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Zvemukati

• Iyo Gear Iwe Yaunoda Kuenda Kayaking
• Kayaks & Paddles
• Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
• Kayaking Accessories
• Kuwana Nguva uye Nzvimbo yeKayak
• Nzira yekufambisa sei Kayak
• Ongororo ye

Pane zvikonzero zvakawanda zvekupinda mu kayaking. Inogona kunge iri nzira yekuzorodza (kana inofadza) yekushandisa nguva mune zvakasikwa, iri mutambo unodhura wemvura, uye zvinoshamisa pamuviri wako wepamusoro. Kana iwe watengeswa pane iyo pfungwa uye uchida kuyedza, kune mashoma mabhesiki eakayaki iwe aunofanirwa kuziva. Usati wasimuka, verenga kumusoro kuti ungaita sei kayak kune vanotanga.

Iyo Gear Iwe Yaunoda Kuenda Kayaking

Kana uchizeza kutenga chero chinhu pari zvino, ziva kuti nzvimbo dzakawanda dzinopa rendi-saka unogona kuedza kayaking (kana chikepe kana kumira-paddleboarding!) usati waisa chero $$$. (Ingo tsvaga Yelp, Google Mepu, kana TripOutside kuti uone zviripo padhuze newe.) Nyanzvi panzvimbo yekuroja dzinokumisikidza negiya chairo rehunyanzvi hwako, saizi, uye nemamiriro ezvinhu auchange uchikwenya mukati.

Kayaks & Paddles

Izvo zvakati, kana zvasvika kugiya, haufanire kuyambuka runyorwa rurefu usati waita rwendo rwekuita kayaking. Iwe uchazoda kayak, zviripachena. Sarudza kubva pakugara-pamusoro-kayak (ine sherufu-yakafanana nechigaro chekugara) kana kugara-mukati me kayaks (iyo yaunogara mukati), ayo ari maviri anowanikwa mune mumwe- kana maviri-munhu mhando. Iyo Pelican Trailblazer 100 NXT (Tenga Izvo, $250, dickssportinggoods.com) yakagadzirirwa kupa kugadzikana (saka haina kupeta pamusoro) ichiita sarudzo yakanaka kune vanotanga. Uyezve, inongorema mapaundi makumi matatu nemasere (verenga: nyore kutakura). (Zvimwe zvingasarudzwa apa: Akanakisa Kayaks, Paddleboards, Makano, uye Zvimwe zveMvura Adventures)

Iwe zvakare unozoda padhi senge Field & Stream Chute Aluminium Kayak Paddle (Tenga Iyo, $50, dickssportinggoods.com).

Personal Flotation Device (PFD)

Iwe unenge uchinyatsoda wega flotation chishandiso (aka PFD kana yehupenyu bhachi) yekupfeka iwe uchiita kayaking. Paunenge uchitenga PFD, ita shuwa yekuenda neUnited States Coast Guard (USCG) -yakagamuchirwa sarudzo inoenderana nemutumbi wemvura unenge uri kayaking mukati, anodaro Brooke Hess, guru-wave freestyle kayaker uye murayiridzi uye aimbova nhengo yechikwata cheUS Freestyle Kayak.

• Tora I PFDs anokodzera makungwa asina kugadzikana.
• Type II uye Type III PFDs inokodzera mvura yakadzikama uko kune mukana wakanaka we "kukurumidza kununura," asi Type III PFDs inowanzo kuve yakasununguka.
• Type V PFDs inowanzo goneswa kumwe chete kushandiswa, saka kana iwe ukaenda neimwe yeiyo, ita shuwa kuti yakanyorwa kuti kayaking kushandiswa. (Ivo kazhinji havazi makuru, asi haisiyo yakanyanya kunaka sarudzo kana iwe uchida imwe PFD yezviitiko zvakasiyana siyana.)

Sekayaker nyowani, kubheja kwako kwakanyanya ndeye Type III PFD senge DBX Women's Gradient Verve Life Vest (Tenga Izvo, $40, dickssportinggoods.com) kana Type V PFD senge NRS Zen Type V Yemunhu Flotation Device (Tenga Izvo, $ 165, backcountry.com). Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo rwakadzama, tarisa iyo USCG gwara rekusarudza PFD.

Kayaking Accessories

Iwe unofanirwa zvakare kuunza zvese zvinodikanwa zvemitambo yemvura zvakajairika: SPF, shanduko yenguo, uye chimwe chinhu kuti foni yako iome, seJOTO Universal Waterproof Pouch (Itenge I, $ 8, amazon.com). Uyezve funga kupfeka magirazi ezuva (anoita kuti iwe uone kupfuura pamusoro pemvura), uye zvipfeko zvakanaka kuti zvinyorove.

Kuwana Nguva uye Nzvimbo yeKayak

Kuti uende kayaking, uchada kuwana dziva kana dziva rine ruzhinji rwevanhu (zvakanakisisa kudzivirira makungwa kana nzizi semutangiri nekuti mvura ichava choppier). Iwe unogona kushandisa paddling.com's inopindirana mepu kutsvaga nzvimbo dziri padyo uye uwane ruzivo, senge kuti pane mari yekutanga here uye kana paine kupaka.

Izvo zvakakosha kusarudza zuva rine nyoro mamiriro ekunze, anodaro Hess. Nyatsoterera tembiricha yemvura, nekuti kutonhora kwakanyanya kwe tempo kunogona kukuisa panjodzi yekutonhora kana hypothermia kana ukapinda mumvura. Unofanirwa kupfeka wetsuit kana drysuit kana tembiricha yemvura iri 55-59 degrees Fahrenheit, uye drysuit kana tembiricha iri pazasi pe55 degrees, sekureva kweAmerican Kayaking Association.

Kana iwe uri wekutanga, iwe unogona kuwana iyo kayaking kosi yakakosha usati wabuda kunze pane yako yekutanga yekushanya. Aya makosi ane varairidzi ekukudzidzisa iwe mabhesiki eakayak, senge nzira yekuisa kayak mumotokari usinga kukuvadze musana (pro tip: simudza nemakumbo ako!), Sei kuunza kayak kumahombekombe, uye maitiro ekuiburitsa kunze kana iwe unonongedza pamusoro, anodaro Hess. Uye kana iwe uri kushandisa yekupfira siketi (chifukidziro chakatenderedza paunogara icho chinodzivirira mvura kupinda mukati mechikepe) unogona kudzidza kudzikamisa siketi kuti uzvisunungure kubva kune kayak kana iwe ukatetepa pamusoro. Kwete kushandisa chipfira skirt? Chero bedzi iwe uchiziva kushambira uye uchiita kayaking mune yakanyarara muviri wemvura (kureva dziva kana dziva), iwe unofanirwa kuve wakanaka kuenda usina chidzidzo pasi pebhandi rako, anodaro Hess. Asi kutanga, iwe unofanirwa kuziva zvimwe zvekayaking basics. Saka ...

Nzira yekufambisa sei Kayak

Bata padhaya mumaoko maviri uye rega rizorore pamusoro pemusoro wako nemagokora ako akakotama pamakona 90-degree. Apa ndipo paunofanira kubata paddle, anodaro Hess. Kayak paddles ane mashizha kumativi ose; rimwe nerimwe banga rine convex divi uye concave (yakaburitswa) divi. Rutivi rwe concave - aka "simba kumeso" - rinofanira kugara rakatarisana newe paunenge uchikwenenzvera kuti ubudirire mberi, anodaro Hess. Paunenge uchibata paddle zvakanaka, iyo yakareba, yakananga kumucheto wepaddle blade inofanira kunge iri pedyo nedenga apo rutivi rwetapered rwuri pedyo nemvura. (Inoenderana: 7 Mitambo Yekupenga Yemvura Hausati Wambonzwa nezvayo)

Kuti utange zvakanaka, gadza yako kayak pamatombo kana jecha pamahombekombe padyo nemvura, wozopinda mu kayak. Kana iri sat-on-top kayak iwe unongogara pamusoro payo uye kana iri kayak yakazaruka, iwe uchagara mukati mechikepe nemakumbo ako akatambanudzwa uye akakotama zvishoma. Kamwe iwe wakagara muigwa, sundira kure nepasi nepaduru yako kuti upinze igwa mumvura.

Zvino, iwe ungangodaro uchishamisika: Isy kayaking iri nyore kune vanotanga? Kufanana nemitambo yakawanda yemvura, haisi kufamba mupaki (iwe uchawana maekisesaizi akanaka mukati, chokwadi!), Asi kukwasva kunenge kuri nyore. Kuti uenderere mberi, ita diki shamhu dzakafanana nekayak, padivi pechikepe, anodaro Hess. "Kutendeuka, iwe unogona kuita izvo zvatinodaidza kuti" kutsvaira kurova, "anodaro. "Iwe tora paddle uye uite arcing stroke yakakura kure kure nechikepe." Iwe uchiri kufambisa chikwasuro kubva kumberi kuenda kumashure — kuenda kurudyi kurudyi uye kurudyi kurudyi kuruboshwe - asi kugadzira iwo akawedzeredzwa arc kurudyi kwako kuchakubatsira iwe kutendeuka kuruboshwe uye zvinopesana. Kuti umire, iwe unodzosera padenga (kubva kumashure kuenda kumberi mumvura).

Cherechedza: Ndizvo kwete zvese mumaoko. "Paunenge uchikwasva uchienda kumberi, zviri nani kuisa pfungwa pakuchengeta tsandanyama dzako dzakasimba uye kushandisa torso yako kutenderera kuita yako paddle sitiroko," anodaro Hess. "Mapfudzi ako nema biceps anozoita kuneta zvakanyanya kana usiri kushandisa moyo wako." Saka simbisa yako yepakati uye tenderera zvishoma kuti utange sitiroko yega yega pane kungoshandisa maoko ako nemapendekete kudhonza padhoo. (Kune yakanyanya kuwanda-centric mvura yekurovedza muviri, edza kumira-up paddleboarding.)

Sh * t zvinoitika, saka panogara paine mukana wekuti iwe utapure. Kana iwe ukadaro uye iwe uri pedyo nemhenderekedzo, unogona kushambira kayak kumahombekombe kana kuti mumwe munhu asungirire kayak yako kune yavo (kana vane bhanhire rekudhonza-fanny pack ine urefu hwetambo uye clip mukati) uye woidhonza. kumahombekombe iwe. Kana usiri padhuze zvakakwana kuti ushambire uchienda kumahombekombe, iwe uchafanirwa kuita "yakavhurika-mvura kununura," hunyanzvi hwekudzosera chikepe pamusoro pemvura chaunofanira kudzidza kubva kumurairidzi, anodaro Hess. Kununura mvura yakavhurika kunosanganisira kununura kunobatsira, umo imwe kayaker inokubatsira kunze, uye kuzvinunura, izvo zvinosanganisira kupuruzira kayak uye kufamba mairi. TL; DR-usaswedere kure kure nenyika kana usati wanyatsonunura mvura yakavhurika. (Yakabatana: Epic Yemitambo Yemvura Unoda Kuedza-uye 4 Vakadzi Vanovapwanya)

Gear: tarisa. Matipi ekuchengetedza: tarisa. Kurohwa kwekutanga: tarisa. Iye zvino zvawaverenga kuburikidza neruzivo rwekayak kune vanotanga, iwe uri nhanho imwe padhuze neyako inotevera yekushanya kwekunze. Ufambe zvakanaka!

Ongororo ye