rio's inviting beaches are home to an astonishing variety of trendy, fun and quirky beach sports, performed in the water as well as on land, ranging from frescobol to stand-up paddle boarding. there is sportsbeing played on the city'sbeaches at all times of the day - some sports in particular have a truly carioca flavor and are part of the city landscape as much as carnival and coconut water.

the extremely diplomatic frescobol is atennis-like game, played with small solidwooden rackets, there is typically no score kept and other than keeping the rubber ball moving between two players in a  cooperative manner, there are basically no rules, which makes this sport funfor all ages and abilities. frescobol was invented in rio de janeiro after world war two and is extremely popular on just about any beach in rio. like many other activities that could potentially disturb othersd, frescobol is restricted to being played  after 17:00.