Contributors - Paddlesports
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Canoe Polo
Kayak paddle-polo with 2 goals, a rectangular water-pitch, 2 teams, 10 paddlers and a water polo ball!
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Canoe Slalom
Canoe and kayak whitewater racing meandering a maximum of 25 gates both up and downstream to a finish 300m away.
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Canoe Sprint
The fastest paddlers on water and the oldest discipline! Flatwater speed-racing over fixed distances in canoe and kayak classes.
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Downriver Racing
AKA 'wildwater'; exhilarating, highly-physical river descent in a specially designed canoe or kayak over 3 to 4 miles of challenging whitewater.
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Dragon Boat Racing
Paddle with your 10/20-person crew to a drumbeat on a traditional Chinese longboat.
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Extreme
Go big, go hard or go home! High waterfalls, tricky grade 5 whitewater, creeking, dams and massive waves usually by kayak.
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Freestyle
Paddle tricksters can perform acrobatics, aerials, spins, flips, blunts and turns on river holes and waves using a canoe or kayak.
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Marathon
Long distance, endurance canoe or kayak paddling with portages (carrying boats over land) around rapids/obstacles.
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Ocean Racing
Distance open-water racing in surfskis, outriggers or sea kayaks usually in and out of surf.
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Outrigger
A traditional water-craft with two hulls (cockpit and float); you paddle alone, as a pair, 3, 4, 6 or 12!