Oci-One Kanubi wrote:

The reporter also quotes a 21-year-old as saying "The younger
generation is looking for more risky-type sports, something to test
their limits more," yet the overwhelming majority of American kayakers
are sea-kayakers or rec-boat paddlers who call themselves kayakers,
neither of which is much of a "risky-type sport".

Obviously you have never canoed the Boundary Waters during mosquito season!
;-)