Last year, Chinese company, Hangzhou Kudo Outdoors Inc., sent drawings of their Delta Kayaks knockoff to a handful of specialty retailers that Delta has been doing business with for years. The Chinese company has a long track record as a supplier of kayak components and paddles to North American companies—including Delta and some of its biggest specialty retailers. “If you know Delta kayak, you must take a few of our kayak for try and test, we have confidence with our kayak we have better design and price.”