The Next Phase to a Whitewater Park In Sioux Falls South Dakota

**Notice: We know there is a duplicate post on our blog but someone on Facebook reported us as spam and/or offensive, so we were not able to share this post on Facebook with anyone. So we made a new blog post about our future plans and will spread that post

Sioux Falls Whitewater Park just completed phase I for the park. We are now heading to Phase II which includes modeling, designs, and river studies by engineers. These professional services have a significant price tag on them so we decided to think outside the box for fundraising. We wanted to do fundraising that would cost the general public little as possible. Hope this option we have chosen will benefit us all the way through Phase IV. 

Phase I: Site Reconnaissance

Feasibility Study

Phase II: Alternative Analysis

Decide on Site Location

Conceptual Design

Site Inventory and Assessment

Hydrology

Hydraulic Analyses

50% Preliminary Design and Alternatives

Phase III: 50% Design and Permitting

Permitting

50% Design

Phase IV: Implementation

Develop Bid Package

Negotiating Bids with Contractors

Construction of Park

Phase V: Park and Play

Use the park and have FUN!!

So without further ado, here is one of our many ideas to help fund the whitewater park in Sioux Falls South Dakota.

Sioux Falls Whitewater Park is glad to announce a new partnership with a local LLC company to help raise funds for our Kayaking for Kids Program, Whitewater Park Program, and general operating expenses.

Our new partner is using a page on our website  as an Amazon shopping site.  In return for letting them use a page from our website, the LLC will be paying our website annual fees, advertising our website, and donating 90% of their profits to the Sioux Falls Whitewater Park Organization. Donations will be split into three categories: 66% goes towards the Whitewater Park Program, 21% will go towards our Kayaking for Kids Program, and the remaining 13% will go towards our general funds (pool sessions, river cleanups, fundraising events, organization fees, trips, scholarship program, training, and miscellaneous costs). The LLC is planning on using the remaining 10% profits for paddling sports, paddling education, river stewardship, and donating to other entities related to paddling and the local waterways in the Sioux Falls area.

How does the organization get funds? Well when people use our webpage shopping page and they order items off Amazon; the LLC in return gets a percentage of the purchase you make.  There are no added fees for you. The revenue comes from Amazon sellers fees. So you can buy the same items but from our page. Our page will be advertising mostly paddling items but any item you buy will get us a percentage donated to our organization.

Two ways you can help donate money to Sioux Falls Whitewater Park by making your normal Amazon purchases.

One – Go to our webpage and load up your shopping cart and make your purchases.

Two – Shop from this link https://www.amazon.com/gp/gw/ajax/s.html/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=siofalwhipar-20&linkId=ZS42TK32LFXKTA5O (you can add this to your favorites and shop from this link every

time you order on Amazon. Each order will make a donation to our organization)

Remember you can buy any item or service off Amazon and it will help our organization. Birthdays? Christmas? Halloween? Anything!

Please help spread the word. We want this whitewater park as soon as possible. Help launch our dream of a whitewater park.

Thank you for your support and enjoy shopping with Amazon.


If you don't shop Amazon but you shop eBay, please use this link and save to your favorites. We will also get donations for eBay purchases!
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=1&pub=5575136725&toolid=10001&campid=5337738907&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

Moving Forward with Sioux Falls Whitewater Park

**Notice: We know there is a duplicate post on our blog but someone on Facebook reported us as spam/offensive, so we were not able to share this post on Facebook with anyone. So we made a new blog post about our future plans and will spread that post

Sioux Falls Whitewater Park just completed phase I for the park. We are now heading to Phase II which includes modeling, designs, and river studies by engineers. These professional services have a significant price tag on them so we decided to think outside the box for fundraising. We wanted to do fundraising that would cost the general public little as possible. Hope this option we have chosen will benefit us all the way through Phase IV.

Phase I: Site Reconnaissance

Feasibility Study

Phase II: Alternative Analysis

Decide on Site Location

Conceptual Design

Site Inventory and Assessment

Hydrology

Hydraulic Analyses

50% Preliminary Design and Alternatives

Phase III: 50% Design and Permitting

Permitting

50% Design

Phase IV: Implementation

Develop Bid Package

Negotiating Bids with Contractors

Construction of Park

Phase V: Park and Play

Use the park and have FUN!!

So without further ado, here is one of our many ideas to help fund the whitewater park in Sioux Falls South Dakota.

Sioux Falls Whitewater Park is glad to announce a new partnership with a local LLC company to help raise funds for our Kayaking for Kids Program, Whitewater Park Program, and general operating expenses.

Our new partner is using a page on our website  as an Amazon shopping site.  In return for letting them use a page from our website, the LLC will be paying our website annual fees, advertising our website, and donating 90% of their profits to the Sioux Falls Whitewater Park Organization. Donations will be split into three categories: 66% goes towards the Whitewater Park Program, 21% will go towards our Kayaking for Kids Program, and the remaining 13% will go towards our general funds (pool sessions, river cleanups, fundraising events, organization fees, trips, scholarship program, training, and miscellaneous costs). The LLC is planning on using the remaining 10% profits for paddling sports, paddling education, river stewardship, and donating to other entities related to paddling and the local waterways in the Sioux Falls area.

How does the organization get funds? Well when people use our webpage shopping page and they order items off Amazon; the LLC in return gets a percentage of the purchase you make.  There are no added fees for you. The revenue comes from Amazon sellers fees. So you can buy the same items but from our page. Our page will be advertising mostly paddling items but any item you buy will get us a percentage donated to our organization.

Two ways you can help donate money to Sioux Falls Whitewater Park by making your normal Amazon purchases.

One – Go to our webpage and load up your shopping cart and make your purchases.

Two – Shop from this link https://www.amazon.com/gp/gw/ajax/s.html/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=siofalwhipar-20&linkId=ZS42TK32LFXKTA5O (you can add this to your favorites and shop from this link every

time you order on Amazon. Each order will make a donation to our organization)

Remember you can buy any item or service off Amazon and it will help our organization. Birthdays? Christmas? Halloween? Anything!

Please help spread the word. We want this whitewater park as soon as possible. Help launch our dream of a whitewater park.

Thank you for your support and enjoy shopping with Amazon.


If you don't shop Amazon but you shop eBay, please use this link and save to your favorites. We will also get donations for eBay purchases!
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=1&pub=5575136725&toolid=10001&campid=5337738907&customid=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

Our Group Visits Manchester Whitewater Park

Manchester Iowa Whitewater Park

A few members of the Sioux Falls Whitewater Park made a trip to the new and biggest whitewater park in Iowa, Manchester Whitewater Park.  Now this park is quite a drive from Sioux Falls but it was well worth the five hour trip.

Manchester Iowa is a small town of 5,179 people in Delaware County with big dreams. And these dreams became true for them this winter. Through the winter of 2014-2015 the city started work on removing a dangerous dam on the Maquoketa River. This dam was severely damaged from floods back in 2008. The city wanted to do something special other than just putting the normal rock arches when a dam is removed. So they came up with a plan to construct a great whitewater park after seeing the success of Charles City and Elkader’s whitewater parks. The original plan was to have 6 features at 18 inches. But as we found out in our visit they had 7 features and I didn’t bring a tape measure but I can guarantee some of those drops were over the 18 inch marker.

Now we went when the water was a little low for those advanced paddlers but we wanted to check out the new park and work on our skill building. When we first got to the park it was like a different world. People were walking the trails with family and friends. I have never seen so many people with huge smiles on their face other than Disney World! We first walked down the path that travels along the whole whitewater park. we were able to watch people and check out the 7 features Manchester had to offer from this path. The river was packed with kayakers, tubers, and swimmers. Now that we are super pumped to get in the water, we get our gear on and meet up with a great friend and supporter of the Sioux Falls Whitewater Park. She was a great asset to our adventure. She had experience on the course and the area so we were in great hands for the whole day. It was like having our own personal river guide for the day.

Walking down the beginning part of the park was great. They had large sandstones to walk on along with a nice sidewalk winding all the way to the beginning . As we wait our turn to start heading down the first feature you can’t help to notice your perma smile from all the kids laughing down the first feature.

The first feature was steep and fast. It was a hot day so it was nice to get a good splash right off the bat. We played around with eddy turns and peel outs and headed to the second feature. The second feature was steep like the first one but not as swift. We also played around for a few minutes with the feature eager to hit them all right away we headed to the third feature. The third feature we spent most of our day at since it had a good entry into the wave and had a good distance between this feature and the next. We ended up staying on the third feature for about 45 minutes until we decided to hit the rest of the features and try it all over again. The fourth feature is more of a rock dam in my eyes, no decent wave to surf but fun to practice some boofing. We quickly moved the fifth wave. This one was steep and really fast. The fifth feature really got the blood pumping and was a nice wave for side surfing. We quickly ran feature six since this one looked similar to feature five and wanted to great rush of speeding down the wave and slamming into a wall of water. Now our pulse is really jumping so we continued to hit feature seven. All of our group had smiles from ear to ear and a lot of woohooing on those last three features.  Getting out was easier as pie. Simply got out of our kayaks and walked up the windy sidewalk path and started our way to the beginning. We continued to go down and hit up the different feature throughout the day and a blast hanging out with paddlers, tubers and swimmers. Towards the end of the day we decided to try going down all six features just with our lifejackets. We had to get the full experience but didn’t feel the need to rent a tube at the local restaurant right at the park. So we jumped in at the first features and let the current take us. Surprising enough this was a blast, we actually ended up going down three times this way. The waves were save enough for us to go down the features feet first and head first. To me it felt like a slip and slide adults could enjoy.

We spent around 6 hours on the park watching hundreds of people tube, kayak, raft, stand up paddle board, ride blow up Shamus and turtles, and just going down with a life jacket. One event I will probably always remember are the middle aged men coming down the features in a tube smiling and screaming on their way down. I’m almost positive those older individuals had more fun than the kids!!

It might be a five hour drive but it is 100% worth it. Great people use these features, everyone is friendly, and the local restaurants are top notch.

Check out Manchester Whitewater Park!

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Kayaking For Kids

Kayaking for Kids

Sioux Falls Whitewater Park is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization that wants to put your young ones and adults on the water through kayak classes and special events.

We are raising funds to get a small fleet of kayaks and gear that are the appropriate size for younger people to easily learn paddling techniques, learn about safety, enjoy the outdoors, and have fun. We are looking at raising $15,000.00 for all gear needed for use over several years and to accommodate all sizes of paddlers.

Most recreational boats and paddles in the area are not the proper size for our small ones. These recreational boats can often make it difficult or no fun for children while they are trying to manage an over sized vessel. With smaller and appropriate sized kayaks, they will have a better fitted boat to make it easier to paddle and learn while having fun.

These smaller boats will be used to host classes in our community. We will have a certified instructor teach the basics of paddling and safety. We hope to reach age groups from 8 years old to older adults with our main focus being groups in the 8 years old to 18 years old range. We want to make sure kids have an opportunity to gain confidence and spend time outdoors.

What your youngster can get out of paddling:
1. Knowledge of water safety
2. Leadership Skills

3. Team work building
4. Paddling skills
5. Enjoying the outdoors and fresh air
6. Self-esteem booster
7. Strong gain in confidence
8. Builds core strength – Great exercise
9. Wildlife viewing
10. Spending time with family
11. Explore destinations not accessible or seen by land
13. The thrill of the rush
14. Educated about the environment
15. Making paddling FUN!!!

 With your generous donation we can get our children away from their computers, cell phones and tablets and get them to enjoy and respect the great outdoors. Funds will go towards boats and all safety gear needed to have a fun safe time in ponds, pools, rivers, and lakes.

Gear needed:

Appropriate boats - We are looking at different boats that fit weight ranges from 60 pounds to 250 pounds

Appropriate length paddles – Students don’t have to feel uncomfortable with too long of a paddle. The paddle should be appropriate size for easy handling.

Appropriate size Life Jackets "PFD" – Our students will be given the correct size of life jackets to make sure they are safe at all times around and on the water.

Miscellaneous Gear – Appropriate first aid kits, skirts for more experienced youth and different skill levels, a trailer to haul kayaks and gear, helmets for more experienced youth and different skill levels, and throw ropes for safety training.

We are currently working with paddling manufactures to get the best deals they can offer under wholesale to make this happen!

Classes will be scheduled as soon as we get the proper equipment to teach kayaking. We hope to reach out to outdoor centers in town, schools, colleges, and the city to help get the word out for our classes. We would like these classes to be for young children and also include the whole family to enjoy and learn together. Classes would be accessible to anyone in the community and we would also offer private classes for smaller groups or parties. Classes will also be held for adults to help fund the insurance cost to offer free children classes.

Different classes will be conducted year round anywhere from pools, rivers, ponds, or no wake lakes. Class locations will depend on the age, weather and paddling experience of students.

Thank you in advance for your donations. Any and every amount is greatly appreciated and one step closer to getting more individuals out on the water. If you are not financially able to help us out, please share this post on your Facebook page to spread the word!

If you know of companies that want to help out by being a sponsor. Please have them contact us and see how they can be a corporate sponsor. We can be reached by email.

REMEMBER: All donations to our 501(c)3 are a tax write off for you!

Save us 2.5% and pay directly to us!! 

DONATE TODAY

2014-2015 Sioux Falls Whitewater Park Raffle Winners

It was a great raffle and we want to thank every single person that bought tickets, helped sell tickets and help make this raffle happen. A big thanks to Scheels for a kayak donation, Helen H for a kayak donation, Onyx Outdoors for their life jacket donations, Leisure Sports for their paddle donations, SDCKA board members for helping spread the word and selling tickets, and SFWP board members and organization members for selling tickets and spreading the word. We wouldn’t have been able to make this happen with all the help from you.

Here is a list of winners for the prizes:

1^st prize – 12 foot Perception Swiftwater kayak donated by Scheels, Kayak paddle donated by Leisure Sports, Life Jacket donated by Onyx Outdoors– Winner Tami J.

2^nd prize – Fluid Do It Now donated by Helen H – Winner Patrick W.

3^rd Prize – Kayak paddle donated by Leisure Sports – Winner Toby W.

4^th Prize - Kayak paddle donated by Leisure Sports – Winner Chris H.

5^th Prize - Kayak paddle donated by Leisure Sports – Winner Phyllis F.

6^th Prize – Life Jacket donated by Onyx Outdoors – Winner Dave J.

7^th Prize – Canz Bluetooth Speaker Donated by Mitchell J. – Winner Dan D.

8^th Prize – SFWP T-Shirt donated by SFWP Board Members – Winner Scott A.

9^th Prize - SFWP T-Shirt donated by SFWP Board Members – Winner Ken B.

10^th Prize - SFWP T-Shirt donated by SFWP Board Members – Winner Brad S.

11^th Prize - SFWP T-Shirt donated by SFWP Board Members – Winner Patrick W.

12^th Prize - SFWP T-Shirt donated by SFWP Board Members – Winner Steven J.

Again thank you for all your support.

We hit our goal and will hopefully have our feasibility study completed summer of 2015.

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Kayak and Canoe Map for Split Rock Creek “SRC” Garretson SD

Kayak and Canoe Routes for Split Rock Creek "SRC" Garretson SD

Points of Access

0. Split Rock Creek – Split Rock Park (From HWY 11 Turn East on 5^th Street)(Above Dam Access     to do nice leisure paddles)

    Flow good most of the year since it is in the dam reservoir

1. Split Rock Creek – Split Rock Park (From HWY 11 Turn East on 5^th Street)(There is a canoe and   kayak ramp on the north end of the park downstream of dam)

    Flow good at 4.5 feet and up SRC Flow or SRC Estimated Future Flow

    2.8 miles to point 2

2. Split Rock Creek – Palisades State Park (From HWY 11 turn east on 485^th Avenue and turn west on 255^th Street into State Park)(Must have state park permit)

      Flow good at 4.5 feet and up SRC Flow or SRC Estimated Future Flow Surfing wave forms at the parks beach over 8 feet

    2.8 miles to point 3

3. Split Rock Creek – 257^th Street (from HWY 11 turn east on 257th) (Ditch Entry upstream of bridge)

    Flow good at 4.5 feet and up SRC Flow or SRC Estimated Future Flow

This is a fun Class II section of the river but please watch for barbwire and electric fences!!

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Kayak and Canoe Map for Skunk Creek Hartford to Sioux Falls

Points of Access

1 Skunk Creek – 257^th Street (come up from 464^th Avenue) (Ditch Entry upstream of bridge)

   Flow good at 4.5 feet and up Skunk Creek Flow Hartford SD

   1.5 miles to point 2

2 Skunk Creek – 258^th Street (Ditch Entry upstream of bridge)

   Flow good at 4.5 feet and up Skunk Creek Flow Hartford SD

   3 miles to point 3

3 Skunk Creek – Benton Street (straight east of Hartford SD) (Ditch Entry downstream of bridge)

   Flow good at 4.5 feet and up Skunk Creek Flow Hartford SD

   6 miles to point 4

4 Skunk Creek – 467^th Avenue (south of 263^rd Street) (Ditch Entry upstream of bridge)

   Flow good at 4.5 feet and up Skunk Creek Flow Hartford SD

   2.75 miles to point 5

5 Skunk Creek – 468^th Avenue (dead end road south side of Ellis SD)(Ditch entry by closed bridge)(located at Floral Plant Growers LLC)

   Flow good at 4.5 feet and up Skunk Creek Flow Hartford SD

   4.1 miles to point 6

6 Skunk Creek – Legacy Park Sioux Falls SD (off of 12^th Street)

   Flow good at 4.5 feet and up Skunk Creek Flow Sioux Falls

Point 1 to Point 3 is the best section for class I rapids when levels are 6.5 feet and higher!!

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