Explores the sport of swimming how and where they're played, the equipment and the kit needed and how to get involved. This book features sporting heroes at the top of their game, with photos of them showing their skills in action. It contains tips on training and on developing techniques.
Represents the culmination of a lifelong passion for sailing and for the history of sail as it applies to Canada. This work takes us deep into the psyche of sailing as it applies to historical events on the Great Lakes and to stories of the people and places there at the time. It also includes archival visuals and photographs.
About learning to sail, this book follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind. It helps you around a boat - what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go.
Takes readers into the heart of the action. With first person descriptions and full colour photographs, this book helps readers discover what it's like to power through the water at speeds of up to 160mph. It is useful for readers aged 8-14. Its simple texts and low word counts cater for a reading age of 6-7.
Addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with ideas about class, gender, nationality and consumption. It explores the ways Europeans have turned to water for pleasure, relaxation and profit over the last 200 years as the enjoyment of free time developed from a privilege to a right.
This title provides detailed information on how to identify, treat, and prevent all types of submersion injuries, from drowning, hypothermia, and cramps to injuries of the heart, lungs, head, and spinal cord. Special sections deal with watercraft-related and scuba diving injuries.
Do you yearn to canoe in rivers, lakes or the sea? If you could travel the whole world to learn more about kayaking and canoeing, where would be the best places to visit? This book combines factual and practical tips on kayaking and canoeing, as well as an insight into the exotic places which are best for doing them!
Intended for ages 6-12, this work talks about this spectacular water sport which combines elements of skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding. It covers: the basics of wakeboards and other equipment; the tricks developed by the pros; the wakeboarding competitions; and profiles of wakeboarding stars.
Takes readers into the heart of the action. With first person descriptions and full colour photographs, this book helps readers discover what it's like to dive to the ocean floor on just one single breath. It is useful for readers aged 8-14. Its simple texts and low word counts cater for a reading age of 6-7.
Aqua Fun -Games and Fun for the Advanced is a manual with a vast variety of possibilities to have fun in the water after you have learned to swim. The main emphasis is placed on adapting the proper games with a ball (water polo, water basketball, water volleyball, water football and underwater polo amongst others).
Do you want to become a great Motocross driver? If you could travel the whole world to learn more about surfing, where would be the best places to visit? This book combines two fantastic and fascinating topics: factual and practical tips on surfing, as well as an insight into the exotic places which are best for doing them!
This volume aims to familiarise seven-to-eleven-year-olds with yachts and family sailing so that they will be able to understand, enjoy and participate in activities on board a yacht. Illustrations play a large part in conveying the information, and there is a glossary and a sailing quiz.
People enjoy swimming for exercise and as a fun recreational activity. This book informs kids about the basic strokes and techniques, and highlights a few games. It includes details about: the four strokes - freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly; poolside safety, rules, and more. It is intended for ages 6-9.
Surfing is a sport that fascinates and excites us. Surfers are daring athletes who challenge the mighty waves of oceans. This book talks about the many types of surfboards and how to care for them, as also the great places to surf in the world and the history of surfing, which began as an ancient Polynesian tradition. It is suitable for ages 6-12.
Do you want to become a great kayaker? If you could travel the whole world to learn more about surfing, where would be the best places to visit? This book combines two fantastic and fascinating topics: factual and practical tips on surfing, as well as an insight into the exotic places which are best for doing them!
If you could travel the whole world to learn more about surfing, where would be the best places to visit? This book combines two fantastic and fascinating topics: factual and practical tips on surfing, as well as an insight into the exotic places which are best for doing them!