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Two teams, one ball, and constant swimming, passing, and shooting make water polo one of the fastest games played in a pool. Learning the water polo rules turns a blur.

I watched a sailboat do this once and couldn’t figure out what I was looking at. It was cutting forward at an angle where the wind should’ve been shoving it.

Surfer slang and surfing terms make up the language every rider learns in the water. This vocabulary connects surfers across beaches and generations. New surfers often feel lost when locals.

Skimboarding is one of the few board sports where your first move is on the sand rather than in the water. Every run begins with a sprint, every ride is.