Roll, roll, roll your boat, gently up the . . . Oh, hi! Excuse me for a moment while I blow this river water out of my nose. The world sure looks funny right-side-up. Have you seen my boat around here ...

For many, the roll is the 'Holy Grail' of paddling – but should all paddlers learn the kayak roll? While we're not actively showing you how to do the roll in this video, we're breaking down all the ...

The kayak’s precise origin story is murky, but sources credit various Indigenous groups of the far north — modern-day Alaska, Greenland and Siberia — with inventing the boat for hunting and fishing.