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There are a large number of sports that involve water. The following is a List of water sports, divided by category. These categories are based on the relation of the sports to the water. Some of the sports include only one part related to swimming, as for example Triathlon.

• Swimming includes pool swimming and open water swimming
• Triathlon is usually a combination of swimming, cycling and running
• Modern pentathlon includes epee fencing, pistol shooting, swimming, a show jumping course on horseback, and cross country running
• Rescue swimming is swimming with the goal to rescue other swimmers or the practice thereof
• Surf lifesaving is a competitive sport which evolved from the training activities of lifeguards at surf beaches
• Water basketball is a team sport played in water, similar to water polo.
• Water polo is a team sport played in water.
• Biribol is a team sport played in water similar to volleyball.
• Synchronized swimming is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and ballet.
• Fin swimming is swimming with fins
• Water aerobics is aerobics in the water
• Water gymnastics is gymnastics in the water
• Snorkeling is the practice of swimming at the surface (typically of the sea) being equipped with a mask and a short tube called a snorkel.
• Diving off springboards or off platforms
• Synchronized diving
• A water slide is a slide with water flowing down it

Main article: Recreational diving

• Scuba diving is swimming under water using a (self contained) breathing apparatus
• Free-diving is the aim to maximize the depth dived using no breathing apparatus
• Underwater rugby is rugby played under water with a ball that has been rendered neutrally buoyant. Breathing is done through a snorkel, and tackling is only allowed if you have the ball or are tackling the one holding it.
• Underwater hockey is hockey played under water with short wooden curved sticks and a heavy puck. Players wear diving masks, snorkels, and fins, and must surface to breathe while team mates continue the game on the pool bottom.
• Underwater photography is photography done under water. Numerous contests worldwide are arranged every year. The digital cameras have revolutionized how many divers participate.

• Skurfing is where the participant "skurfs" behind a boat on a surfboard
• Barefoot water skiing is waterskiing with no skiis
• Boating is the use of boats
• Bodyboarding is similar to surfing, but the board is smaller and the person (normally) lies down on the board
• Canoeing
• Canoe Polo is polo using a canoe
• Dragon Boat Racing is a team paddling sport on water
• Fishing is the recreation and sport of catching fish
• Hydroplane racing
• Jet sprint boat racing
• Kayaking
• Kite surfing on flat water using a kite for propulsion
• Motor boating
• Offshore powerboat racing
• Outrigger canoeing
• Parasailing where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a parachute
• Rafting
• Rowing propels a boat by means of oars
• Sailing using the wind for propulsion
• Skimboarding involves riding, standing up, on a board down the wet sand and timing the ride to connect with a shorebreaking wave
• Surfing downhill on waves
• Splash padding: games on zero depth splash pad
• Tubing down a river or behind a boat
• Wakeboarding is similar to water skiing, but using only one board attached to the feet
• Wake skating is similar to wakeboarding, but the board is not attached to the feet
• Water skiing is using skis to slide over the water while being pulled by a boat or other device
• Windsurfing on flat water using wind for propulsion in combination with sails
• Yachting

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