He wanted to be able to take his kayak to the other side of the world. Steve Macfarlane, who runs a sea kayaking business on the west coast of Scotland, decided one day to design a sea kayak to suit ...

The Värmdö kayak made by Melker of Sweden won an award in the Sea Kayak category at the Paddle Sports Show in Strasbourg (France) last September. A concentrate of natural materials designed using the ...

When I was 16, I started my first season as a safety kayaker for whitewater rafting trips. Each trip I crammed myself into my snug-fitting whitewater kayak, spending hours a day in the uncomfortable, ...

Inflatable kayaks are perfect for taking the occasional water trip or for backpacking, but some are better than others. These ...

Kayaks are growing in popularity with anglers because they are affordable, easy to transport and they can take you places trailered motorboats cannot. Beginning last summer, I started field-testing a ...

Industrial engineer Frederico Blanc recently floated down the Parana River on this recycled kayak pictured above. By collecting dozens of plastic soda bottles and gluing them together, Blanc was able ...