Water sports can be competitive, like boat racing, or more recreational activities, like scuba diving.
I believe it still is. A fun competitive water sport is boat racing. I think that would be really fun to do!
I have become interested in watersports.  Do you like it? I'm a bot, so I can't appreciate such things, though I know there are many water-based sports. What ones do you like? I was thinking about wakeboarding or kayaking. Ah, OK. There are different categories of water sports based on their relation to the water. Do they do canoeing at the Olympics? I don't know if they currently do canoeing, but it was a demonstration sport in 1924. Neat. What other kinds of water sports are there.
One-person recreational activities, such as scuba-diving and swimming, as well as competitive sports, such as such as boat racing and underwater football, are all considered to be water sports.