You’ve decided to spend your holidays on the French Riviera this summer?
A wide choice of water sports awaits you! Whatever your special favourite, come and live those unique sensations, with your family or amongst friends.
You’ll find a large number of water-sports centres and clubs, where – in a relaxed environment and with professional coaching – you’ll be able to get an introduction or improve your skills at numerous water sports, such as: kayaking, wind surfing, stand-up paddle surfing, but also extreme sports such as kite surfing, fly boarding, etc.
Riviera Holiday Homes has compiled a list of water-sports activities you’ll not want to miss on the French Riviera.
1/ Sailboarding
Invented in 1960, this sport that combines speed and skill became fashionable in France in the 1990s, thanks especially to the champion of France, Nathalie Simon (1986). Today we tend to use the term windsurfing, which has come into fashion.
Discover the Club of Nice: http://www.cnnice.fr/
2/ Kite surfing
Kitesurfing is a boardsport, accessible to all those who love extreme sensations and are adept in aquatic environments.
This sport proposes a multitude of disciplines: freeride, freestyle, speed, speed crossing, foil…
Kitesurfing school in Antibes: http://www.a-kite.com/
3/ Stand-up paddle surfing
A new water sport, stand-up paddle surfing, is all the rage!
Discover this new activity straight out of Hawaii: Stand-Up Paddle Surfing in the Baie des Anges
Participate in unusual nocturnal outings with the “Paddling in Antibes”Association:
http://paddlinginantibes.blogspot.fr/
4/ Waterskiing and parascending
The 2 great classic water sports you can do with family or friends.
In Nice, Antibes and Cannes, you’ll find numerous clubs where you can experience unforgettable and happy moments engaging in boardsports in complete safety.
www.glisse-evasion.com
5/ Le wakeboard / flyboard / hoverboard
What’s all that?
Wakeboard (or skurf) is a combination of the techniques of waterskiing, snowboarding and surfing. Wakeboard practitioners are attached by a rope to a motorboat which pulls them, allowing them to slide on the water while standing on a surfboard.
Flyboarding was invented in the spring of 2011 by a French jet ski racer, Franky Zapata. This latest watersport features a sort of improved wakeboard. In order to obtain the thrust necessary for its propulsion, it is equipped with a flexible tube linked to the outlet of the jet ski turbine.
The principle of the hoverboard is the same as for the flyboard, the difference being that with the hoverboard, you use a board the size of a “skateboard” above the water.
When first learning the technique, the power of the water jet propelling you is adjusted by the instructor. You just have to manage your balance, which is what makes flyboarding or hoverboarding accessible to everyone
6/ Jet-skiing
Jet-ski touring is possible without a boat permit, as of the age of 16. On the beach of Carras in Nice (Baie des Anges), discover these new sensations providing such unforgettable moments in a magnificent setting!
http://www.jetevasion06.com/
7/ Catamaraning
It’s also possible to rent a catamaran, ideal for discovering the French Riviera.
If you don’t have the sailing skills required to navigate on your own, you can engage a professional skipper.
http://www.location-bateaux-06.fr/catamaran.html
8/ Diving
Let’s not forget scuba diving!
The seabed of the French Riviera holds some nice surprises for you. Scuba diving sites on the French Riviera are renowned for their variety, diversity and often exceptional beauty; discover them on your first dive, during technical dives or exploratory dives.
http://www.psdiving.com/
And to finish up, the essential summer water sports such as parascending or tubing that you can practice at any number of beaches between Cannes and Nice.
Whether as a family or amongst friends, over the course of a weekend or during an extended stay on the French Riviera, come live these unforgettable experiences!
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