Kayaking:
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Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is differentiated from canoeing by the fact that a kayak has a closed cockpit and a canoe has an open cockpit… more>> |
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| “A kayak is a small human-powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. It is propelled by a double-bladed paddle by a sitting paddler. The kayak was used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland. Modern kayaks come in a wide variety of designs and materials for specialized purposes. Kayaks are in some parts of the world referred to as canoes.” {read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak} ——- “Whitewater kayaks for casual use are generally rotomoulded in a semi-rigid, high impact plastic, which is usually polyethylene: careful construction is needed to ensure adequate rigidity from the completed boat. The material used means they can bounce off rocks without suffering leaks, although they can fold up trapping a paddler and accumulate deep scratches very readily.They are shorter than other types of kayaks, ranging from 5.5 to 10 feet (2 to 3 metres) long. Modern design has moved toward shorter boats, which make them very maneuverable but slow, and the rather soft and flexible skin slows them down even more. However, whitewater boats do not need great speed, because they are used for recreation: not always flowing downstream, since many kayaks are used for playing up and down a patch of white water. In “freestyle” competition (”kayak rodeo”), whitewater kayakers exploit complex water movements of rapids to do tricks, while moving up and down stream along a short stretch of the river” {read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak} |
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