Buying a kayak is a lot like buying a new pair of shoes. You want it to be comfortable, practical and, yeah, a little style never hurts, either. But since you probably won’t ever own as many kayaks as ...

1. Jackson Kayak rolled out 11 models this year—more than all the other domestic boatmakers combined. But our favorite was the completely redesigned 54-gallon Fun, which somehow manages to be a comfy, ...

The question with so many new creek race designs on the market: Is there a limit to the speed that can be squeezed out of a nine-foot whitewater kayak? Underestimating the Kraken 13.5 would be a ...