> I am doing a report on kayak history for school. Does anyone
> know of a web site that has the history of where kayak building came
> from? Who came up with plastic kayaks, any info on just history of
> the sport. Thanks agian for you input.

The Wooden Canoe Heritiage Association may be able to point you toward more information on kayaks, even though it is not their main area of research.

www.wcha.org

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington has been involved with researching kayak history. A lot of their material is supposed to be online. You might try searching their web site. Best of luck to you. Paul Jacobson