Kayaking and canoeing have been featured in the Summer Olympics since 1936. There are two disciplines: whitewater slalom and a sprint on calm water. The women's events only use kayaks, with either 1, 2, or 4 kayakers.
There's not a lot of whitewater rapids around north Texas, but we do have a river with calm water, and kayak rentals at the
Panther Island Pavilion. We rented some one person kayaks and two person canoes (the two person kayaks were already rented out). They did not have 4 person kayaks, so we used a 3 person canoe, to get the feel of having multiple rowers. We slalomed through some bouys, and completed both the 200m and 500m sprint distances.
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| R, M, and J do a triple canoe, while K is in her kayak in the background. |
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| R in a single kayak |
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| L and J doing doubles |
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| L and R in a double canoe |
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| Kayaking was tons of fun! |
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