Canoeing

							Title:
Canoeing

Word Count:
370

Summary:
If you've never tried canoeing befo
re then it's high time that you did
. Basically, canoeing is an outdoor
  activity that involves paddling a
canoe or kayak either as recreation
, transportation or as a sport. Ent
husiasts stress that canoeing only
uses a paddle to propel your kayak
or canoe and human muscle power, no
thing more.

There are differences in the way on
e propels a canoe and a kayak. To p
ropel a kayak, one uses a paddle wi
th two blades and where the paddler
Keywords:
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Canoeing, outdoor activity, recreati
onal

 Article Body:
If you've never tried canoeing befo
re then it's high time that you did
. Basically, canoeing is an outdoor
  activity that involves paddling a
canoe or kayak either as recreation
, transportation or as a sport. Ent
husiasts stress that canoeing only
uses a paddle to propel your kayak
or canoe and human muscle power, no
thing more.

There are differences in the way on
e propels a canoe and a kayak. To p
ropel a kayak, one uses a paddle wi
th two blades and where the paddler
 sits with their legs directly in f
ront of them. To propel a canoe, on
e uses either single or double blad
ed paddles and the paddler kneels o
r sits on a raised seat.

There are many forms of recreationa
l canoeing. In fact, there are now
hybrid canoes as well. Among the mo
re popular forms of recreational ca
noeing are the following:

Whitewater canoeing. As the name in
dicates, this refers to paddling do
wn whitewater rivers for fun. There
 are different difficulty levels fo
r whitewater canoeing, including fo
r short and long trips as well as e
xtreme expeditions on raging torren
ts. This is the most practiced form
 of kayaking these days.

Sea Kayaking is recreational kayaki
ng on the sea and covers short day
trips to year-long expeditions. It
also includes canoeing in heavy sea
s and tidal currents. Its main diff
erence is that is requires navigati
onal skills.

There are also playboating (surfing
 while performing tricks), canoe ca
mping (a combination of canoeing an
d camping), wave skiing (using a cr
aft that's just a little bigger tha
n a surfboard), surf skiing (using
a longer craft that maneuvers well
on breaking waves) and white water
rafting (features a group of people
 paddling a large inflatable raft d
own a river).

As a sport, canoeing is governed by
  the International Canoe Federation
, which creates the standard rules
for the different disciplines of ca
noe competition. There are only two
 canoe sports included in the Olymp
ic Games, Sprint and Slalom. Among
the other canoe sports disciplines
are the marathon, canoe polo, white
water racing, dragon boat racing, p
layboating, extreme racing., outrig
ger canoe racing and canoe surfing.

My friends and I are eager to try w
hite water rafting one of these wee
ks. We_ve already picked out a down
hill river and it looks pretty wild.