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Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 10 months ago #7140
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A lot of the time people ask about building a playspot / wave and it never seems to get very far. i was wondering has anyone actually done it and made themselves a wave.
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Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 10 months ago #7142
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Im actually workin on one at this time. It is goin good. Me and my buddy worked on an old dam made of rocks and reformed it and made a channel down the middle. It makes a nice hole but it is shallow so we are working on dam the river below to increase river height. Hopefully it will all work out good.
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Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 10 months ago #7147
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it all depends wether uv got a m8 that drives a digger or dozer, then its possible, the site at llangollen is changed almost every year.
not to mension the regulars that tamper with the bottom hole almost every week during the summer to tweak it for the best prformance in low levels. |
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Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 10 months ago #7149
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we have one here that is on the east fork of the tuck. it was made by world class c-1 paddler barry kennon. it is called "the slab". it is dam released.
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 8 months ago #8928
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the wave at boulters weir is made out of a totally artificial ramp/flume designed for canoeists
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 8 months ago #8930
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Ask the guys from kayakpro. They just build one in Italy (see forum) that looks great!
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 7 months ago #9334
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i've tampered with quarry on the natahala during the winter last yr trying to get it back as a hole...it lasted for a while but this winter it sort of fugged up...
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 7 months ago #9365
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My buddies and I are building a small wave below a dam so that we can still play after work before it gets dark. That buys us a few more weeks of paddling after work. Right now we have built a shelf that produces a wave. We have pulled some of the material out just below the shelf to increase its relative height. We have also built a second shelf just at the back of the trough to kick the water up a little bit more. We are working on channelling more water into it by building some walls off the shore. We have to do it all by hand because of the location so it has taken some time. Really its just fun to throw some big rocks around have a beer and see what feature gets built.
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 5 months ago #10835
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Well, here in Norfolk, England, the only way we can get a decent playhole is by throwing various boards into the flow of a small weir. There are quite a few sets of boards, some more complex than others, but all making some form of hole. Its the only whitewater we have!
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 5 months ago #10841
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oh man, that mus tbe terrible. here in eugene oregon there istn really a need to create articial playspots( we have several local ones, but they kinda suck), but some paddlers will usually board up most of a low-head dam to create a decent carthweel spot. Didtn Wavesport used to have a portable-hole or somethig liek that?
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 5 months ago #10843
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So far that sounds better than what we have overhere in Holland
 We do have rivers but they're wide and slow moving and it's next to impossible to make a playspot or even a small eddy. |
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 5 months ago #10847
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Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but wasn't there a 'wavebox' at the NEC outdoor show a couple of years ago? Made a small pourover in a large pool and they had a competeition in it. Good for wheelin and splitwheelin, dat was about it really....still, better than nothing!
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 5 months ago #10884
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Yep, there was. In Holland we are looking into building/buying something like that as well. See also this thread: playak.com/index.php?option=com_joomlabo...8&id=10864#10864
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Re:Has anyone actually done it? 18 years 1 week ago #14897
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Yeah man building a good hole isnt too hard you just need some help and pereferably a dam released river. I have a few designs that are basic but work.
Basically find a spot where the river constricts jus a lil bit and has some gradient to it. This spot will work best. Send e your email and i'll draw s scetch on paint. |
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