Summer Extravaganza - Sunny Sports

For the next 2 days, we will be looking on facts on another sunny sport, that is Kayaking. Today, we will look at general information on the sport of kayaking and about a kayak and tomorrow, we will look at the History of the Kayak and about different types of Kayaks.

Kayaking is basically the use of a Kayak, which is a small boat that works on human power with the use of a double-bladed paddle. The Kayak is primarily used to move across any water body especially rivers, seas, oceans e.t.c. While Kayaking, a person (the paddler) faces forward with his legs in front using a double bladed paddle to move across the water body. Kayaking has increased in popularity in the 1990's and the early 21st Century and is now a competitive sport with many professional Kayakers who try to cross any whitewater rapid or any sea with the Kayak.

Now let us move on to the Kayak. A kayak is a small human-powered boat that traditionally has a covered deck, and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler who strokes a double-bladed paddle. The cockpit is covered by a Spraydeck that keeps the inside of the boat and the paddler's lower body dry. Some modern kayaks eliminate cockpits, seating the paddler(s) on top of the boat or replace paddles with other propulsion methods. The kayak was invented and first used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland.