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  2. Nigel Foster (kayaker) - Wikipedia

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    Nigel Foster (born 17 October 1952) is an English sea kayaker, kayak designer, instructor and author. He is the first and youngest paddler to circle Iceland by kayak.. Foster started paddling in Brighton, England when he was 15 in a skin-on-frame kayak.

  3. Kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Kayaking in whitewater rapids. Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over 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 low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front ...

  4. Canoe slalom - Wikipedia

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    Canoe slalom in Augsburg, Germany. Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is ...

  5. Sea kayak - Wikipedia

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    Sea kayaking at Trunk Bay on St. John. A sea kayak's primary safety device is its paddler. Although some kayakers consider a well-practised self-righting move such as an Eskimo roll to be essential in order to safe open-water kayaking, it is the technique of bracing that every well-trained, experienced kayaker practises in order to maintain an upright position in their kayak.

  6. Kayak - Wikipedia

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    A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Inuktitut word qajaq ( IPA: [qajɑq] ). In British English, the kayak is considered to be a kind of canoe. While technically understandable, in the North American sense this is not the case.

  7. International scale of river difficulty - Wikipedia

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    Because of the large range of difficulty that exists beyond Class IV, Class V is an open-ended, multiple-level scale designated by class 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, etc. Each of these levels is an order of magnitude more difficult than the last. That is, going from Class 5.0 to Class 5.1 is a similar order of magnitude as increasing from Class IV to Class 5.0.

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