The Columbus community is familiarizing themselves with whitewater engineering and paddlesports! News outlets were out last week documenting the beginning of the tuning phase of the WaveShaper on the Chattahoochee, installed on the eastern/Georgia side of the river. Here’s an article in the local paper, featuring 2012 Freestyle World Cup Junior Champion Hunter Katich …
Yesterday, we watched the first flow over the WaveShaper, located on the Georgia side of the Lower Chattahoochee River. It looked mighty fine, and was visited by some paddlers from late afternoon until the sun and warmth left. As the construction phase ends here at the WaveShaper, the important tuning phase begins. We will take …