The New-Age WaterSports - more WET and even more WILD !

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Watersports - the next level of sports - always something very exciting to watch and even more so to play!

The fun and passion involved in competing in water has its own enigma compared to being on land...


The water hitting your body...competing in watersports means more than just playing...you compete against a whole new competitor and try to have control over it too - the element of nature - something that you cant not respect!

What was earlier looked on as recreation has reached new levels of competition today!

ONE FOR EVERYBODY

What might have started as swimming and transformed into boating has reached new levels of involvement and excitement many times through revolution if not evolution...

Though it is technology has helped a long way into making watersports and their equipments even more exciting and thrilling - it's the players who have strived to take watersports to a new level.

The number of types and variations for each have created an array of offerings that would definitely appeal to all.

Some of the latest watersports might have started from a chance...but have gained so much in terms of popularity that they are all over TV channels. Some

SKURFING

Skurfing a popular surface watersport in which the participant is towed on a surfboard, behind a boat, with a ski rope. Skurfing is highly popular in the state of W.A in Australia and in many other places in the world.


Unlike most other watersports where the participant is towed, Skurfing is not a professional sport and has no official competitions, it is a freestyle sport with highly individualistic style and form. There are no defined styles or conventions rather it is about personal style.

WAKEBOARDING

Wakeboarding is a boardsport. It was created from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. Before it was called wakeboarding it was called skurfing. As in water skiing, the rider is towed behind a boat, or a cable skiing setup, but typically at slower speeds (16 - 23mph).


Beginners start at slower speeds such as 18mph with shorter ropes (60 - 65 ft). More experienced wakeboarders use faster speeds such as 25mph, but use longer ropes up to 85 ft (26 m) long. Instead of using skis, the rider rides a single board, known as a wakeboard, with stationary non-release bindings for each foot, standing sideways as on a snowboard or skateboard.

The boards, which can float, are typically 120 - 147 cm long, depending on weight, and up to 45 cm wide (shorter and wider than snowboards). Unlike snowboards, which are concave, they are convex (tips 15 - 25cm).

TUBING

Tubing, also known as biscuiting, is where a large circular rubber tube is towed behind a boat at fast speeds. Generally considered a novice or child's water-sport due to the lack of skill involved. The general aim is to hold on as long as possible without falling off due to the boat's sharp turns; more experienced biscuiters also try to jump the boat's wake and become airborne.


Also a very simple and novice trick for beginners would be the barrel roll, once the tube is on the outeredge of a corner going faster than normal, a rider can intentionally roll off the tube to try and roll from upright to upside down and back again all in the same motion.

DISCING

Discing consists of standing on a circular wooden disc and being towed behind the boat. The disc supports the rider by means of spreading the weight out evenly across the water.


It requires good balance, and as a result discing cannot be performed at extremely high speeds, meaning it is sometimes viewed as dull. One form of Discing is to simply do circles at fast speed with the discer trying to hold on as long as possible and seeing how far they can shoot off upon releasing the rope.

TOWED HYDROFOIL

The hydrofoiler is towed by a powered boat; mechanically the person rides a water kite or paravane hydrofoil. Wake energy is used for some jumping.


A wakeboard is used to enter the hydrofoiling. This is a hybrid surface sport as it uses the surface of the water and the under-surface and air.

BODYBOARDING

A bodyboard is an instrument of wave riding consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. The bodyboard is ridden predominantly lying down, (or 'prone').


It can also be ridden in a half-standing stance (known as 'dropknee') or can even be ridden standing up. The vast majority of bodyboarders usually wear swimfins on both feet to aid in paddling out and taking off.

So let's get down and get knowing which is your watersport..!