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Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially designed mountain bikes.

Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.

Mountain biking can generally be broken down into multiple categories: cross country, trail riding, all mountain (also referred to as "Enduro"), downhill, freeride and dirt jumping.

However, the majority of mountain biking falls into the categories of Trail and Cross Country riding styles.

Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.

Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or rivers in the form of a standing wave or tidal bore.

However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools.

France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean.

The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.

The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of and a total population of 67.25 million (as of June 2018).

France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.

Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Strasbourg.

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" is acceptable to describe all forms of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps.

The word hiking is also often used in the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England).

The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927.

In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping.

It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.

A winter sport or winter activity is a recreational activity or sport which is played on snow or ice.

Most such sports are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding.

Traditionally such sports were only played in cold areas during winter, but artificial snow and artificial ice allow more flexibility.

Artificial ice can be used to provide ice rinks for ice skating, ice hockey and bandy in a milder climate.