If you are someone who loves water sports, then why not extend your recreational activities beyond swimming. There are many waters based recreational activities that you can try, made for both who love nerve wrecking adventures. Take a look at the following to see some of the best water sports you can try.
Surfing
Surfing is done by riding a wave and can be done in the ocean, a river or even artificial waves. There are so many kinds of surfing that you can do. There is wave surfing, where you ride the wave using a longboard. Windsurfing allows you to ride on the waves using a surfboard and a sail.
A similar one to windsurfing is kite surfing where you move with the help of a kite. Then there are also other kinds such as wakeboarding, wakes-skating, and skim boarding. If you are completely new to surfing, search a little bit about the type of sport you want to try. Look for the specifics of the game as well as places where you can try or learn each one.
Fly-board Flying
Fly-board flying or fly boarding is an extreme water sport. This is one of the most recently invested sports, and was first introduced in 2012 jet ski world championship is China. The sport is a little hard for those of you who have never tried any of the water sports, especially something that is as extreme or adrenaline boosting. But after a few lessons, it is not impossible to catch on. Despite the novelty of the sport, there are plenty of destinations to try this out too.
Water Skiing
Water skiing is another surface water sport. This is done by pulling the participant behind a yacht or a cable ski connection over the surface of the water. You can skim the water using one or two skis. I you are looking for places to ski there are plenty of places to try, even for beginners. For example, you can visit skin ski and surf where you can play the sport as well as get lessons. This sport can be played in lakes, rivers as well as the ocean.
Diving
Another popular activity that you can do in water is diving. Open water diving is the most popular among many scuba divers. All certified divers can do this and it is also popular among beginners. But if you are looking for a little extra adventure, there is deep water diving that allows you to experience new areas underwater and improves your diving skills.
Night diving is for those of you who love to experience the nocturnal life under the sea. There is also wreck diving that allows you to explore sites of ship wrecks. You might not be able to try all of these at once, but you can certainly try one or two on your next holiday getaway.
Rafting
Rafting is not a new sport and has been a popular activity for a while. You use an inflatable raft to travel down a river or a stream. Depending on where in the river you are rafting, the extremity and the danger of the sport is decided. For example, in difficult areas with rapids, rafting can be dangerous and extreme. These areas have a steep gradient which comes with (sometimes) high level of water, high velocity of water and turbulence. On other parts of the river, rafting is less extreme.
So, instead of engaging in the same kinds of sports, try out one of these activities in your next trip.