Abakhiqizi be-kayak bemikhumbi yePlastiki bakutshela lokho emlandweni omude womfula, uhlobo lokuqala lwe-kayak kwakuyisikebhe, okwakuyindlela ebalulekile yokuthutha abantu ukuze idobe, ukuzingela nokudlulisa ukudla.
Abakhiqizi be-kayak bemikhumbi yepulasitiki bakutshela ukuthi i-kayaking ingalandelelwa emuva 2000 BC (okungenani 4000 iminyaka edlule). Ngokusho kwamarekhodi omlando, i-kayak yokuqala yakhiwa ama-Eskimos (leyo, ngenxa ye-Newts), Ama-Yupiks nama-Aleutians, eyenziwe ngesikhumba somkhomo, isikhumba se-otter esongwe ngokhuni noma ngohlaka lwamathambo omkhomo, abakhiqizi be-kayak be-plastic canoe bakutshela ukuthi i-kayak endala ekhona iqoqwe eMunich State Museum, kuyilapho amaKayak esimanje kanye nezikebhe ezigwedlwayo nazo zavela kulokhu.
Umkhiqizi we-kayak ye-plastic canoe ikutshela ukuthi kukhona futhi idatha eshoyo ukuthi izinsalela zezikebhe noma izigwedlo ziye zavubukulwa ezindaweni zaseChina zeNeolithic eQianhanyang., Huzhou, Zhejiang, Hemudu, I-Yuyao, I-Lianjiang, Fujian, kanye ne-Huazhou, I-Guangdong. kwesokudla! Emandulo, yayibizwa ngokuthi a “ukugwedla isikebhe”. Empeleni, amazwe amaningi aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia asajwayele ukuyibiza ngesikebhe. Nokho, ubudlelwano phakathi kwalokhu okutholakele kanye ne-kayak abukahlolisiswa. Kungashiwo nje ukuthi isikebhe singaba isibonelo se-kayak yesimanje. I-kayak eyadabuka eNyakatho Melika ingumsunguli we-kayak yesimanje.
