On December 13th and 14th a crew of talented, earnest and enthusiastic paddlers convened to participate in an evaluation of the site that is outfitted with a tunable WaveShaper. Clay Wright, Pat Keller, Andrew Holcomb and Daniel Dutton were recruited to join the event, and we were also lucky to have Tommy Yon and Zach …
The design has been approved to install a version of the MWDG WaveShaper in the Nantahala River in Bryson City, North Carolina. The flow in this ever-so-popular river is dam controlled and flows daily, but sees a dry period each fall during periods of routine maintenance. On November 1st crews erected a coffer dam to …
Work on the Nantahala continues and the community is anxious for construction to begin! Surveying has been completed to document the current conditions and the pre-design is receiving public comments. Thus far, our partners Herron Associates have, a local surveying and engineering firm, have received a few requests for clarification or indication from agencies that …
Since the 1970’s the Nantahala River Gorge has distinguished itself, time and again, as a destination for rafting, paddling instruction and whitewater competition. Until recently, the opportunity to practices freestyle moves and watch high level freestyle competition has not exactly been an impressive draw. That’s about to change. The McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group will be …