Abavelisi be-kayak beplastiki beplastiki bakuxelela ukuba kwimbali ende yomlambo, uhlobo lokuqala lwe-kayak yayiyiphenyane, eyayiyeyona ndlela ibalulekileyo yokuthutha abantu ukuze balobe, ukuzingela kunye nokudlulisa ukutya.
Abavelisi be-kayak be-kayak bePlasitiki bakuxelela ukuba i-kayaking inokulandelwa kwakhona 2000 Bc (Nangona 4000 Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo). Ngokweengxelo zembali, i-kayak yokuqala yakhiwa yi-Eskimos (yiyo i, ngenxa yeNewts), Yupiks kunye Aleutians, yenziwe ngesikhumba somnenga, isikhumba se-otter esongelwe ngamaplanga okanye amathambo omnenga, abavelisi be-kayak beplastiki beplastiki bakuxelela ukuba i-kayak endala ekhoyo iqokelelwa kwiMyuziyam yaseMunich State, ngelixa iiKayaks zanamhlanje kunye neenqanawa zokubhexa nazo zavela kule nto.
Umenzi wephenyane leplastiki likayak ukuxelela ukuba kukwakho idatha ekhankanya ukuba iintsalela zamaphenyane okanye amaphini okubheqa ziye zavunjululwa kwiindawo zaseTshayina zeNeolithic eQianhanyang., Huzhou, Zhejiang, Hemudu, Yuyao, Lianjiang, Fujian, kunye neHuazhou, Guangdong. kunene! Kumaxesha amandulo, kwathiwa a “iphenyane”. Inyaniso, amazwe amaninzi akuMzantsi-mpuma Asia asasetyenziswa ukuyibiza ngokuba liphenyane. Nangona kunjalo, ubudlelwane phakathi kwezi ziphumo kunye ne-kayak ayikavavanywa. Kunokutshiwo ukuba iphenyane lisenokuba ngumzekelo wekayak yale mihla. Ikayak yavela kuMntla Merika ngumsunguli wekayak yale mihla.
