Kayaking is divided into two items: kayaking and rowing. The kayak originated from a small boat made by the Inuit people of Greenland. This boat is wrapped in a bone frame with whale skin and otter skin, and is rowed with an oar with blades at both ends. Rowing originated in Canada, so it is also called Canadian rowing.
Kayaking originated in the Eskimo on Greenland, North America in the 1860s. In January 1924, the "International Canoe Association" was established in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, abbreviated as 1.R.K. In 1936, at the 11th Olympic Games held in Berlin, canoeing was listed as an official Olympic sport. In 1954, in the Beijing Water Games, the men's 1000m and women's 500m kayak competitions were established. In 1974, China joined the International Canoeing Federation, the highest organization for canoeing, the International Canoeing Federation, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. China's highest organization is the China Canoe Association, headquartered in Beijing.
