"Icara hejuru" ya kayak ishyira abasare mu kirahuri gifunguye kandi gifite utudomo hejuru y'amazi. Ubu buryo busanzwe bukoreshwa mu bikorwa bitari iby'amazi y'umweru, kuko abantu benshi bigora kuguma mu kirahuri, mu gihe kandi bibuza kayak "gutembera", bigatuma uyikoresha ahagarara ahagaze neza iyo atembera. Kwicara hejuru bifite inyungu zimwe na zimwe, nko kuba ushobora "kumisha icyambu," igice gisanzwe kigendana n'uburebure bwa kayak aho, uretse gutanga uburyo bwo kureremba, abasare bashobora kubika ibikoresho bitandukanye. "Kayak" bicaye hejuru akenshi bakoresha "mu myobo", ituma amazi yose yinjira mu bwato anyura mu kirahuri kandi yumye. "Uburyo bwa "cockpit" cyangwa "spray skirt" butuma amazi adapfa mu rukenyerero. Hari ubwoko butandukanye bw'ubwato bwa "cockpit" butuma umukoresha agenzura ubwato cyane bitewe n'ubushobozi bwe bwo gusunika inkuta kugira ngo bugere hejuru kugira ngo arangize urugendo. Ubwoko busanzwe bwa kayak "zo mu bwoko bwa cockpit" ni "ubwato bwo mu mazi", ubusanzwe ni kayak ngufi cyane aho umukoresha ashobora gukora amayeri n'ubuhanga: "inflatables" ni uruvange rw'imiterere ibiri ya mbere. Ubwo bwato bufite intebe ifunguye, ariko abakora ubwato bicara munsi y'intebe. Ubwo bwato akenshi ntibugira umuvuduko bitewe n'aho buri hejuru mu mazi. Bukunze gukoreshwa mu buryo bw'ubucuruzi kandi akenshi bwitwa "Duckies." "Tandem" itandukanye n'imiterere yihariye ya kayak nyinshi, zigenewe abakora ubwato benshi. Tandem zishobora gukoreshwa n'abakora ubwato babiri cyangwa batatu.