KMCH reports on the opening of Manchester's hottest place to be roght now. Click here to view the article

Gary Lacy lead engineer and founder of Boulder, Colorado’s Recreation Engineering and Planning (REP), has seen the development and growth of Whitewater Parks since he founded his engineering firm in the early 1980’s. “In the early days,” says Lacy from his office along the Whitewater Park he built on Boulder Creek, “town planners thought we were crazy and that you should put fences around rivers to keep kids from drowning….communities just turned their backs to their rivers.”

Canoe&Kayak agree with the town locals that Charles City, Iowa is one of the best paddling towns in the USofA. Come see for yourself. Click here to read artic le.

What'SUP? Surfing waves in rivers is not a new phenomenon. Landlocked surfers have been surfing river waves or “standing” waves in places like the Snake River in Jackson, Wyoming or the Eisbach Canal in Munich, Germany for 20-30 years. Many other locations in North America as diverse as Montreal, Quebec or Missoula, Montana, boast thriving river surfing destinations. Today the development of Whitewater Parks has led to an expansion of river surfing. While hardly mainstream