GRAND FORKS - Larry Gadaire was paddling his homemade cedar strip canoe on Lake Renwick near Cavalier, N.D., one day about 25 years ago when he saw someone cruising the lake in a kayak. A cabinet ...

Chad Quinn is a kayak maker in Brevard, North Carolina. People travel from all over the country and Canada, to take part in his ancient kayak building process. WYFF News 4's Photojournalist Chip ...

Master skin-on-frame sea kayak builder Brian Schulz, founder of Oregon’s Cape Falcon Kayaks, offers lessons on craftsmanship, paddling and personal wellness. Perhaps it’s the experience of gazing at a ...

The bones of the kayak span the garage; the easternmost end extends beyond, into an annex created by 2x4s and a tarp. Symmetrical ribs run down the length, and parts with names like “chines,” “thwarts ...

ST. MICHAELS — The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is hosting a nine-day workshop to teach the basics of building a skin-on-frame kayak and Greenland paddle from Saturday, Sept. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 2, ...

The Aleut and Alutiiq people invented the kayak over 5,000 years ago. Since 90 percent of their diet came from the ocean, the kayaks were traditionally used for hunting sea life. At the Alaska Native ...