An sanya muku masana'antun lea “kayak” A cikin abubuwan da suka faru na wasanni, Amma wani lokacin “kayak” ko “Tuba ɗaya”. A zahiri, waɗannan kalamai daidai ne, kayam da rowing sune nau'ikan abubuwan da suka faru, tare da kai tsaye kamar kayaki.
Hakanan yana da sauƙin bambance tsakanin jinsi biyu: An sanya muku masana'antun lea leash a cikin wani Kayak mai motsa jiki a cikin jirgin kuma paddles ta rage da dama; a cikin jirgi, dan wasan yana kan gwiwa guda a cikin jirgin ruwa da paddles a kan ruwa daya.
Mai samar da Layi na Leash ya gaya muku cewa Kayak ya samo asali ne daga karamin jirgin ruwa wanda Eskimos ya yi a cikin Greenland. Wannan jirgin ruwan ya ƙunsa kan firam ɗin kashi tare da fata whale da fata na otter, kuma an jere shi da paddles tare da ruwan wukake a duka iyakar. Jirgin ruwan ya samo asali ne a Kanada, Don haka ana kiranta jirgin ruwan na Kanada. An yi amfani da masana'antun leash na gaya muku cewa a ciki 1936, A wasan wasannin Olympic na 11 da aka yi a Berlin, Kayakin da aka jera a matsayin Wasanni na Olympic na hukuma.
