SkimFisher
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As long as they keep calling golf and bowling sports - I'll do the same with diving.
Hobby or Sport???
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Scuba is a sport which encompasses hobbies like photography or arguing about jackets vs plates and wings and drysuits.
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alara1972
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Neither... SCUBA is... Nirvana...
Since PADI calls their magazine 'Sport Diver' then it MUST be a sport. lol
Sinbad the Diver
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Based on my definition of a sport it has to be a hobby...
To me a sport is defined as an activity where a winner is determined by either points scored (not subjective scores awarded by a judge) or time elapsed. Scuba does not fit into that definition. But, then neither does figure skating, gymnastics, or almost any X game sports. Also note that in my definition I assume that just because it is a sport, does not mean the participants are athletes and because it is not a sport, doesn't preclude the participants from being athletes. Gymnasts and figure skaters are athletes who do not participate in a sport, while golfers and Nascar drivers are not athletes but they do participate in a sport.
To me a sport is defined as an activity where a winner is determined by either points scored (not subjective scores awarded by a judge) or time elapsed. Scuba does not fit into that definition. But, then neither does figure skating, gymnastics, or almost any X game sports. Also note that in my definition I assume that just because it is a sport, does not mean the participants are athletes and because it is not a sport, doesn't preclude the participants from being athletes. Gymnasts and figure skaters are athletes who do not participate in a sport, while golfers and Nascar drivers are not athletes but they do participate in a sport.
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