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Canoeing & kayaking
Terms relating to the recreational activity of using a small skinny boat that is propelled by oars or paddles.
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Canoeing & kayaking
Brace
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
This is a movement that a canoeist can use in an attempt to keep their canoe from capsizing. The canoeist leans into the paddle, which he is pushing against the water.
Buoys
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
A buoy is usually made of hard rubber and it floats above the water while being held stationary by a weight that is on the river or ocean bed. In canoe sprint racing buoys are used as markers that ...
Canadian
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
This is the official name given to competition class canoes. Competition canoes are light, narrow, open-decked for a prescribed portion of their length. They must be symmetrical upon axis of the ...
Rapid
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
This is part of the frame of the canoe. Ribs run down the entire length of the frame and form the structure of the canoe and in many different boats.
Recovery
Sports; Canoeing & kayaking
In sprint events this would be to gain an unfair advantage by riding in the wash or wake of a competitors boat and being pulled along by it. See Five-Meter Rule.
