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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]
The Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, was the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [1] [2] and is the only in-river course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640 foot (500 m) stretch of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops and eddies needed for a ...
The center opened in May 2007, constructed at a cost of $24 million, and is the third pump-powered artificial whitewater facility built in North America. [1] Its educational partner in water sports instruction is the Adventuresports Institute [usurped] of nearby Garrett College , which offers degrees in outdoor adventure sports.
The extreme example of this is the Ocoee Whitewater Center where water must bypass a 96-metre (315 ft) drop in a dam, tunnel, and penstock, in order to water the 9-meter drop of the whitewater course. Most artificial whitewater courses cover their operating costs by charging passengers for guided raft rides.
Whitewater Center may refer to: U.S. National Whitewater Center, Charlotte, North Carolina; Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, the canoe slalom venue ...
Six Flags White Water is a 69-acre (280,000 m 2) water park located northwest of Atlanta, in East Cobb, Georgia.Originally opening in 1984 as White Water Atlanta, the park became part of the Six Flags family of parks in 1999.
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The Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre is a whitewater paddling venue, constructed to host the canoeing slalom events for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It is first artificial slalom course in Japan. [1] The total construction cost of this venue was around 7 billion yen (about $64 million) and it has the capacity 7,500 spectators. [2]