News from the Idaho Statesman, April 5, 2012: A technician was at the Boise River Whitewater Park wave Thursday shaping the wave. While he worked in the control room, two surfers decided to jump on the waves as they were being changed. At one point you could see the main wave grow steeper and steeper …
Emily Jackson, former Freestyle World Champion and member of the 2012 Olympic Whitewater Slalom Team thinks the enhanced feature on the Nantahala River is ‘awesome,’ and her brother Dane, reigning Whitewater Freestyle World Champion in Open Canoe, C1, Squirt and Jr. Men’s Kayak, scored a whopping 1400+ points at the recent NOC Shootout, first in …
The park is up and in use, and seems to be “working well” according to MWDG project engineer Ben Nielsen! Wendy Larimore, Boise Parks and Recreation notes, “We are very pleased with the project at all flows we have experienced so far. We have been able to adjust flash-boards and WaveShaper 2 to provide a …