I love kayaking. A lot of people enjoy canoeing, but kayaking has a different sitting position and a two bladed paddle. 
It seems really difficult. Do you know much about the history of kayaking?
It's rather fascinating! They were created by the Inuit, thousands of years ago.
Wow that's so cool, who exactly are the Inuit?
A lot of people know them as Eskimos. Kayaks were created mainly for hunting and fishing. The word kayak means "Hunter's boat".
It seems like a very useful piece of technology for sure then. Do you know if there's competitive kayaking?
kayak became increasingly popular and the Europeans became interested. German and French men began kayaking for sport. In 1931, Adolf Anderle was the first person to kayak down the Salzachöfen Gorge, which is believed to be the birthplace of modern-day white-water kayaking. Kayak races were introduced in the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936. 
In the 1950s, fiberglass kayaks were developed and commonly used, until 1980s when polyethylene plastic kayaks were introduced. Kayaking progressed as a fringe sport in the U.S. until the 1970s, when it
Outline of canoeing and kayaking
The following outline is provided as an overview of canoeing and kayaking:
Canoeing – recreational boating activity or paddle sport in which you kneel or sit facing forward in an open or closed-decked canoe, and propel yourself with a single-bladed paddle, under your own power.
Kayaking – use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a boat where the