U.S. National Whitewater Center

Sports River Outside Place
About
LocaleCharlotte, North Carolina, USA
Managing agentU. S. National Whitewater Center
Main shapeTwo Loops
Pumped7 pumps (usually 6 or 3)
Opening dateNovember 4, 2006
(18 years ago) (2006-11-04)
Stats
LengthSlalom: 300 metres (984 ft)
Long: 550 metres (1,804 ft)
Drop6.4 metres (21 ft)
SlopeSlalom: 2.1% (113 ft/mi)
Long: 1.2% (67 ft/mi)
FlowrateSlalom: 15 m3/s (530 cu ft/s)
Long: 19 m3/s (670 cu ft/s)
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The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) is a not-for-profit outdoor recreation and athletic training facility for whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and ice skating which opened to the public in 2006.[1] The Center is located in Charlotte, North Carolina on approximately 1,300 acres (530 ha) of land adjacent to the Catawba River, with more than 50 miles (80 km) of developed trail.[2][3]

The Main Complex as seen from the Long Channel past the M-Wave.

The Center's primary feature is the world's largest and most complex recirculating artificial whitewater river. The river channels were designed by three-time Olympian Scott Shipley.[4]

  1. ^ "About". Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. ^ Willoughby, Scott (2006-11-07). "Against the flow". Denver Post, November 7, 2006. Retrieved on 2010-12-31 from http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4613891 Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Morris (2008-08-08). "Charlotte Whitewater Park". Franklin News-Post, August 8, 2008. Retrieved on 2011-01-05 from http://www.thefranklinnewspost.com/article.cfm?ID=11524 Archived 2013-02-03 at archive.today.
  4. ^ "Scott Shipley resume" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2011-01-06.