qayaq.com http://www.qayaq.com Kayaking and river guide Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Kayaking http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/kayaking/ http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/kayaking/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:08:23 +0000 admin http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/kayaking/ KayakingKayaking is an ancient fishing activity which eventually became a sport. Aside from being a sport, people consider it as a relaxing and pleasant hobby.

Kayaking is a paddling sport done on open water with the use of a kayak, a canoe type of boat which has a water-tight covering on its deck and an opening for the seat. Kayaking began as a fishing activity thousands of years ago among the Intuits, otherwise known as Eskimos, and eventually became a popular sport in the 90s.

In 1936, kayaking became a part of the Olympics that year, which was held in Berlin. In recent times, people go for this sport to compete or simply to achieve pleasure and relaxation.

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]]> http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/kayaking/feed/ Types of Kayaking http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/types-of-kayaking/ http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/types-of-kayaking/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:08:06 +0000 admin http://www.qayaq.com/2007/10/28/types-of-kayaking/ River kayakingKayaking can be divided between various types such as sea, whitewater, river kayaking, etc.

Among the most popular are sea kayaking and whitewater kayaking. Sea kayaking is paddling on oceans and seas and carried out like an expedition.

On the other hand, whitewater kayaking is paddling on moving waters and its types are river running, creeking, play boating and slalom. It is considered as the more challenging type of kayaking.

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They can be classified depending on the type of kayaking on which they will be used. For sea kayaking, the kayaks used are strip-built kayaks, skin-on-frame kayaks, folding kayak, sit-on-tops and recreational kayaks.

For whitewater kayaking, there are all around boats, play boats, creek boats and squirt boats.

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Long distance racing

In the long distance racing, lesser successive paddling strokes are required because the journey is quite longer.

Sprint Racing

Sprint racing requires quick successive paddling strokes and much strength. The distance to accomplish is shorter compared to the long distance racing but the participant’s vigor should be more intense.

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