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Water Sports [7] Whitewater Rafting – Rafters with trained raft guides can paddle Class II, III, and IV rapids on the artificial whitewater channels. In 2010, the USNWC had 100,000 rafters. Whitewater Kayaking – Whitewater kayakers, from beginner to expert, can paddle, with or without instructors, alongside Olympic contenders.
The popular rafting industry generates enough revenue to partially compensate the Tennessee Valley Authority for lost electricity, but slalom athletes need a cheaper place to practice. In 2006, the U.S. National Whitewater Center was built in Charlotte, North Carolina, with an Olympic-standard whitewater course watered by three half-megawatt pumps.
Dutch Water Dreams in Zoetermeer, Netherlands — pumped; Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham, England — flow diversion; U.S. National Whitewater Center, near Charlotte, North Carolina, United States — pumped; Nene Whitewater Centre in Northampton, England — pumped; Rutherford Creek in British Columbia, Canada — flow diversion
Ken Powley, an experienced rafter who worries deeply about American alienation, organized the trip as part of R.A.F.T. for America, a movement that brings people who have different perspectives ...
The Canoe slalom events during the 1996 Summer Olympics were conducted on a half-mile Olympic whitewater course that is fed by releases of water from Ocoee #3. The Ocoee Whitewater Center was built by the U.S. Forest Service for this purpose, including a large building along U.S. 64, whose eastbound lanes were originally built for traffic which are now converted to be used as a parking and ...
Six Flags White Water, a water park in Cobb County, Georgia; U.S. National Whitewater Center, a whitewater rafting and training center in Charlotte, North Carolina; White Water Branson, a water park in Branson, Missouri; WhiteWater World, a water park along the Gold Coast, Australia; White Water Bay (disambiguation), water parks in various states
The water is deceptively fast, and all but two of the eddies have swirling water with an upstream component. From the river, paddlers must carry their boats the length of the course to re-enter and make another run. There are two other artificial whitewater courses in the mid-Atlantic region: in Charlotte, NC, and McHenry, MD.
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