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Rafting

Recreational outdoor activity

—country of origin
1930sfirst recorded
—not on the Olympic programme
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Rafting is a water sport, part of whitewater kayaking. Its first record dates to 1930s.

Also classed underCanoeing and kayaking
First recorded1930s
PractitionersRafter
Image: Thadius856 (SVG conversion) & Parutakupiu (original image) + User:Xfigpower · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rafting
Image: Heri nugroho · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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