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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
Charlotte NC: city tap water Pumped 2 Loops 113 (21) 550 (16) 2007 Adventure Sports Center International: McHenry MD: Deep Creek Lake: Pumped Loop 91 (17) 550 (16) 2010 Marge Cline Whitewater Course [8] Yorkville, IL: Fox River: Flow Diversion Linear 41°38'33.8"N 88°26'35.1"W 2016 Riversport Rapids: Oklahoma City OK: city tap water Pumped 2 ...
There are two other artificial whitewater courses in the mid-Atlantic region: in Charlotte, NC, and McHenry, MD. The Charlotte course, U.S. National Whitewater Center, USNWC, opened in 2006, and the McHenry course, Adventure Sports Center International, ASCI, opened in 2007. They do not have heated water. The Dickerson Power Plant operates at a ...
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 ...
Honestly, we're so impressed by the dog's snowball rolling skills. He really had the hang of it. In fact, we think this pupper could probably make a whole bunch of snow people.
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