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 …
As the WaveShaper foundation finalization and installation finishes, the dam demolition has continued so that in a few days, water will descend over the Georgia side of the Lower Chattahoochee and the world will see the result of years of calculating, drawing, modeling, blasting, and drilling. This link takes you to the continuation of the …
As the WaveShaper is installed in the Chattahoochee, MWDG Engineers Rick McLaughlin and Jack Goble point out an aspect of the Chattahoochee River design that, once completed, will be evident only in what you don’t see…! They are employing a construction technique that insures structural integrity, recreational performance, and high quality aesthetics while greatly reducing the …
Uptown Columbus, the nonprofit organization that coordinates economic revitalization initiatives throughout the Central Business District, Riverfront and throughout Uptown has officially selected two whitewater rafting outfitters to offer commercial trips on the Lower Chattahoochee. Whitewater Express will run trips from the Alabama side of the river in Phenix City, and the Nantahala Outdoor Center will operate …