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· sailing – equipment: harness lifejackets, anchoring. places: Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Cabarete, the Dominican Republic; Terrigal, New South Wales. method: By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centreboard, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the vessel relative to its surrounding medium (typically water, but also land and ice) and change its direction and speed

· surfing - surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a "surfer", rides on the forward face of a wave, which is most often carrying the surfer towards shore. equipment: surfboards, longboards, Stand Up Paddle boards (SUP's), bodyboards, wave skis, skimboards, kneeboards, surf mats and macca's trays, leash (to stop the board from drifting away after a wipeout, and to prevent it from hitting other surfers), surf wax, traction pads (to keep a surfer's feet from slipping off the deck of the board), and fins (also known as skegs) which can either be permanently attached (glassed-on) or interchangeable. danger: drowning, collisions [sand bars, rocks, small ice, reefs, surfboards, and other surfers], Marine life [sharks, stingrays, Weever fish, seals and jellyfish], rip currents. «[to] switch foot» Switchfoot,. places: Bells Beach (Victoria, Australia), Jeffreys Bay (Eastern Cape, South Africa). method: Surfing can be broken into several skills: Paddling strength, Positioning to catch the wave, timing, and balance.

· scuba diving - form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater. equipment: mask, dive regulator, wetsuit, snorkel, scuba unit, dive watch, fins, scuba gear bag. danger: changes in pressure, marine animals. hand signals ! places: Dominica, Nature Island of the Caribbean, St Mary's Island, Newcastle; St Abbs - Cathedral Rock.


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