An apparatus includes a base, a receptacle, one or more vertical members, and a backboard. The base includes a first end, a second end positioned opposite of the first end, a first surface, and a second surface positioned opposite of the first surface. The receptacle is formed in the first surface of the base and positioned between the first end of the base and the second end of the base. The one or more vertical members extend from the base on a side of the receptacle positioned opposite of the first end of the base. The backboard is coupled to the one or more vertical members and includes a face oriented toward the receptacle. The face of the backboard extends in a plane which extends relative to the first surface of the base at an angle greater than ninety degrees.

An inflatable structure with a bottom portion capable of allowing the device to float in a body of water. A vertical tower structure extends upwards away from the bottom portion. Several arms extend away from the top of the vertical tower structure, each ending in an anchor point for receiving a string. At the end of each string is a tossable object. A goal is affixed to the side of the vertical tower structure corresponding with each tossable object. The purpose of the game is to toss the tossable object towards the goal and to hook the ring onto the hook or place the ball within the basket. The entire bottom portion, vertical tower, and arms are made of a single inflatable structure which can be deflated and stored or transported, and inflated to float in the body of water. Drink holders could be contained within the bottom portion.

An aquatic game apparatus and method. The apparatus comprises a water skipping article, comprising a high-density foam material, a top surface having a rounded side profile, a rounded outer perimeter, and a bottom surface. The top surface of the water skipping article comprises a first elliptically extended face, a second elliptically extended face, and a continuous smooth-edged outer perimeter. The apparatus comprises a target, comprising a pop-up board and at least one of a plurality of fillable weight bags coupled to the pop-up board by at least one of a plurality of straps, wherein the fillable bags are configured to stabilize the target on a water surface. The pop-up board of the target comprises an upper surface having a plurality of pocketed nets, and a lower surface having a plurality of integrally formed flotation units, wherein the upper surface is elevated above the lower surface by a support pole.

A tossing game includes placing two floating goals spaced apart in a body of water, each goal defining a scoring region. The participants add an amount of water to cups and toss the cups in the direction of one of the goals for at least two turns, with the participants awarded points in response to the cups being tossed into the scoring region. Each filling of the cup during a participant's turn adds variability to the game, challenging the participants to determine a suitable amount of water to be placed in the cup for their own throwing technique as well as to repeatedly add approximately the same amount of water on subsequent turns once the participants have determined the fill level that best suits them.

A water floatable bag toss target, the target including a landing surface disposed overlying a bottom surface by a left side, a right side, a front end and a back end each joined to the landing surface and bottom surface. The landing surface is positively sloped along its surface when moving from the front end toward the back end and the bottom surface is oriented horizontally. A scoring hole is in the landing surface and communicating with a scoring box compartment located between the landing surface and the bottom surface. The scoring box compartment has compartment walls extending between the landing surface and the bottom surface and dividing an inside of the target into an internal hollow compartment and the scoring box compartment. The internal hollow compartment is water-tight relative to the scoring box compartment and relative to an outside of the target.

A swimming pool ball game includes a ball target, poles mounted on opposite sides of a swimming pool in which the ball target is deployed, and cable assemblies extending from the ball target to each of the poles, the cable assemblies configured to allow the ball target to remain suspended above and, substantially parallel with, the surface of water within the swimming pool when the swimming pool ball game is being used.

In one aspect, there is provided a floating game, comprising a plurality of game markers that are floatable in water, and a game pad. The game pad is sufficiently floatable in water to support a plurality of humans thereon. The game pad includes a first side and a second side that face away from one another. At least one of the first side and the second side includes indicia shaped based on the plurality of game markers. The game pad is flexible and conforms in shape based on a surface of the water. The game pad is positionable in a storage state in which the game pad, and in a use state. The game pad is more compact in the storage state than in the use state.

A goal configured to both float and be used on water is disclosed. The goal comprises a base, a support structure, and a planar element. The base includes a top surface defining a base plane. The support structure has a pair of opposing arm portions coupled to the base. The planar element is coupled to and extends between the pair of opposing arms of the support structure, is disposed generally perpendicular to the base plane, and defines at least one generally circular main aperture.

A game playable on land or water is provided. The game may have a frame having a generally circular playing surface having a net and a plurality of legs attached to the frame. A plurality of buoys may be removably attached to the plurality of legs so that the game may float on water or the plurality of buoys may be removed from the legs so that the game may be played on land. A plurality of straps may connect the plurality of buoys to a centralized weighted anchor for balancing and stabilizing the game on water.

An apparatus for shape and color matching retrieval games to be played in a body of water, such as a swimming pool, includes base stations, cover panels, and retrieval objects that players retrieve from the body of water during play of the game. The base provides a support to which cover panels can be removably affixed. The base and the cover panels each have on their top surfaces a series of position markers in the nature of slots formed in various geometric shapes. Each base and cover panel has a subset of retrieval objects matched in shape and/or color to its respective position markers. A method is provided for playing different versions of retrieval games using the base and the cover panels.