Fox (Illinois R. trib.)
D) Yorkville: Marge Cline Whitewater Course (PnP)(Bicentennial Riverfront Park)
July 18, 2018
Trip Report
| Reporter | Robert Szczesniak |
Run around 1000cfs
Entrance was a flat section of froth. easy to attain and good for practicing moving back and forth across a wave. Perhaps someone of more skill could do some more interesting moves here, but not me.
Second wave was not much other than somewhere to work on moving water moves. The current and eddy lines were a little squirrely here, Through out the course there was a lot of boil lines, flow coming up from the bottom.
Play wave was fun. There was a good amount of height and flow, the sweet spot was pretty small. But after a while I was able to figure it out and some vertical moves were possible, though I couldn't get any spins to work. This would be a good step up from entrance - bigger, faster, but not too much pushier.
Mid wave was a big wave train - fun but nothing to stick to. Same with the Run out through the bottom - big wave train.
I spent a lot of time up at entrance and play wave - below that was just riding the wave trains to get out and go back to the top. The bottom section would be great at this level for eddy and ferry practices with different speeds of water.