Canoe Polo
Kayak polo with 2 goals, a rectangular water-pitch, 2 teams, 10 paddlers and a water polo ball!
The awards also reflect the fact that there are many (15+) different paddlesports within our community. Besides the Olympic disciplines, canoe sprint and canoe slalom, the WPA also respects and celebrates non-Olympic paddlesports.
Kayak polo with 2 goals, a rectangular water-pitch, 2 teams, 10 paddlers and a water polo ball!
Canoe and kayak whitewater racing meandering a maximum of 25 gates both up and downstream to a finish 300m away.
The fastest paddlers on water and the oldest discipline! Flatwater speed-racing over fixed distances in canoe and kayak classes.
Exhilarating, highly-physical river descent in a specially designed canoe or kayak over 3 to 4 miles of challenging whitewater.
Paddle with your 10/20-person crew to a drumbeat on a traditional Chinese longboat.
Distance open-water racing in surfskis and kayaks, usually in and out of surf.
A traditional water-craft with two hulls (cockpit and float); you paddle alone, as a pair, 3, 4, 6 or 12!