Well speaking of the old kayaks, they were actually made of driftwood and sometimes whale skeleton was used to construct the frame!
My dad wants to go kayaking but I dont now anything about it. Well, kayaks are canoe-like and sit low in the water. You sit in them with your legs out front and use a double-ended paddle to move. Does that help? Yeah I have heard that it is kinda dangerous. I don't know about the danger, but did you know that kayaks were invented by the Inuit millennia ago? I did not know it was that old! Do you know anything else interesting about it?
They used driftwood and sometimes the skeleton of whale, to construct the frame of the kayak, and animal skin, particularly seal skin was used to create the body.