page_title: Outline of canoeing and kayaking
section_title: Canoeing and kayaking disciplines
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of canoeing and kayaking / Canoeing and kayaking disciplines
caption_attribution_description: English: Unknown paddler using a en:playboat at Paddle for the People, July 2007, Manchester New Hampshire, Crackpipe playwave on Merrimack River
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of canoeing and kayaking:
  Canoeing – recreational boating activity or paddle sport in which you kneel or sit facing forward in an open or closed-decked canoe, and propel yourself with a single-bladed paddle, under your own power.
  Kayaking – use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a boat where the paddler faces forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle. Most kayaks have closed decks.
context_section_description: Some of the many popular uses of canoes and kayaks include:
  Canoe camping – is a combination of canoeing and camping, similar to backpacking but canoe campers travel by canoes or kayaks
  Canoe sprint – competitive form of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water
  Canoe marathon – paddling a canoe or kayak over a long distance to the finish line.
  Canoe polo – competitive ball sport played on water in a defined "field" between two teams of 5 players, each in a kayak
  Canoe sailing – involves fitting a Polynesian outrigger or touring canoe with sails
  Canoe slalom – competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on rapids in the fastest time
  Canoe and kayak diving – a type of recreational diving where the divers paddle to a diving site in a canoe or kayak carrying all their gear to the place they want to dive
  Extreme racing – paddling a kayak down a section of hard whitewater requiring excellent boat handling skills. The rivers are typically class V and involve waterfalls and dangerous rapids. Races may involve mass-starts or individual timed runs
  Kayak fishing – fishing from a kayak
  Outrigger canoeing – sport in which an outrigger canoe (vaʻa, waʻa, and waka ama in Tahitian, Hawaiian, and Māori languages, respectively) is propelled by paddles
  Playboating – discipline of whitewater canoeing and kayaking where the paddler performs various technical moves in one place (a playspot)
  Snowkayaking – a winter sport practised by kayaker where the track for the athletes consists of ski tracks in the mountains
  Surf kayaking – the sport of surfing ocean waves with kayaks
  Squirt boating – a form of whitewater canoeing and kayaking where the boat is designed to be as low in volume as possible
  Whitewater canoeing and Whitewater kayaking – sport of paddling respectively a canoe or kayak on a moving body of water, typically river rapids. The term usually applies to a whole trip or run, which has at least some stretches of whitewater included
  Wildwater canoeing – a competitive sport in which canoes and kayaks are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily
caption: Playboating
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