7 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Sports > Canoeing & kayaking
Canoeing & kayaking
Terms relating to the recreational activity of using a small skinny boat that is propelled by oars or paddles.
Industry: Sports
Add a new termContributors in Canoeing & kayaking
Canoeing & kayaking
Number plates
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
What a canoeist uses to propel and manoeuvre his/her canoe or kayak. There are single and double bladed paddles.
Officials
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
A rope that can be either attached to the front or back of the canoe.
Open water
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
A sanction imposed when a competitor breaks a rule. See Rules of the Game for a complete list of penalties.
Paddles
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
A tricky combination stroke for slalom canoeist. The canoeist draws forward, and then reverses to navigate through an upstream gate. This is done in one motion.
Painter
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
A stroke that pushes the canoe or kayak out from an obstacle or rapid.
Penalties
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
A part of a river where the current is fast moving, and rocks or other obstructions are visible on the surface of the water.
Pivot turn
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
That part of a paddling stroke that is after the completion of the Brace but before Return To Catch.
