ʻO nā mea hana kayak waʻa plastik e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi o ka muliwai, ʻo ke ʻano mua o ka waʻa he waʻa, he mea nui ia e lawe ai i ka lawaiʻa, ʻimi a hoʻoili i ka meaʻai.
Hōʻike ka poʻe hana kayak waʻa iā ʻoe e hiki ke huli ʻia ka kayak 2000 BC (mea iki loa 4000 makahiki aku nei). Wahi a nā moʻolelo mōʻaukala, ʻO ka kayak mua i kūkulu ʻia e Eskimos (ʻo ia, ma muli o Newts), ʻO Yupiks a me Aleutians, hana ʻia me ka ʻili koholā, ʻili ʻotter i ʻōwili ʻia i ka lāʻau a i ʻole ka iwi kohola, Ke haʻi aku nei nā mea hana waʻa waʻa iā ʻoe e hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka kayak kahiko loa ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Mokuʻāina ʻo Munich, ʻoiai ua ulu mai nā Kayaks a me nā waʻa waʻa hou mai kēia.
Ke haʻi aku nei ka mea hana kayak waʻa plastic iā ʻoe aia kekahi ʻikepili e hōʻike ana ua ʻeli ʻia nā koena o nā waʻa a i ʻole nā hoe ma nā kahua Neolithic Kina ma Qianshanyang., Huzhou, Zhejiang, Hemudu, ʻO Yuyao, Lianjiang, Fujian, a me Huazhou, Guangdong. akau! I ka wa kahiko, ua kapaia he “waʻa”. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, Ua maʻa mau nā ʻāina he nui ma Asia Hikina Hema i ke kapa ʻana he waʻa. Akā naʻe,, ʻaʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia ka pilina ma waena o kēia mau ʻike a me ka kayak. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka waʻa paha he prototype o ka waʻa hou. ʻO ka kayak i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka kayak hou.
