Welcome to a Unique Watersports Magazine

Your Portal to All Things Wet and Wild

On this website we show you a variety of exciting watersports you can enjoy nearby or on holiday, the best ways to enjoy a good soaking and where to go. It's all in here.

Some sports sections are more detailed, others are just summaries with scope to grow as and when we come across new material. Use the navigation bar to get around or check the Menu for full list of pages. Enjoy!

Prepare for Adventure

Your local swimming pool is a good place to get fit for aquatic adventures. Practice swimming longer distances, sprints and underwater swimming. Once you're good at it, learn swimming in clothes and soon you'll be ready to go.

Explore Nature

When you're fit and ready grab your snorkeling kit and explore nearby water holes or the beach. Stay close to shore for safety. See the amazing variety of sea life. Cover your body as some of them can sting and to avoid sunburn.

Explore the coast or play wet games on the beach with others. Let's face it, the point of many beach sports is to get wet and enjoy a refreshing dip every now and then.

Adventure Running

"Running is a watersport?" you may ask. Well, it depends on how you do it. Beach and mud running, adventure racing, cycling and mountain biking often include exciting wet bits. They can be very challenging and give you a great sense of achievement.

Get Splashed in a Boat

Messing around in boats with friends is huge fun. Splash around, jump in, climb out, get each other wet. See who can stay dry the longest in this mayhem. The winner gets dunked. If you go out with a group you may want to combine kayaks with canoes and rafts for greater variety.

Pool Fitness and Aqua Sports

Aqua sports are much talked about now as they are more fun than swimming lengths. Pool sports are now much talked about as they grow more popular. Read about a few of these fashionable aqua sports, which as well as being fun, are effective ways to stay really fit.

Learn to Swim Fully Clothed

A true watersport gets you soaking wet. Look forward to a couple of capsizes and swims during your paddling or sailing trips.

Be it sailing, canoeing, kite surfing or adventure racing, you won't do it just in swimming briefs. When your boat capsizes, or you fall in, or you decide to go for a spontaneous swim, you will get soaked again and again, voluntarily or not.

Swimming in clothes is an essential lifesaving skill for most watersports because a good soaking is often part of their appeal. While safety precautions should be taken, the nature of watersports recommends that you wear attire that reduces the possibility of mishap.

Swim Training

Swimming in your watersports clothes is great fun to learn and practice before you go for any adventures. Once you've carefully chosen your adventure kit, put it on and jump into a local swimming pool.

Go for a swim whenever you like. You will be more comfortable in the water when you dress warm enough in comfy clothes.

You may find it quite a challenge to swim several lengths fully clothed. But it is healthy fun and gets you strong over time. Try a variety of outfits to gain confidence in the water. Then keep it up to stay fit.

Choose Your Kit

Dress for immersion, not the air temperature. T-shirt, jeans and hoodie might be fun for resistance swim training, but cotton can seriously chill you out over time. It holds on to a lot of water which cools you as it evaporates.

A better choice are three unlined clothing layers.

1. The base layer reduces water flow next to your skin or wicks moisture away.

2. The middle layer is often thicker (like fleece) and keeps you warm.

3. The outer wind-proof layer keeps the wind chill off your body and reduces evaporation cooling.

As you gain strength and fitness, increase your training level. Start swimming in the base layer, then add middle and outer layer over time.