Abavelisi beCanoekayak bakuxelela ukuba izikhephe zinembali yamashumi amawaka eminyaka njengesixhobo sokuvelisa kunye nokuthutha abantu.. Abavelisi beCanoekayak bakuxelela ukuba ezona zikhephe ezindala zehlabathi, amaphenyane amandulo ngookhokho beekayak zale mihla.
Abavelisi beCanoekayak baya kukuxelela ukuba i-kayaks kunye neenqanawa zidibene ngokusondeleyo neengcambu zembali. I-kayaking ibandakanya iintlobo ezimbini zeenqanawa, Ukuhamba kunye nokuqengqeleka. IKayak yiKayak ngesiNgesi, leyo ekuqaleni ithetha iphenyane le-Eskimo; abavelisi bekhenoekayak bakuxelela ukuba ukubheqa yiphenyane ngesiNgesi, kwaye intsingiselo yalo yantlandlolo ikwaliphenyane.
Ke ngoko, kwezinye iindawo eYurophu naseUnited States, Iikayak kunye nezikhephe zokukhwela zibizwa ngokuba yiCanoe. Kulapho imbali yeemveliso ze-canoekayak ivela khona.
