 Adventure Racing: Adventure racing is a combination of two or more sports activities that include orienteering, navigation, cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing, and related rope skills. An event can span ten days or more while sprints can be completed in a matter of hours. Usually, there is no down time during races, and competitors must choose if or when to rest. |
| Aerobics: Aerobics is a form of exercise. Classes typically involve rapid stepping patterns which are performed to music under an instructor's direction. |
Aggressive Skating: Aggressive skating is a stunt-based form of inline skating which is performed on specialized inline skates. Aggressive skaters attempt tricks such as grinding on the edge of concrete ledges or handrails, jumping, spinning and flipping over stairs or other gaps.
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| Airsoft (Similar to Paintball): Airsoft is a sport or recreational pastime in which players participate in the simulation of military or law enforcement style combat using replicas of real firearms, known as airsoft guns. |
Alpine Skiing: Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing)is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot.
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| American Football: American football is a competitive team sport. The object of the game is to score points by carrying the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it, or by throwing or handing it from one teammate to the other. Points can be scored in various ways, including carrying the ball over the goal line, throwing it to another player past the goal line or kicking it through the goal posts. |
| Angling: Angling is a form of sport fishing involving the catching of fish by means of an "angle" (hook). The hook is usually attached by a line to a fishing rod. |
| Aqua Skipping: Aqua Skipping is performed using an aquaskipper, which is a human-powered hydrofoil. Hydrofoils use an underwater wing to keep the main body out of the water and travel with extremly low resitance. |
| Archery: Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. Historically, archery was used in hunting and combat, and has now become a precision sport. |
| Assault Course: Assault Course is also refered to as Trim Trail. It is a special sort of trail that combines running and exercising. While heavily used in military training, it is also seen as a sports activity. |
| Athletics: Athletics is also refered to as track and field, which is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping. |
| Backpacking: Backpacking is also refered to as tramping, trekking or bushwalking. Backpacking is a combination of hiking and camping. |
Badminton: Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs.
Badminton uses a feathered projectile called a shuttlecock and is usually played indoors.
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| Ballet: Ballet is best known for its unique features and techniques such as pointe work and high extensions, as well as its graceful, precise movements and ethereal qualities. |
| Ballooning: Ballooning is a form of excursion in which a small number of people are carried aloft in a basket suspended from a large hot-air balloon. |
| Barefoot Skiing: Barefoot skiing is water skiing behind a motorboat without skis. Barefoot skiing requires the skier to travel at higher speeds than conventional water skiing. |
| Baseball: Baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players each. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher throws a leather-covered ball toward a batter on the opposing team. The batter attempts to hit the baseball with a bat. The game is played without time restriction and is structured around nine segments called innings. |
Basketball: Basketball is a sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop under organized rules.
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| Big Foot Skiing: Big Foot is an actual name brand of ski equipment. The Big Foot is a glider especially great on slopes for free-style skiing. |
| Biking: Refer to Mountain Biking. |
BMX Freestyle: BMX (Bicycle Moto-cross(X)) is a form of cycling on specially designed bicycles. BMX Freestyle includes performances of tricks on flat ground, wooden ramps, trails, jumps made of dirt and obstacles found on the streets.
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| BMX Racing: BMX Racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. It was derived from motocross motorcycle racing. These are sprint races on racetracks specifically built for off-road single-lap races. |
Boating: Boating is a recreational activity regardless of the type of boat being used - power boats, sail boats, or larger Yachts. Boating may also involve activities such as fishing or waterskiing.
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| Bobsleigh: Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. |
| Bouldering: Bouldering is a form of rockclimbing. It is typically without a rope. This variation of climbing can be practiced on large boulders, at the base of larger rock faces/climbing routes, in indoor climbing centers, or even on manmade structures. |
| Bowls: Bowls, also refered to as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling is a precision sport. The goal of the game is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls closer to a smaller white ball (the "jack" or "kitty") than one's opponent is able to do. |
Boxercise: Boxercise is a fitness class based on the exercises that boxers use. No boxercise class is the same. Some are heavily influenced by traditional boxing exercises, some are based around kick-boxing, while others take the form of circuit-training.
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| Boxing: Boxing is a sport and martial art in which two oppenents of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called "rounds". |
| Bridge Swinging: Bridge Swinging is connecting oneself to the center point of a bridge with a long climbing rope. It involves walking back along the bridge before leaping off and doing a swing. |
| Buildering (Urban Climbing, Structuring, or Stegophily): Buildering, also know as Urban Climbing, is the practice of climbing the outside of buildings or manmade structures. |
| Bungee Jumping: Bungee jumping is an activity in which a person jumps off from a high place with one end of an elastic cord attached to the body or ankles and the other end tied to the jumping-off point. |
Bush Craft: Bushcraft is an extension of survival skills. It is a popular term for wilderness skills among Australians and South Africans. Bushcraft is about surviving and thriving in nature, and the skills and knowledge to do so.
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Camping: Camping is an outdoor activity, in which the campers enjoy nature by spending one or more nights at a campsite. Camping involves the use of a tent, travel trailer, recreational vehicle, or no shelter at all.
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Canoeing: Canoeing is both a sport and a recreational activity. A canoe is a small boat which is pointed at both ends and usually open on top, which is propelled by the use of paddles.
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Canyoning: Canyoning, also refered to as canyoneering, is associated with technical descents requiring rappels (abseils) and ropework, technical climbing or down-climbing, technical jumps, and/or technical swims.
Canyons that are good for canyoning are often cut into the bedrock stone, forming narrow slots with numerous drops, beautifully sculpted walls, and sometimes, spectacular waterfalls. Most canyons are cut into limestone, granite or sandstone, though other rock types are found. A canyon that is narrower than six feet (two meters) is called a slot canyon. Canyons can be very easy or extremely difficult, though emphasis in the sport is on aesthetics and fun, rather than pure difficulty. Because of the wide variety of types and difficulties of canyons throughout the world, canyoning is enjoyed by people of all ages and skill levels.
Canyoning gear includes climbing hardware, static ropes, helmets, wetsuits; and specially designed shoes, packs, and rope bags. While canyoners have used and adapted climbing, hiking, and river running gear for years, as canyoning becomes increasingly popular, more and more specialized gear is being manufactured to suit the needs of the canyoner
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| Cave Diving: Cave diving is a type diving in which specialized SCUBA equipment is used to enable the diver to explore natural or artificial caves which are at least partially filled with water. |
Caving: Caving is the sport of exploring caves which includes the negotiation of pitches, squeezes, and water. Climbing or crawling is often necessary, and ropes are used extensively.
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| Cheerleading: Cheerleading is an athletic activity that uses dance, gymnastics, and stunting in choregraphed routines to cheer on sports teams at games and matches, and/or as a competitive sport. |
| Clay Pigeon Shooting: Clay pigeon shooting is the art of shooting at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons, with a shotgun. |
| Cliff Diving: Cliff diving is defined as the acrobatic perfection of diving into water from a high cliff. |
| Climbing: Climbing is a recreational activity, where the climber uses his/her hands and feet to ascend a steep object. There are various categories of climbing such as rock climbing, ice climbing, tree climbing and buildering. |
| Cricket: Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each. It is a bat-and-ball game. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other. |
Croquet: Croquet was invented in Ireland in the 1830s. It was orginally a recreational game and, evolved into a competitive sport in which wooden or plastic balls are hit with a mallet through hoops embedded in the grass playing arena.
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| Cross Country Skiing: Cross Country Skiing originated in Scandinavia and was a means of winter travel. Cross-country skiing is an adventure and fitness activity as well as a popular competitive winter sport in many countries. |
| Curling: Curling is a team sport similar to bowls or bocce. Two teams of four players each slide heavy polished granite stones down the ice towards a target area called the house. |
| Cycling: Cycling is a recreation, a sport and a means of transport. It involves riding bicycles, unicycles, tricycles. As a sport it is governed internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale in Switzerland. |
Dirtsurfing: Dirtsurfing is a new Australian boardsport which is also known as inline boarding. The board is called a Dirtsurfer and is made from an aircraft-aluminum tube frame, a laminate or composite deck and two 20 inch diameter BMX style bicycle wheels.
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Diving: Diving is the sport of acrobatically jumping into water. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport. Unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.
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Dodgeball: Dodgeball is a game taught in physical education classes, and is often played by schoolchildren on a playground. Each player tries to avoid being hit by a ball that players on the other team are throwing at them.
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Dog Sledding: Dog Sledding is an activity in which a sled is pulled by one or more dogs to travel over ice and through snow.
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Downhill Skiing: Downhill Skiing or Alpine skiing is a sport and recreational activity involving sliding down snow-covered hills.
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| Drag Racing: Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which two vehicles attempt to complete a short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time, starting from a dead stop. |
| Extreme Skiing: Extreme Skiing is performed on steep slopes, and dangerous terrain. |
| Fell Running: Fell Running is the sport of running and racing, off road, over upland country, where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. Fell running is also referred to as mountain running and hill running. |
| Fell Walking: Refer to Hill Walking. |
| Fencing: Fencing is a sport that involves two fencers and a referee. Fencing is armed combat usually involving rapiers, however, other cutting, stabbing, or bludgeoning weapons, directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot or thrown can be used. |
Field Hockey: Field hockey is a sport where two opposing teams use curved sticks to drive a ball into the opponents' net. It is played on grass, but is otherwise similar to ice hockey.
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| Fives: Fives is a British sport believed to have originated from the racquet sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet. |
Flag Football: Flag Football is a version of American football. The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the professional game, but instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier to end a down.
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Football: Football is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each. Football is considered to be the most popular sport in the world. The object of the game is to score by manoeuvring the ball into the opposing goal.The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extended time, depending on the format of the competition.
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Free Climbing: Free climbing is a style of climbing in which the climber uses no artificial aids. Equipment is used only for protection against a fall. Styles of free climbing include traditional climbing, sport climbing, some forms of solo climbing and bouldering.
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| Freeboarding: Refer to Wakeboarding. |
| Free-Diving: Free-diving is an aquatic sport which is also considered an extreme sport. The object of Free-diving is to reach great depths unassisted by breathing apparatus. |
Gaelic Football: Gaelic football is played mainly in Ireland and is the most popular sport there .Gaelic football is played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch. The object of the game is to score by pushing the ball through the goals. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins.
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| Go Karting: Go Kart racing or Karting is a open-wheeler motor sport with four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are raced on scaled-down circuits. |
Golf: Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs.
Golf has been played for at least five centuries in the British Isles. Golf is an increasingly popular sport around the world. |
| Gymnastics: Gymnastics is a sport which involves the performance of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, forward rolls, arials and tucks. It is considered a dangerous sport, because of the difficult acrobatic maneuvers, which are often performed on equipment high above the ground. |
Handball: Handball is a team sport where two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball with the object of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. The hands are used to move the ball around the playing court.
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| Hang Gliding: Hang gliding is an air sport which is both recreational and competitive. Hang gliding is closely related to paragliding and gliding, but uses a simpler and less expensive craft. |
High Diving: Highdiving is also refered to as platform diving. This is done from a raised position, often while executing tumbles, twists, and other acrobatic maneuvers before making contact with the water.
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Hiking: Hiking is a form of walking, usually at a vigorous pace, with the purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. It is usually done on trails in rural or wilderness areas.
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Hiking: Hiking is a form of walking, usually at a vigorous pace, with the purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. It is usually done on trails in rural or wilderness areas.
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Hill Walking: Hillwalking or fellwalking is the recreational practice of walking or climbing in hilly or mountainous terrain, with the intention of reaching the tops of the hills and mountains.
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| Historical Fencing: Historical Fencing involves the study, reenactment, replication, or performance of any number of styles and methods of European swordplay from ancient times through the 19th century. |
| Horse Riding: Horse Riding, refers to the skill of riding or driving horses. Included in this is the use of horses for practical, working purposes as well as recreational activities and competitive sports. |
Horseball: Horseball originated in France in the 1970s, it is a game played on horseback where a ball is handled and points are scored by shooting it through a high net.
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| Hurling: Hurling is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. The game is of Celtic orgin.The objective of this field game is for one of two teams to score more goals and points, during a match, than the other. A team comprises 15 players, or "hurlers." |
| Hydrofoiling: A hydrofoil is a sit-down waterski which is towed behind a watercraft. The rider straps into the hydrofoil and secures the safety straps on the seat and the bindings. The hydrofoil is steered by moving your knees in the direction you want to go. |
Ice Climbing: Ice climbing is an activity of climbing icefalls, and frozen waterfalls. Different equipment and techniques may be used; on flat ice, almost any good hiking or mountaineering boot will suffice, but for serious ice climbing, double plastic mountaineering boots must be crampon-compatible and stiff enough to support the climber and maintain ankle support.
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| Ice Hockey: Ice hockey is a sport popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural, reliable seasonal ice cover. Ice hockey is a physically demanding sport, played by two teams of 5 players each. |
Ice Skating: Ice skating is a recreational and sports activity. It is genarally an outdoor activity performed on frozen rivers and lakes. However, there are indoor and outdoor skating rinks with natural or artificial cooling.
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Indoor Climbing: Indoor Climbing is popular form of rock climbing performed on artificial structures. Indoor climbing has seen a rise in popularity due to weather, seasonal difficulties and busy schedules.
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| Indoor Cricket: Indoor Cricket is a variation of the conventional game of cricket. The game originated in Perth, Australia, and is played indoors instead of on an outside playing field. |
| Inline Skating: Refer to Rollerblading. |
| Jet Skiing: Jet Skiing uses a recreational watercraft that the rider sits or stands on. Models have an inboard engine driving a pump jet that has an impeller to create thrust for propulsion and steering. |
Jogging: Jogging is a "high-impact" exercise, which is often used by serious runners as a means of active recovery during interval training. Jogging as a sport is not a defined term and doesn't aim at achieving any specifically identifiable goal; jogging cannot be classified as a competitive sport.
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| Jousting: Tent pegging is the only form of officially recognized jousting . The sport Jousting involves using a lance or sword to strike and carry away a small wooden ground target. |
| Judo: Judo is a martial arts combat sport, which originated in Japan. Practitioners of judo are called judoka. Judo is one of the four main forms of amateur competitive wrestling practiced internationally today. |
| Karate: Karate is a martial art with a diverse history of developmental influences from other martial arts and cultures. Today, karate is known primarily as a hard style striking art. |
| Kayaking: Kayaking is a recreational or sport activity involves the use of a kayak,is propelled by a double-bladed paddle. A kayak can hold one,two or three paddlers who sit facing forward. |
Kendo: Kendo or "way of the sword", is the martial art of Japanese fencing, which developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu.
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| Kick Boxing: Kickboxing is a term for a sporting martial art. While similar to boxing, it uses the feet as well as the hands for striking. Kickboxing can be practiced for general fitness, or as a full-contact combat sport. |
Kite Buggying: Kite buggying uses a light vehicle powered by a traction kite. It is single-seated with one steerable front wheel and two rear wheels. The driver sits in the middle of the vehicle and accelerates and slows down by applying steering manoeuvres in coordination with flying manoeuvres of the kite.
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| Kite Flying (Traditional): A kite is a flying tethered man-made object. In recent years, kite flying has developed into a competitive sport where precision flying skills and artistic interpretation are required. |
| Kite Landboarding: Kite Landboarding is the newest form of power kiting. In Kite Landboarding, the pilot stands on a small, light mountain board while flying a kite that pulls the pilot and board. The pilot steers by leaning backwards and forwards. |
| Kitewing Usage: The kitewing is a lightweight hand–held kite-shaped wing that can be used for sailing on ice, snow and land with a pair of skis, skates or a snowboard. |
| Kneeboarding: Kneeboarding is a type of surfing where the rider paddles on his belly into a wave on a kneeboard, then rides the wave face typically on both knees. |
| Korfball: Korfball is a mixed team sport that combines the best of basketball and netball. The sport originated in Holland. |
| Krav Maga: Krav Maga is a self-defense and military hand-to hand-combat system developed in Israel. The version of Krav Maga taught in civilian martial arts classes is more often a simplified version that emphasizes personal self-defense. |
| Lacrosse: Lacrosse is a team sport of 10 players each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball. The object of the game is to score goals by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. |
| Land Yachting: A Land Yacht is a long, thin, three-wheeled buggy that seats one person. The single front wheel is the steered by foot pedals from inside the buggy. Land Yachting is a perfect solution if you want to go sailing but aren't near a large body of water, or if you don't want to get wet. |
| Landboarding: Landboarding is skateboarding using a board that is a cross between a surfboard and a skateboard. |
| Luge: A luge is a one or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. Steering is done by shifting the weight or pulling straps attached to the sled's runners. |
Marathon Running: The marathon is a long-distance road running event of 42km (approx.26 miles).
The name Marathon comes from the story of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier who was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated at the Battle of Marathon. He is supposed to have run the entire distance without stopping, only to collapse and die moments after delivering his message.
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| Martial Arts: Martial arts practices and traditions of physical and mental preparation for combat. Today, martial arts are studied for combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation, mental discipline, and self-confidence building. |
Mine Exploration: Mine exploration is a sport where people visit abandoned mines. Mine explorers use gear similar to that of cavers, such as helmets, head lamps and Wellington boots.
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Modern Pentathlon: The modern Pentathlon is a sports contest consisting of 5 events which are pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, show jumping and cross-country running. In the modern Pentathlon points are awarded for each individual performance and the contestant with the highest point total is declared the winner.
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Monoskiing: The term monoski can refer to one of two pieces of ski equipment, and is the device used in Monoskiing
The first type of monoski is similar to a snowboard in that both feet are attached to one wide board. However, monoskiers ride with their feet parallel and facing directly forward, toward the tip of the board. Because of their width, monoskis are most commonly used for skiing in deep powder snow.
The second type of monoski is used mainly by people with limited use of their legs, such as people with spinal cord injuries, spina bifida or double leg amputations. This type of monoski, also known as a sit-ski, is a molded seat mounted on a metal frame. A shock absorber beneath the seat absorbs uneven terrain and helps in turning. Modern monoskis interface with a single, ordinary alpine ski by means of a "ski foot," a metal or plastic block in the shape of a boot sole that clicks into the ski's binding. A monoskier uses outriggers for stability; an outrigger resembles a forearm crutch with a short ski on the bottom. |
| Mountain Biking: Mountain biking usually refers to the sport of riding specially designed bicycles (mountain bikes) off-road. However, the term also refers to riding a mountain bike, which can be done almost anywhere, such as on bike trails and streets. The sport requires endurance, bike handling skills and self-reliance. It is an individual sport which can be performed almost anywhere. |
| Mountain Boarding: Mountain boarding involves travelling at speed down any surface slope on a board similar to a skateboard with extra large wheels. |
| Mountaineering: Mountaineering is the sport of walking, hiking and rock climbing up mountains. It consists of two main aspects, rock-craft and snow-craft. Both require gymnastic and technical ability. |
| Netball: Netball is a team sport with seven players on each team. It is played on a court that is divided into three sections. Netball derived from basketball and at one time was refered to as women's basketball. The object of the game is to get the ball from the center to one of the goalies in the goal circle and for them to shoot a goal. The ball returns to the center after each goal and the centers of each team take it in turns throwing the ball off. |
Off-Piste Skiing: Off-piste Skiing or Backcountry Skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes. Chairlifts and cable cars are often not avaiable for use.
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| Orienteering: Orienteering is a running sport involving the use of a compass and map. The competition is a timed race in which individuals use a special purpose map and a magnetic compass to navigate through diverse terrain in sequence, while going through control points that are indicated on the map. |
| Outrigger Canoeing: The outrigger canoe is a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers. Outrigger canoes are especially good for long distance open ocean paddling. They are also raced in short distance sprints. The outrigger endows a canoe with greater stability and seaworthiness. |
Paintball: Paintball is a non-regulation sport played by two opposing teams. The players use compressed air guns called markers to shoot paintballs at other players. It is a complex form of tag, as players struck with paintballs during the game are eliminated.
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| Parachuting: Refer to Skydiving. |
Paragliding: Paragliding is a recreational and competitive flying sport. A paraglider is a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing.
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| Paramotoring: A paramotor is a paraglider; it contains the motor, propeller, harness (with integrated seat), cage and all accessories, attached to a paraglider wing for powered flight. The motor provides power to make the take off run after just a few paces. |
| Parascending: Parascending is also refered to as Parasailing, a recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a parachute. The boat then speeds off, carrying the parascender into the air. |
| Parkour: Parkour is a game that orginated in France; players are referred to as traceurs. The object of Parkour is to pass obstacles in the fastest and most direct manner. Parkour involves jumping, climbing and vaulting. Parkour is practiced in urban areas because of suitable structures such as buildings, rails, and walls. |
| Polo: Polo is a team sport played on horseback by two teams of four riders each. The objective of the game is to score goals against the opposing team. Players score by driving a ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. |
Polocrosse: Polocrosse it is a team sport which is a combination of polo and lacrosse. It is played on an outdoor field on horseback. Each rider uses a stick to which is attached a racquet head with a loose, thread net, in which the ball is carried. The objective is to score goals by throwing the ball between the goal posts.
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| Pony Trekking: Pont Trekking is a sport which involves riding a pony across country. |
| Potholing: Refer to "Caving." |
| Quad Bike Riding: Quad bikes are sit-astride four wheel bikes with handlebars. Quad bikes are designed for off-road use only. They have special low pressure tyres. |
| Racquet Ball: Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Usage of the walls, floor, and ceiling of the court is than context of the sport, rather than the ball being hit out-of-bounds. |
| Racquet Sports: Refer to Tennis and Badminton. |
| Rafting: Rafting is both a leisure sport and recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. |
| Rambling: Refer to Hiking. |
| Road Running: Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road, usually ranging in distance from 5 km to long distance, such as half marathons and marathons. Races may involve large numbers of runners or wheelchair entrants. |
| Rock Climbing: Rock Climbing is ascending steep rock formations. Generally, climbers use gear and safety equipment specifically designed for the purpose. |
| Roller Derby: Roller derby is acontact sport, which is also a form of sports entertainment. It is based on formation roller skating around a track, and is played at both professional and amateur levels. |
| Roller Hockey: Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry, smooth surface. Traditional Roller Hockey is played with quad roller skates. and Inline Hockey is played with inline skates. |
| Roller Skating: Roller skating is both a recreation and a sport. It is performed on smooth surfaces with roller skates. Skates usually come in two basic varieties: inline skates, and traditional quad skates. |
| Rollerblading: Refer to Roller Skating. |
| Rounders: Rounders is a batting and fielding game where the aim is to hit the ball and run round 4 bases to get a "rounder". |
| Rowing: Rowing is a recreational or competitive sport involving rowing boats. Rowers sit in the boat facing backwards and uses oars which are attached to the boat to propel the boat forward. Rowing can be done on rivers, lakes, seas, or other large bodies of water. |
Rugby: Rugby is a team sport played with an oval ball by two teams of 15 players each. The object of the game is to score more points than the opposition. There are several ways that points are scored: goal kicking, touching the ground over the opponents' goal line with the ball using the hands and/or arms, kicking the ball above the crossbar and between the uprights of a large 'H'-shaped set of posts.
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| Rugby Football: Please refer to Rugby. |
Running: Running is a form of both anaerobic exercise and aerobic exercise. The speed at which the runner moves may be calculated by multiplying the steps per second by the stride length. Running is often measured in terms of pace or minutes per mile or kilometer.
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Saddle Chariots: The Saddlechariot is a 21st century vehicle for a single rider. It is an organic, all-terrain vehicle and provides a unique entry-level equestrian experience.
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| Sailing: Sailing is controlling the motion of a sailboat, which is propelled by the effect of wind on sails across a body of water. |
| Sand Yachting: Refer to "Land Yachting." |
Scrambling: Scrambling is ascending rocky faces and ridges. It is a term that lies somewhere between hillwalking and rock climbing. Ropes may be necessary on harder scrambles.
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| SCUBA Diving: SCUBA diving is the term used to describe the use of a self-contained breathing set (of air tanks)to stay underwater for long periods of time. The term SCUBA is an acronym standing for "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus." |
Short Track Speedskating: Short track skating is a sport where skaters compete in individual and relay competitions. Passing must be done without body contact. Short track skaters lean as they turn. They often bump into one another. In the first rounds, four to six skaters start each race. The two who finish first and second advance to the next round. The winner is the first to cross the finish line.
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| Skateboarding: Skateboarding can be an art, hobby, sport or a method of transportation. It usually considered to be an extreme sport. |
| Skeleton Luge: Skeleton, also known as tobogganing, is a winter sport in which competitors aim to drive a one-person sled in a prone, head-first position down an ice track in the fastest time. |
Ski Acrobatics: Ski Acrobatics, Aerial or Ski Stunting
is where the skiers are launched 60 feet into the air off a ski jump made of snow called a kicker. The skier they will normally perform a combination of somersaults and twists, then land on a steep slope just below the jumps. |
Ski Bobbing: Ski Bobbing, also refered to as skibiking or snowbiking, is a winter sport using a single-track vehicle which has features of the bicycle, the bobsled, and skis.
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| Ski Jumping: Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down an a take-off ramp and fly into the air while attempting to cover as great a distance as possible before landing. |
| Ski Stunting: Refer to Ski Acrobatics. |
| Ski Touring: Ski touring is also refered to as ski mountaineering or Alpine touring. Ski touring uses special ski equipment that enables the user to climb and descend slopes without the use of ski lifts. |
| Skiboarding: Skiboarding is a winter sport which incorporates inline skating, ice skating and skiing. Skiboards are long, symmetrical, twin tipped, and very wide. |
| Skiing: Skiing is the recreational and competitive activity of gliding over snow using skis. |
| Skydiving: Parachuting, or skydiving is an activity involving the breaking of a free-fall from a height using a parachute. Today it is performed both as a recreational activity and a competitive sport. |
Skysurfing: Skysurfing is the performance of surfing-style aerobatics during freefall. Skysurfing takes considerable practice. The simplest skysurfing technique is to stand upright on the board during freefall.
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| Slamball: Slamball is a team sport consisting of eight players on each team. Four players at one time are allowed on the court. The game is played inside plexiglass on a court with four trampolines. The concept of slamball was derived from basketball and the object of the games is almost the same. |
| Snakeboarding: Snakeboarding is performed on a streetboard with one foot on each footplate. The feet are usually attached to the board with footstraps. By moving the feet in and out in conjunction with the shoulders, the rider is able to propel the board in any direction using only body weight. |
| Snooker: Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A player or team wins a frame of snooker by scoring more points than their opponent(s),using the cue ball to hit the balls into the pockets. |
| Snorkeling: Snorkeling is swimming at the surface of a body of water while using a diving mask, snorkel, and swimfins. Snorkeling allows the swimmer to observe underwater life in a natural setting. This may include coral reefs and their denizens, such as fish, octopuses, starfish, sea urchins, etc. |
| Snow Skating: Snowskating is riding on a flat skate deck on snow. Snowskating combines elements of snowboarding and skateboarding. |
| Snowboarding: Snowboarding is a boardsport which involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard that is attached to one's feet. |
| Snowmobiles/Skidoos: A snowmobile or snow scooter is a land vehicle propelled by a rubber track with ski(s) for steering. They are built to be used on snow and ice, and powered by two-stroke internal combustion engines. |
Snowshoeing: Snowshoes are footwear for walking over snow.
Traditional snowshoes have a hardwood frame with leather lacings. Hikers and runners who like to continue their hobby in wintertime are the main practioners of snowshoeing. |
| Soccer: Refer to Football. |
| Softball: Softball is a team sport in which a ball, is thrown (pitched) underhand by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter. Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching three bases, and then touching the final base, called home plate. |
| Solo Rock Climbing: Solo Rock climbing, also refered to as free soloing, is a form of climbing whereby climbers do not use any hardware such as ropes, harnesses or other gear, during their ascent. |
| Spear Fishing: Spearfishing is a form of fishing that has been popular throughout the world for centuries. The traditional form of spearing fish was with sharpened sticks. Spearfishing today is more modern and effective, and employs elastic or pneumatic-powered spearguns and slings to strike the hunted fish. Spearfishing may be done with free-diving or SCUBA techniques. |
| Sport Climbing: Sport climbing is a style of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors fixed to the rock, especially bolts. Sport climbing places an emphasis on gymnastic ability, strength and endurance, while minimizing risk. |
| Squash: Squash is an indoor racquet sport. The game is played by two or four players with standard rackets in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. |
| Storm Chasing: Storm chasing is defined as the intentional pursuit of any severe weather condition. Witnessing a tornado is the usual objective, however, there are those who chase thunderstorms. |
Surf Boat Rowing: Surf boat is usually associated with Surf Life Saving Clubs. Surf boat crews are trained in life saving skills learn to be competent oarsman.
Surf boats are 4-oared vessels with pointed bows and sterns. The boat is steered by a sweep who stands in the bow and uses an oar-like rudder to control the boat. During competition surf crews start on the beach and row through the surf to then proceed to a certain number of turning points. Crews then race back to the beach. As the boat nears the beach, oars are raised and the boat is literally surfed ashore.
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| Surfing: Surfing is a surface water sport in which the surfer is carried by a breaking wave on a surfboard. The basic categories or surfing are regular stand-up surfing, kneeboarding, bodyboarding, surf-skiing and bodysurfing. |
| Surfskiing: Surf-skiing or kayak surfing is a mix between kayaking and surfing. Surf-skiing, which emphasizes speed, requires a long and narrow kayak called a wave-ski. |
| Swimming: Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body. Swimming is done for exercise, fun and competition, and in certain instances is also done occupationally (abalone diving,pearl diving, spear fishing, etc). |
| Tchoukball: Tchoukball is an indoor team sport which comprises twelve players . Each team can score on both ends on the field. In order to score a point, the ball must be thrown by an attacking player, hit the frame and bounce outside without being caught by the defending team. |
Telemark Skiing: Telemark skiing is skiing using the Telemark turn. It is also known as "free heel skiing." Telemark skis have a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing. Telemark turns are led with the heel flat on the outside ski, while the inside ski is pulled beneath the skier's body with a flexed knee and raised heel. The skis are staggered but parallel, and 50% to 80% of the body weight is distributed on the outer ski, depending on snow conditions.
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Ten Pin Bowling: Ten-pin bowling is a recreational and competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.
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| Tennis: Tennis is a game played between either two players ("singles") or two teams of two players ("doubles"). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. |
| Tobogganing: Refer to Skeleton Luge. |
Touch Rugby: Touch rugby is a form of rugby football in which players do not tackle in the traditional physical way, but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball.
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| Tough Guy: Tough Guy is survival test of extreme physical and mental endurance. |
| Trampolining: Trampolining is performed on a strong, taut sheet of canvas, attached with springs to a metal frame and used for gymnastic springing and tumbling. |
| Trekking: Trekking is adventure travel, usually involving visits to remote areas and journeying on foot, especially through mountainous areas, with overnight lodging in tents or other minimal accommodation. |
| Trekking Peaks: A trekking peak is a mountain under 7,000 metres (22,965 ft) that is considered climbable by individuals with mountaineering experience and skills. |
| Triathlon: A triathlon refers to an athletic event made up of three contests. Triathlon is combination of swimming, cycling and running, in that order. |
Ulitimate Frisbee: Ultimate Frisbee is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc into the opposing endzone.
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Underwater Hockey: Underwater hockey is a non-contact sport, played on the bottom of a swimming pool by two teams of six. Players wear fins, masks, snorkels, protective gloves and headgear.
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Unicycling: Unicycling is a recreational sport done on a single-wheel vehicle. Traditional unicycle activities include freestyle, touring, racing, riding in parades, and team sports. The most popluar are the extreme riding styles which are mountain, street, and trials unicycling.
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| Urban Kayaking: Urban kayaking is a form of land transportation, in which a kayak is fitted with wheels. Instead of the standard double-ended oar used for waterborne kayaks, an elongated rubberized pugil stick is used to propel the urban kayak. |
| Via Ferrata: Via Ferrata means "iron road" in Italian. It is a mountain route equipped with fixed cables, stemples, ladders, and bridges. The use of these allows isolated routes to be joined to create longer routes which are accessible to people with a wide range of climbing abilities. |
Volleyball: Volleyball is an sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands and/or arms to hit a ball back and forth over the net. Each team is allowed three hits to get the ball over the net to the other team's court. A point is scored if the ball hits the ground in the opponents' court, if the opponents commit a fault, or if they fail to return the ball properly.
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| Wakeboarding: Wakeboarding is a water sport in which,instead of using skis, the rider uses a board, known as a wakeboard. Wakeboarding combines elements of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing. The rider is towed behind a boat, or a cable skiing setup. |
War Games: Wargames is simulated military operations. It is also refered to as conflict simulations. The object of the game is to simulate war to some degree.
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Water Polo: Water polo is a team water sport of six field players and one goalkeeper. It is a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, ice hockey, rugby and wrestling.
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Water Skiing: Water skiing is a surface water sport and recreational activity. It is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate conditions exist - an expanse of water unaffected by wave motion. Rivers, lakes, and sheltered bays are all popular for water skiing. Waterskiers are pulled along by a rope with a handle fitted at one end and attached to a powerboat at the other.
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| Weight Training: Weight training is a form of exercise for developing muscle strength and increasing muscle size. Weight training involves lifting progressively increasing amounts of weight, and uses a variety of exercises and types of equipment to target specific muscle groups. |
Wheelchair Rugby: Wheelchair Rugby is played by two teams of up to twelve players in a manual wheelchair. Only four players from each team may be on the court at one time. Wheelchair rugby is played indoors on a hardwood court of the same dimensions as a basketball court. Players score by carrying the ball across the goal line. For a goal to count, two wheels of the player's chair must cross the line while the player has possession of the ball.
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Whitewater Kayaking: Whitewater kayaking is the sport of paddling a kayak on a moving body of water. Rivers are classified according to difficulty on an International Scale. Class/Grade I, is a flat slightly moving river. Class/Grade VI is considered the limit of possibility. There are four 'sub-categories' in whitewater kayaking: river-running, creeking, slalom, and playboating.
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Whitewater Rafting: Whitewater Rafting is a recreational activity, using a raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is generally done on whitewater or varying degrees of rough water.
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| Windsports: A windsport is any type of sport which involves wind-power. |
Windsurfing: Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board. A windsurfer is steered by the tilting and rotating of the mast and sail as well as tilting and curving the board.
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Wrestling: Wrestling is an ancient physical combat sport in which two opponents attempt to control the other through grappling techniques without the use of striking. In modern systems, wrestlers score points for various accomplishments including takedowns, reversals, escapes and near-falls. Besides winning a match by points, a wrestler can win at any time during a match by throwing his opponent on his back and keeping him there for a count of three, known as a pin.
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Yachting: Yachting is a physical activity involving boats of various sizes. Most yachting is conducted in salt water, but smaller craft can be raced on lakes and even large rivers.
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