kayak cross
A watersports discipline, a variant of kayak slalom, where multiple competitors are…A watersports discipline, a variant of kayak slalom, where multiple competitors are on-course at the same time, instead of singly, on a whitewater course with downstream and upstream gates, which competitors must pass on the correct side in the correct direction, competing head-to-head, in kayaks. The sport is similar to the wintersports of skicross, snowboardcross, icecross (skating), and the cyclesport of BMX racing.
Meaning
1 sensesA watersports discipline, a variant of kayak slalom, where multiple competitors are on-course at the same time, instead of singly, on a whitewater course with downstream and upstream gates, which competitors must pass on the correct side in the correct direction, competing head-to-head, in kayaks. The sport is similar to the wintersports of skicross, snowboardcross, icecross (skating), and the cyclesport of BMX racing.
Origin
From kayak + cross. From using kayak boats on a cross-country course. Patterned after simiFrom kayak + cross. From using kayak boats on a cross-country course. Patterned after similar sports such as skicross, snowboardcross, icecross, BMX (“bicycle motocross”), motocross (“MX”), supercross (“SX”).
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Forms
plural: kayak crosses| Singular | kayak cross |
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See also
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