Water sports

team sport played in water by teams competing to put the ball into the opponent's goal

water-based sport

game of skill

thumb|Water bike on Lake St. Clair (Michigan) thumb|Pedalo at the Stockholm Exhibition (1930)|Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 thumb|A paddle boat on Geneva Lake (Wisconsin). thumbtime=3|thumb|right|Boats in Japan celebrating spring with a swan pedalo accidentally running into a row boat, 2022 thumb|Pedalos in Brazil (called pedalinhos) thumb|Human-powered watercraft: aqua-cycle water trikes in the [[Pacific Ocean with Diamond Head, Hawaii in the background]] thumb|Paddle boats on the Inner Harbor in [[Baltimore]]

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

member of the Sea Scouts

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.

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Parasailing, also known as parascending, is an activity where individuals are harnessed to a modified parachute canopy that is designed to ascend into the air when towed behind a motor vehicle on land, or a recreational boat over water. Commercial parasailing operations can be found worldwide, with customized powerboats that can accommodate numerous passenger observers and up to three airborne parasailors at a time, wearing specially designed Body Harness w/ Tow Bar and/or seated in a Customized Gondola.

aerobic exercise done in shallow water, especially in a swimming pool

multifaceted movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport

thumb|200px|Picigin player playing the ball forward at Bačvice beach in Split, Croatia Picigin () is traditional ball game from Split, Croatia that is played at the beach. It is an amateur sport played in shoals or other shallow water, usually consisting of cooperating players keeping a small ball aloft for as long as possible, with the game ending when the ball falls in the water.

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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.

thumb|Coasteering near Porthclais, [[Pembrokeshire]] Coasteering is movement along the intertidal zone of a rocky coastline on foot or by swimming, without the aid of boats, surf boards or other craft.

tourist attraction

thumb|An example of someone wakesurfing. thumb|Wakesurfing

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