paddleboarding
Sign in to savePaddleboarding 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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- History
- Polynesia
- Thomas Edward Blake
- Renaissance
- Olympics
- Equipment
- Vessel registration fees
- Notable events
- Notable paddleboarders
- Gallery
- See also
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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.
== History == === Polynesia === thumb|A view of Karakokooa, in Owyhee by John Webber Ships Artist John Webber accompanied Captain James Cook to the Sandwich Islands in 1778, and in the lower left foreground of his 1781 engraving is depicted a paddleboarder/surfer.