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"DESIGNERS & INNOVATORS of SIT-ON-TOP KAYAKS"

Interviews that give credit to the architects of the newest & fastest growing branch of the paddlesports industry:

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Designing A Kayak For Caving by John Gray
Profile of John Gray founder of Sea Canoe and designer of the Sea Explorer Inflatable Kayak.
Designer Matt Langenfeld
Engineer and paddler Matt Langenfeld, founder of JEM Watercraft, designs canoe and kayak plans for the amateur boat builder.

The Original Sit-on-top Kayak: So Whatever Happened to Royak's Roy Grabenauer?

An interview with his son, Steve Grabenauer of Royak Marine

Cobra's Warren & Glenys Aitkens:
"CATCHING A WINDSURFER'S WAVE"

Ocean Kayak's
"TIM NIEMIER: IN THE BEGINNING..."

More recent: "A Combo of Cabos: The Catayak"

Kayaking With A Disability Mark Theobald of KayakDiving.com has developed Kayak paddle and backrest adaptations for the sit-on-top that is encouraging this safe and easy kayak to become the paddle craft of choice for many organizations with disability programs.
Hop On Top's Paul Cronin:
"A NAVEL ARCHITECT THROWS DOWN
THE GAUNTLET"
Hunt Johnsen
Hunt Johnsen: Creator of The Wave Witch Cobra Kayaks has recently given world-wide exposure to the Wave Witch, a high performance polyethylene surf kayak; but the roots of the Wave Witch come from the fiberglass & kevlar designs of Hawaii's Hunt Johnsen.
"A Combo of Cabos" Tim Niemier invents a rig with two Ocean Kayak Cabo's to trace the drainage of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia for a TV Doucmentary. Beautiful photos.
2002 Boy Scout Royak Regatta

The Roy Grabenauer Story

The Original Sit-on-top: 1968's "Royak"