Why, you better try some canoeing before it's too late - you're sure to enjoy it. You probably know what canoeing is - it is an outdoor activity, or sometimes a sport, or a form of transportation, where you paddle a canoe or kayak. Purists believe that canoeing should always make use of one engine, a very powerful one that could make your canoe or kayak go - the human body.
Propelling a canoe and kayak may sound similar but are actually two different things. When propelling a kayak, you will make use of a paddle with two blades and you, as the paddler, will sit with your legs right placed in front. To propel a canoe, one uses either single or double bladed paddles and the paddler kneels or sits on a raised seat.
You can engage in different forms of recreational canoeing. In fact, there are now hybrid canoes as well. Here are some of the most well-known varieties of recreational canoeing:
White water canoeing is the first variety. As you may have guessed, this is an enjoyable form of canoeing which involves paddling down a white water river. There are different difficulty levels for whitewater canoeing, including for short and long trips as well as extreme expeditions on raging torrents. This is the most practiced form of kayaking these days.
Sea Kayaking is recreational kayaking on the sea and covers short day trips to year-long expeditions. It also includes canoeing in heavy seas and tidal currents. Your navigation techniques will be put to test in this particular variety.
Here are just a few other varieties you can try out - you can try playboating, which involves performing some neat surfing tricks, canoe camping, which is a hybrid of canoeing AND camping, wave skiing, which makes use of a canoe slightly bigger than a surfboard, surf skiing, which is like the last variety except for the use of a longer craft, and white water rafting, where multiple people paddle a large inflatable raft down a raging river.
As a sport, canoeing is governed by the International Canoe Federation, which creates the standard rules for the different disciplines of canoe competition. So far, the Olympic Games only includes two canoe sports - Sprint and Slalom. Among the other canoe sports disciplines are the marathon, canoe polo, whitewater racing, dragon boat racing, playboating, extreme racing., outrigger canoe racing and canoe surfing.
Propelling a canoe and kayak may sound similar but are actually two different things. When propelling a kayak, you will make use of a paddle with two blades and you, as the paddler, will sit with your legs right placed in front. To propel a canoe, one uses either single or double bladed paddles and the paddler kneels or sits on a raised seat.
You can engage in different forms of recreational canoeing. In fact, there are now hybrid canoes as well. Here are some of the most well-known varieties of recreational canoeing:
White water canoeing is the first variety. As you may have guessed, this is an enjoyable form of canoeing which involves paddling down a white water river. There are different difficulty levels for whitewater canoeing, including for short and long trips as well as extreme expeditions on raging torrents. This is the most practiced form of kayaking these days.
Sea Kayaking is recreational kayaking on the sea and covers short day trips to year-long expeditions. It also includes canoeing in heavy seas and tidal currents. Your navigation techniques will be put to test in this particular variety.
Here are just a few other varieties you can try out - you can try playboating, which involves performing some neat surfing tricks, canoe camping, which is a hybrid of canoeing AND camping, wave skiing, which makes use of a canoe slightly bigger than a surfboard, surf skiing, which is like the last variety except for the use of a longer craft, and white water rafting, where multiple people paddle a large inflatable raft down a raging river.
As a sport, canoeing is governed by the International Canoe Federation, which creates the standard rules for the different disciplines of canoe competition. So far, the Olympic Games only includes two canoe sports - Sprint and Slalom. Among the other canoe sports disciplines are the marathon, canoe polo, whitewater racing, dragon boat racing, playboating, extreme racing., outrigger canoe racing and canoe surfing.
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