Ben recalls: I spent an hour today with a first grader at the Logan School of Creative Learning (Denver) who is studying waves. I showed her and her teacher the waves we designed at River Run Park and explained how they work. Her only experience with waves was in the ocean, so it was fun …
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 …
Construction of the Alabama Channel was completed in February 2012, allowing the western half of the Eagle and Phenix Dam, upstream, to be removed in March 2012. This removal facilitated construction of structures in the Georgia Channel (east half of the river) and opened the rapids in the Alabama Channel for raft and kayak runs …
The City of Columbus seems to be inviting rafting company outfitters to sample what will be the exciting climax to whitewater adventure through downtown Columbus. View it here! Construction update: great strides have been made this summer! The WaveShaper, to be located on the Georgia (river left, for all you river runners) side, is moving toward …