Skim, Skim USA, and the United Skim Tour. Wave-riding skimboarders perform a variety of surface and air maneuvers, at various stages of their ride, out to, and back with, the wave. Some of these are k

thumb|270px|Snowkiting: Mount Rundle|Mt. Rundle, Banff N.P., [[Canada]] thumb|right|270px|Snowkiters use large kites to travel across snow and jump in the air. thumb|270px|Snowkiting on lake Kallavesi, Kuopio, Finland in March 2005. thumb| Snowkiting Snowkiting or kite skiing is an outdoor winter sport in which participants use kite power to propel them over snow or ice. The skier uses a kite to give them power over large jumps. The sport is similar to water-based kiteboarding, but with the footwear used in snowboarding or skiing. The principles of using the kite are the same, but in differen

thumb|MBS Pro 100 Mountainboard with noSno soft bindings thumbMountainboarding (also known as dirtboarding or all-terrain boarding) is an action sport that combines elements of snowboarding, skateboarding, and mountain biking. Riders use a board with four pneumatic tires, bindings, and trucks to ride over a variety of off-road terrain. The sport developed in the early 1990s and has since gained international recognition with competitions, freestyle events, and recreational communities around the world.

thumb|A man riding a wave with a bodyboard Bodyboarding is a water sport in which the surfer rides a bodyboard on the crest, face, and curl of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore. Bodyboarding is also referred to as Boogieboarding due to the invention of the "Boogie Board" by Tom Morey in 1971. The average bodyboard consists of a short, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam. Bodyboarders typically use swim fins for additional propulsion and control while riding a breaking wave.

device used as a circus skill

thumb|right|A riverboarder floats down the Kern River at about 110 m3/s (4,000 cu ft/s). Riverboarding is a boardsport in which the participant lies prone on their board with fins on their feet for propulsion and steering. This sport is also known as hydrospeed in Europe and as riverboarding or white-water sledging in New Zealand, depending on the type of board used. Riverboarding includes commercial, recreational and the swiftwater rescue practice of using a high-flotation riverboard, designed for buoyancy in highly aerated water.

extreme gravity-powered activity

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Paddleboarding is a water sport in which participants are propelled by a swimming motion using their arms while lying or kneeling on a paddleboard or surfboard in the ocean or other body of water. Paddleboarding is usually performed in the open ocean, with the participant paddling and surfing unbroken swells to cross between islands or journey from one coastal area to another.

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thumb|Snowskating combine elements of snowboarding and skateboarding to create a new experience which is most closely described as skateboarding on snow. thumb|Snowskate (Snowdeck) – "Burton Junkyard"A snowskate is a snow sliding device which can be described as a hybrid of a snowboard, and a skateboard. Unlike a snowboard which uses bindings to secure the board to a riders feet, a snowskate is typically bindingless. The lack of bindings allows the rider to perform more skateboard-like flip tricks on the snow as opposed to what can be done on a traditional snowboard. Although the bindingless n

thumb|An example of someone wakesurfing. thumb|Wakesurfing

thumb|Surfing is the "grandfather" of all board sports, originating from Polynesian culture thumb|right|Skateboarding was invented as a way for surfers to feel like surfing on land Boardsports are active outdoor sports that are played with any sort of board as the primary equipment. These sports take place on a variety of terrains, from paved flat-ground and snow-covered hills to water and air. Most boardsports are considered action sports or extreme sports, and thus often appeal to youth. Some board sports were marginalized in the past. However, many board sports are gaining mainstream recogn

thumb|Wakeskating Wakeskating is a water sport and an adaptation of wakeboarding that employs a similar design of board manufactured from maple or fibreglass. Unlike wakeboarding, the rider is not bound to the board in any way, similar to the skateboard, from which the name derives.

thumb|Cruising on a longboard Longboarding is a variation of skateboarding typified by the use of longer boards ("decks") with longer wheelbases and softer wheels. While longboards vary widely in shape and size, compared to street skateboards longboards are designed to be more stable at speed and to have more traction due to larger wheel sizes and softer wheel durometers. While standard street skateboards may typically be between 28 and 34 inches long, longboards can range anywhere from 32 to 50 inches in length. Ride characteristics of longboards generally differ from that of street skateboar

windsurfing on land

land based, kite powered sport using a four-wheeled board

Onewheel is a self-balancing electric skateboard with a single tire, used as a means of transportation and for boardsports. Riders place their feet on either side of the tire to face sideways, leaning forward to accelerate and leaning backward to slow down. The board was engineered to emulate the feeling of snowboarding on powder.

thumb|right|upright=1.3|A flow-boarder aboard the Royal Caribbean International|Royal Caribbean ship alt=|thumb|A body-boarder on a Flowrider Flowriding is a late 20th century alternative boardsport incorporating elements of surfing, bodyboarding, slaying, skimboarding, snowboarding and wakeboarding.

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