Playspot

Playboating

Popular Playspots

Natural year-round playspots

• The Rabioux wave on the Durance in France
• Hawaii-sur-Rhône on the Rhône River, in Lyon, France

• Lunch Counter on the Snake River in Wyoming
• Hell Hole on the Ocoee River in Tennessee
• Rock Island State Park in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee
• School House Rock "KRH" playhole in California
• Zoar Gap rapid on the Deerfield River near Charlemont, Massachusetts
• Kananaskis River in Alberta, Canada

• Kaituna "bottom Hole" Rotorua, New Zealand

  High volume rivers

• The White Nile in Uganda
• The Zambezi in Zambia

• The Slave River in Canada
• Mini Bus, Big Bus, Gladiator, and Garburator on The Ottawa River in Canada
• The Lachine Rapids in Quebec
• Wave-o-Saurus on the Connecticut River in Holyoke, Massachusetts

  Weirs

• Hurley Weir on the Thames, near London
• Sluice on River Liffey, Lucan, Ireland
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire Weir on the River Severn

  Man-enhanced playspots

Europe

• Terminator Wave, Erzherzog-Johann-Brücke, Graz, Austria
• Almwelle, Almkanal, Salzburg, Austria
• Eisbach, Munich, Germany

  North America

• The Gutter on the Payette River in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
• The U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
• The Salida playhole in Colorado
• The Golden Kayak Park in Golden, Colorado
• The Lower Saluda River in Columbia, SC. Specifically, Millrace Rapids near the Riverbanks Zoo
• Rio Vista Park on the San Marcos River in San Marcos, Texas
• Slumber Falls on the Guadalupe River near New Braunfels, Texas
• 'Heavy D', or 'The Ruins' in the deschenes on the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Ontario

  Tidal races

• The Bitches in Wales
• The Swellies on the Menai Strait, Wales
• The Falls of Lora in Scotland
• The Arches, Malahide Estuary in Dublin, Ireland
• Clifden Hole, Clifden, County Galway, Ireland

• Skookumchuck Narrows in Canada
• Cohasset Tidal Rip in Cohasset, Massachusetts
• Sheepscot Reversing Falls in Newcastle, Maine

  Others