List of water sports

{{Short description|None}} {{Redirect|Water sports|sexual activity involving urination|urolagnia}} {{No footnotes|date=November 2019}} [[File:Water sports composite.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|A variety of water sports; from top left: diving, surfing, water polo, synchronized swimming, swimming, rowing, yacht racing, dragon boat racing, kayaking.]] '''Water sports''' or '''aquatic sports''' are sports activities conducted on waterbodies and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants.

== On the water == {{Main list|List of surface water sports}} * Boat racing, the use of powerboats to participate in races * Boating, the use of boats for personal recreation *Bodyboarding similar to surfing, it involves catching a wave aboard a floating board — only this platform is made primarily of foam. * Cable skiing, similar to wake boarding but with cables for artificial maneuvering * Canoe polo combines boating and ball-handling skills with a contact team game, where tactics and positional play are as important as the speed and fitness of the individual athletes. * Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Most present-day canoeing is done as or as a part of a sport or recreational activity. * Canyoning is a sport that involves traveling through canyons using a variety of techniques, such as walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling (rappelling), swimming, and rafting * Dragon boat racing, teams of 20 paddlers racing the ancient dragon boat * Fishing, the recreation and sport of catching fish * Flyboard is a brand of hydroflighting device that supplies propulsion to drive the Flyboard into the air to perform a sport known as hydroflying. * Jet Skiing is performed with a recreational watercraft that the rider sits or stands on, rather than sits inside of, as in a boat. * Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water * Kiteboating is the act of using a kite rig as a power source to propel a boat * Kneeboarding is an aquatic sport where the participant is towed on a buoyant, convex, and hydrodynamically shaped board at a planing speed, most often behind a motorboat. * Paddleboarding, where a person uses a large surfboard and paddle to surf on flat water or waves * Parasailing, where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a parachute * Picigin is a traditional Croatian ball game that is played on the beach. It is an amateur sport played in shallow water, consisting of players keeping a small ball from touching the water. * Rafting is a recreational outdoor activities that use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water * River trekking, a combination of trekking and climbing and sometimes swimming along the river * Rowing, a sport that involves propelling a boat (racing shell) on water, using oars * Sailing is the practice of navigating a sail-powered craft on water, ice, or land * Sit-down hydrofoiling is riding on the water with a hydrofoil attached to a ski. *Skimboarding is a sport where people use a wooden board to slide fast on water. *Stone skipping, is a sport where people compete for the number of times and length that they can skip a stone on the water's surface. *Surfing, a sport where an individual uses a board to stand up and ride on the face of a wave. *Wakeboarding, a sport where an individual is attached to a board via bindings and then holds a handle to be towed across the water while riding sideways. *Wakeskating, a sport where the rider stands on a board and is towed across the water performing maneuvers similar to those seen in skateboarding. *Wakesurfing, a sport where the individual surfs on the wake created by a boat without holding onto the handle. *Water skiing, a sport where an individual holds onto a rope and handle while being towed across the water while riding one or two water skis. * White water rafting, rafting on various classes of river rapids * Windsurfing, is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. * Windfoiling, is the hydrofoiling variant of windsurfing. It uses a hydrofoil that lifts the board above the water. * Wing foiling is a sport where an individual holds a lightweight wing on a surfboard with a hydrofoil. *Yachting is the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts, for racing or cruising

== In the water == * Aquajogging, is a cross-training and rehabilitation method using low-impact resistance training. It is a way to train without impacting joints. Participants wear a flotation device and move in a running motion in the deep end of a pool. Aside from a pool, the equipment can include a flotation belt and weights. * Artistic or synchronized swimming consists of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. * Diving, the sport of jumping off springboards or platforms into water * Finswimming is a sport similar to traditional swimming using fins, monofin, snorkel, and other specific devices * Modern pentathlon includes épée fencing, pistol shooting, swimming, a show jumping course on horseback, and cross country running * Rescue swimming is swimming to rescue other swimmers * Swimming, including pool swimming and open water swimming * Synchronized diving, Two divers form a team and perform dives simultaneously. The dives are identical. * Triathlon, a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events, usually a combination of swimming, cycling, and running * Water aerobics is aerobics in the water. * Water basketball, mixes the rules of basketball and water polo, played in a swimming pool. Teams of five players must shoot at the goal with a ball within a specific time after gaining possession. * Water polo is a sport of two teams played in the water with a ball. * Water volleyball

== Under water == === Recreational diving === {{Main|Recreational diving}} *Cave diving *Deep diving *Freediving *Ice diving *Mermaiding *Spearfishing *Underwater archaeology, particularly activity involving wreck diving * Underwater photography, including underwater videography, is photography done underwater. Numerous contests worldwide are arranged every year. Digital cameras have revolutionized how many divers participate. * Underwater videography

=== Underwater sports === {{Main|Underwater sports|}} {{see|Underwater diving}} * Aquathlon (underwater wrestling) * Finswimming, some events are practiced completely underwater * Freediving * Snorkeling is the practice of swimming at the surface (typically of the sea) being equipped with a mask, fins, and a short tube called a snorkel. * Spearfishing * Sport diving (sport) * Underwater football * Underwater hockey is a game played underwater which has some similarities to hockey. Two teams of players use short wooden curved sticks to move a heavy puck across the pool bottom to the opponents' goal. * Underwater ice hockey * Underwater orienteering * Underwater photography (sport) * Underwater rugby is a game played underwater which has some similarities to rugby football. Two teams try to score goals by sending a slightly negatively buoyant ball into the opponents' goal placed on the bottom of the pool. * Underwater target shooting

==References== {{reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113132553/http://watersports.sportsdictionary.org/ Water Sports Dictionaries] {{commons category|Water sports}}

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