What extreme sport is this ?

Question

Hello, i am british and was watching a tv channel called ''dave'' last night and saw a sport that i am very interested in, it is a type of boogie board made of polystyrene that has aqua dynamics the rider places his hands inside a boat shaped large boogie board and holds on while wearing flippers riding down white water rapids. Ha ha ! Sorry if this is hard to understand , im c**p at thinking and typing at the same time!!

Answer 1

i saw this on a slalom course in france.

it's called hydro boarding

does it look like this?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/2794...

then it's hydro boarding

Answer 2

well it sound like you are talking about river boarding it is a up and coming sport  

Answer 3

It's called river boarding (not so original, huh?).The idea is that you can steer it and "play" in waves and reversals, much like a kayak does.