Grupo Mayan Water Sports

Water polo is well-known and much beloved team water sport, say the Grupo Mayan water sports experts. In addition, it is the oldest continuously included Olympic team sport.
A water polo team comprises six outfield players and one goalkeeper. In a game of water polo, players fight for the ball. Players swim with the ball and [...]

Parasailing, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports, is a recreational pursuit where a person wears a special kind of parachute, and is towed forward and into the air by a speeding boat. The parachute is known as a parasail. Note that the person being towed has little to no control over how high [...]

What is bodyboarding?
We´re glad you asked! Bodyboarding is riding waves on a small, usually rectangular board, and usually in a prone position lying on the board, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports. Bodyboarding has grown to be very popular over the last 2-3 decades. Although it is classed as an extreme water [...]

Skimboarding is yet another beach water sport activity. Unlike surfing though, skimboarding starts on the sand, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports. In skimboarding, skimboarders run towards the water or along the water’s edge holding their skimboard, which is like a tiny flat surfboard. They then drop the board onto the thin slick [...]

You’ve obviously heard of water skiing, but have you heard of ‘barefooting’? Barefoot water skiing is just what it sounds like – water-skiing without the skis, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports. The skier simply skis on the soles of their feet, or on special shoes (see below). The fact that skis are [...]

Windsurfing is a sport and recreational activity performed on the surface of a body of water, using a windsurfing board or ‘sailboard’, say the Grupo Mayan water sports experts. A windsurfing board is very similar to a surfboard, and can be anywhere from two to five meters long. Sailboards are propelled by a sail, which [...]

Kitesurfing, also known as kiteboarding, involves riding a small board on the surface of a body of water while being towed by a kite, which flies in the air above the rider, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports. Kitesurfing and kiteboarding are actually subtly different: kitesurfing is all about riding the waves, while [...]

The sport of rowing is one of the oldest Olympic sports. In rowing, one or more people sit in a narrow boat, facing backwards. The boat is propelled by oars, which rest in oarlocks along the sides of the boat. The oar blades are dipped in the water in unison by the rower or rowers [...]

Rafting, also known as white-water rafting, is a recreational pursuit using a rubber boat to navigate a body of water, usually a river. Often rafting is done on parts of rivers that have white-water (hence the name), in order to make the experience more exciting and fun, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports. [...]

Freediving is really just the act of diving without any artificial respiration equipment, i.e. on a single lungful of air, say the Grupo Mayan experts in water sports. As such, the term ‘freediving’ doesn’t always refer to the competitive sport of freediving. It can also refer to diving without equipment for a range of other [...]