On June 3, the 7th Hainan Water Sports Season 2023 opened in Haikou, Hainan, one of the series of activities of the Water Sports Season - "Riding the Wind and Waves, Hi Play for a Summer" Paddle Board Themed Fun Beach Life Festival was held on the same day at Haikou Holiday Beach, many citizens and tourists still surged with enthusiasm for sports in the hot summer, actively experiencing frisbee, paddleboarding and other fun sports, injecting new vitality into Haikou tourism.
In the morning, under the guidance of professional coaches, dozens of citizens and tourists learned frisbee skills, team assistance, and interacted with 3v3 competitions and frisbee shooting. Running on the beach is more difficult than grass and flat land, but everyone runs or jumps in the heat wave to release the passion of frisbee sports.
The highlight of the event, the paddleboard experience, officially began after the opening ceremony in the afternoon, where the instructor introduced and demonstrated the essentials of paddleboarding to the participants. Under the guidance of the instructor, participants go through basic sailing exercises one by one, and then slowly paddle into the sea to enjoy controlling the paddleboard.
Xiao Xu, a citizen of Haikou, has participated in the Hainan Water Sports Season for three consecutive years, and was deeply attracted by paddleboarding for the first time in related activities last year. "Paddle boarding is difficult, but it's fun and exciting. The waves on the coast of Haikou are relatively large, and it is still difficult for novices to control the paddle board. Xiao Xu told reporters that he was ready to purchase corresponding equipment to further learn paddleboarding.
Fun sports such as tug-of-war and fun caterpillars are carried out at the same time, bringing a lot of fun to the participating citizens and tourists. Tug-of-war is carried out in the shallows of the near sea, and everyone can combine at will, both men and women, old and young, just to have fun from each other's competition; Fun caterpillars require everyone to move synchronously to drive the huge "caterpillar" dolls to move, and the fastest combination can get prizes.
Xiao Yin, a student from Haikou Wuyuanhe School, said that the activities held at the paddleboard-themed fun beach life festival were very interesting and enriched everyone's weekend time. "I hope that Haikou can hold more such activities in the future, so that we can have more places to play and learn more about water sports."
As dusk approaches, the paddleboard-themed fun beach life festival camping experience begins. Accompanied by the sunset and burning clouds, citizens and tourists enjoy food in tents, enjoy the sea breeze, enjoy the beautiful music brought by the band, and DIY their own exclusive drifting bottles.
Hainan Water Sports Season is a sports tourism brand activity carefully built by Hainan Province, aiming to comprehensively enhance the brand effect of water sports in the province, attract people inside and outside the province to actively participate in water sports, vigorously cultivate and expand sports consumption growth points, promote the construction of Hainan International Tourism Consumption Center and National Sports Tourism Demonstration Zone, and create an internationally renowned water sports tourism destination.
The paddleboard themed fun beach life festival is sponsored by Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism and Culture, Radio, Television and Sports and Haikou Municipal People's Government, and organized by Haikou Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports, and Hainan Xin Times Culture Media Co., Ltd.