Is scuba diving a sport?

[DaleC]

Sport is what my pappy called me when he took me out for a crew cut.

Diving is an excuse to avoid housework.

 

[Zieg]

I dunno, this looks pretty sporty to me....

Season 3 of the Ultimate Diver Challenge coming soon!

 

[tomfcrist]

Exercise = burning calories, endurance & strength training and skill development

Sport = physical activity that requires physical skill and has a definite & serious risk (e.g., mountain climbing, race car driving, lion taming)

Extreme sport = overused term that is meaningless nowadays because it is used by everyone to boost their own ego

Game = any contrived physical activity in which there is little risk of death or dismemberment (e.g., football, baseball)

Hobby = any activity that is not physically demanding and has no risk (golf, fishing)

Golf and fishing aren't physically demanding??? You must be doing it wrong.

 

[Nemrod]

This subject comes up regularly. Not all sports are competitive. SCUBA is a sport/hobby/lifestyle/tool.

Some people SCUBA to relax, that would not include me, I prefer a more adventurous undertaking. I can relax when I am dead.

Cycling, could be a sport and is if persued competitively but if you are in India and you use your bicycle to get you to the plant to build junk for Americans, it is a transportation tool.

Certainly running is a sport, right, but if you are running from a lion, it is survival, a tool for escape. Or, hmm, I guess if your buddy is also running from the same lion, it could be competitive in that case also.

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[Dauntless]

Sport is a mutation

 

[Kharon]

Sorry - definitely not a sport, it's an activity. Just like canoeing, kayaking, swimming, snorkeling, fishing, camping, hiking, snowshoeing, XS skiing, etc. etc. etc. It is what it is - fun.

 

[Aquavelvet]

Professional sports are the modern day opiate of the masses. Amateur sports feed the same addiction. Activities and hobbies are what we make of them.


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[Scubagolf]

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
[h=2]Origin of SPORT
Middle English, to divert, disport, short for disporten
First Known Use: 15th century
Synonyms of "SPORT": dally, disport, frolic, recreate, rollick, skylark, play, toy[/h]

 

[100days-a-year]

Keeping up with my typical day of commercial diving is being considered for a new Olympic sport.
Sadly being one of the deadliest occupations on Earth,it is considered"too easy" by simpletons unfamiliar with the logistics,training,skill and fitness level required to do it.

 

[Pinecube]

Scuba can be competitive, I've been trying to use less air than my wife since we started!