*Sports and recreational

activities that take place in or

on water.
*Swimming crops up in many ancient tales of
heroism and religion and was clearly enjoyed
for recreation by the middle ages, if not before.
Snorkeling, you may be surprised to hear, is one
of the oldest water sports on record. Snorkeling
is mentioned as a recreational activity enjoyed
by Romans in the 1st Century AD. They used
hollow reeds to craft these ancient snorkels.
Later, the famous artist and inventor Leonardo
da Vinci created a more modern snorkel that
was a little more like the one used today
around the world.
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*In the 19th Century many different water sports
originated around the world. In Hawaii, surfing
was invented and in the UK, diving became
competitive sport and water polo was first
played. This was also the century of the first
Western long-distance kayak trips and the
advent of camping adventure which went hand
in hand with many outward bound water sports
and water based activities.

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*In the 20th Century, water sports as recreation
really took off as people had more leisure time
and more disposable income around the middle
of the century. Surfing, for example, which had
been a pursuit for people in Hawaii and on the
Californian coast from the 1920’s onward,
became a youth craze around the world in the
1960’s. That was just the beginning and now
there is a proliferation of related water sports
that hold wide appeal to a variety of different
people.

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water polo
* Sport played in a pool with two teams of seven
opposing players who attempt to score points at the
opposite goal using a ball.

diving
* Sport consisting of executing simple to complex dives
into the water from a platform or a springboard.

swimming
* Sport consisting of swimming a defined distance
(which varies depending on the four recognized
stroke categories) as quickly as possible.
rowing and sculling
* Sport consisting of a speed race in a straight line over
a maximum distance of 2000 m; races take place on
calm water in boats designed for the purpose.

canoe-kayak: flatwater racing

* Sport consisting of a speed race in a straight line;
races take place on calm water in canoes or kayaks
with one or more places.

water skiing
* Sport in which the skier is towed by a motorboat and
glides on the surface of the water on one or two skis;
there are a number of disciplines, including jumping,
slalom and figures.
surfing
* Sport consisting of riding the side of a
breaking wave on a surfboard.

scuba diving
* Sport consisting of descending underwater
and swimming around; it can be done
holding one’s breath or with scuba gear.
* Asignado, Edzeline
* Co, Antonette
* Miguel, Charity
* Oronan, Krizza Kae
* Patalinghog, Jomaica
* Cells, Carl Francis
* Gacula, Edchelord Spencer
* Mandaue, Nico
* Montes, Adam Vincent