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The organization was founded in 1954 as the American White Water Affiliation incorporated in 1961. [2] Upon its founding, the organizational members set to advance four principal objectives. (1) Encourage the exploration, enjoyment, and preservation of America's recreational waterways for human-powered craft.
The international scale of river difficulty is an American system used to rate the difficulty of navigating a stretch of river, or a single (sometimes whitewater) rapid. [1] The scale was created by the American Whitewater Association to evaluate rivers throughout the world, hence international in the title. [2]
Legendary Whitewater River Stories. Globe Pequot Press, 1999, ISBN 1-56044-856-3. Devil's Canyon of the Susitna, 1976 American Sportsman video. Blackadar’s second descent, with Barney Griffith. Blackadar, Sports Illustrated, 'Caught up in A Hell of White Water', August 13, 1972.
Whitewater waves provide an opportunity similar to "surfing an ocean wave," except "the wave doesn't go anywhere and doesn't crash," said Kevin Colburn, national stewardship coordinator for ...
The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) is a not-for-profit outdoor recreation and athletic training facility for whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and ice skating which opened to the public in 2006. [1]
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Legal access to whitewater is a big issue in England and Wales. The law is currently unclear, resulting in two schools of thought followed. The first, followed by many anglers and the Anglers Association, states that rivers are almost all private and require access agreements to be set up with the riparian owners. This means that the public are ...
American Water spokesperson Ruben Rodriguez said the company would not elaborate further. The company has a market capitalization of $26.7 billion, and describes itself as the largest regulated ...