Comments on: THE EVOLUTION OF THE KAYAK (1) http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/ W kayak fishing and paddling. Info, videos, stories and articles for W kayak fishermen and paddlers. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-231 admin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:33:20 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-231 Here is how a popular online dictionary defines a kayak: Quick definitions (kayak) # noun: a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos # verb: travel in a small canoe (Example: "We kayaked down the river") According to this definition only a handful of people worldwide are paddling kayaks, and millions of others are paddling... -what exactly? Yoav Here is how a popular online dictionary defines a kayak:

Quick definitions (kayak)

# noun: a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos
# verb: travel in a small canoe (Example: “We kayaked down the river”)

According to this definition only a handful of people worldwide are paddling kayaks, and millions of others are paddling… -what exactly?

Yoav

]]> By: Warren http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-86 Warren Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:46:13 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-86 Those are special standup paddling paddles --very light and they have just one blade Those are special standup paddling paddles –very light and they have just one blade

]]> By: Kirk Van http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-83 Kirk Van Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:08:02 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-83 Sometime things are converging. Standup paddling is getting popular with board surfers in Hawaii and CA. They use long canoe paddles. Kirk Sometime things are converging. Standup paddling is getting popular with board surfers in Hawaii and CA. They use long canoe paddles.
Kirk

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-82 admin Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:22:08 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-82 It’s hard to tell. People have been paddling reed boats since prehistoric times wherever reeds were available, and that’s almost everywhere. Peru wasn’t the only place where fishermen used double-blade paddles with such SOT crafts – It was done on other continents as well. Lifeguards in East Mediterranean beaches have been using long double blade paddles to paddle large size paddleboards since the beginning of the 20th century. The first SOT kayaks were basically paddleboards that people outfitted for paddling. That was in the late sixties. Later, designers created more specialized paddleboards and called them sit-on-top kayaks. For decades many die-hard sea kayakers simply refused to recognize the SOT as being a kayak… maybe some of them still don’t ;-) The line between paddleboards and SOT kayaks is not well defined – Recently a big kayak manufacturer came out with a product they called ‘Yak Board’ for beach applications. It’s hard to tell. People have been paddling reed boats since prehistoric times wherever reeds were available, and that’s almost everywhere. Peru wasn’t the only place where fishermen used double-blade paddles with such SOT crafts – It was done on other continents as well. Lifeguards in East Mediterranean beaches have been using long double blade paddles to paddle large size paddleboards since the beginning of the 20th century.
The first SOT kayaks were basically paddleboards that people outfitted for paddling. That was in the late sixties. Later, designers created more specialized paddleboards and called them sit-on-top kayaks. For decades many die-hard sea kayakers simply refused to recognize the SOT as being a kayak… maybe some of them still don’t ;-)
The line between paddleboards and SOT kayaks is not well defined – Recently a big kayak manufacturer came out with a product they called ‘Yak Board’ for beach applications.

]]> By: Warren http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-81 Warren Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:58:02 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/02/02/the-evolution-of-the-kayak/#comment-81 that caballito yak is pretty cool! can you trace the SOT back to it? that caballito yak is pretty cool! can you trace the SOT back to it?

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