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kayak cross

kayak cross noun: 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.

Noun

kayak cross

  1. 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.

Origin of kayak cross

From 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”).

Questions about kayak cross

What does kayak cross mean?
Kayak cross means 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.
What part of speech is kayak cross?
Kayak cross is a noun.

Words near kayak cross in the dictionary

  1. kayagum
  2. kayagums
  3. Kayah
  4. Kayahs
  5. kayak
  6. kayak cross
  7. kayak polo
  8. kayak roll
  9. kayak rolls
  10. kayak slalom
  11. kayak sprint

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