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Windsports refers to wind powered recreation, usually including any sporting use of a nonrigid airfoil, such as a power kite or parafoil.

The activities can be...

... landborne:

Kite flying - flight of a small airfoil by a standing ground operator using 1, 2 or 4 strings
Kite buggy and Mountain board - a medium power kite over a wheeled seated or standing (respectively) land vehicle
Landsailing - a masted sail attached to a land vehicle
Ice boat - a masted sail attached to a vessel with skates

...waterborne:

Windsurfing and Sailing - a masted sail attached to a surfboard or boat, respectively
Kite boating - kite powered boat in displacement or planing mode
Kiteboarding - use of a large (and frequently inflated) power kite with surfboard underneath (Kitesurfing)

...or airborne:

Paragliding - soaring with a very large flexible canopy
Hang_gliding - soaring with a rigid frame, fabric covered aircraft
Parachuting and base jumping - controlled descent of the operator under a flexible canopy

Similar sports that exploit aerodynamics are frequently included in the category:

Soaring - use of vertically moving air to keep an aircraft aloft
microlight - a hang glider with a powered prop (also see ultralight aircraft)
Parasailing - a paraglider towed by a vehicle (boat, car, or snowmobile) in order to ascend (usually over water)

The list very roughly correlates to increasing skill level and extremety, although paragliding requires little or no rider skill. Windsport activity may be regulated in some countries by aviation/maritime authority. Local authority may regulate activity in certain areas, especially crowded beaches and parks.

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 '''Windsports''' refers to wind powered recreation, usually including any sporting use of a nonrigid airfoil, such as a [[power kite]] or [[parafoil]].
-The activities can be airborne:
+The activities can be...
+... landborne:
+*[[Kite flying]] - flight of a small airfoil by a standing ground operator using 1, 2 or 4 strings
+*[[Kite buggy]] and [[Mountain board]] - a medium power kite over a wheeled seated or standing (respectively) land vehicle
+*[[Landsailing]] - a masted sail attached to a land vehicle
+*[[Ice boat]] - a masted sail attached to a vessel with skates
-*[[Parachuting]] and [[base jumping]] - controlled descent of the operator under a flexible canopy
-*[[Paragliding]] - soaring with a flexible canopy
-*[[Hang_gliding]] - soaring with a rigid frame, fabric covered aircraft
 ...waterborne:
-*[[Kiteboarding]] - use of a power kite with surfboard underneath (Kitesurfing)
 *[[Windsurfing]] and [[Sailing]] - a masted sail attached to a surfboard or boat, respectively
 *[[Kite boating]] - kite powered boat in displacement or planing mode
+*[[Kiteboarding]] - use of a large (and frequently inflated) power kite with surfboard underneath (Kitesurfing)
-*[[Parasailing]] - a paraglider towed by a vehicle in order to ascend (usually over water)
-...or landborne:
+...or airborne:
-*[[Landsailing]] - a masted sail attached to a land vehicle
-*[[Kite buggy]] and [[Mountain board]] - a kite attached to a wheeled seated or standing (respectively) land vehicle
+*[[Paragliding]] - soaring with a very large flexible canopy
-*[[Ice boat]] - a sail attached to a vessel with skates
+*[[Hang_gliding]] - soaring with a rigid frame, fabric covered aircraft
-*[[Kite flying]] - flight of an airfoil by a standing ground operator using string(s)
+*[[Parachuting]] and [[base jumping]] - controlled descent of the operator under a flexible canopy
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 *[[Soaring]] - use of vertically moving air to keep an aircraft aloft
 *[[microlight]] - a hang glider with a powered prop (also see [[ultralight aircraft]])
+*[[Parasailing]] - a paraglider towed by a vehicle (boat, car, or snowmobile) in order to ascend (usually over water)
-Windsport activity may be regulated in some countries by aviation/maritime authority.  Local authority may regulate activity in certain areas, especially crowded beaches and parks.
+The list very roughly correlates to increasing skill level and extremety, although paragliding requires little or no rider skill.  Windsport activity may be regulated in some countries by aviation/maritime authority.  Local authority may regulate activity in certain areas, especially crowded beaches and parks.