Some articles on paddle sport federations, paddle sports, sport, paddle:
... The Association of International Paddle Sport Federations, first conceived in 1999 and eventually established in 2009, exists to encourage and facilitate ... Examples of competitive paddle sports include dragonboat racing flatwater swanboat racing flatwater va'a or outrigger canoe racing flatwater turbulent water canoe racing flatwater ... Paddlesport does not include the sport of rowing, because an oar used to row with - while similar to a paddle in that it also consists of a propulsive blade ...
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“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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Seats of my youth, when every sport could please,
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