Hydrospeed

Product Code: HYGMIT
Location: Italia:
THE EXPERIENCE:
Why not spend an adrenalin packed day with nature? Golden Moments offers you this possibility with a thrilling day in hydrospeed. This amazing experience allows you to fulfill your need for excitement while also being able to enjoy the natural surroundings.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS:
It is one sport closely reliant on atmospheric conditions. It’s therefore advised to call the center on the morning. The telephone numbers will be supplied with the reservation. In case of cancellation of the experience for the bad weather the centre will provide another date.

DURATION:
The duration varies from venue to venue. Usually the activity lasts for two hours on average.

NUMBERS:
The activity is for small groups that do not exceed ten persons.

SPECTATORS:
Spectators are welcome on the side of the river, but it is not always accessible.

ADVISED CLOTHING:
The clothing and the equipment are supplied from the hydrospeed centre at the location. It is advised to take swimsuit, towel and a change of clothes. Usually at the centre it is possible to take a warm shower.

AVAILABILITY:
The activity is available only in the summer months.

LOCALITY:
Torino, Vercelli, La Spezia, Vicenza, Val di Sole, Terni, Aosta.

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	EXPERIENCE TOTAL		30000pts

Fascinating Facts

Riverboarding is the North American name for a boardsport in which the participant is prone on the board with fins on his/her feet for propulsion and steering. This sport is also known as hydrospeed in Europe and white-water sledging in New Zealand. Riverboarding includes recreational and the swiftwater rescue practice of using a high-flotation riverboard, designed for buoyancy in highly aerated water.

Riverboarding is believed to have originated in the late 1970s. It is claimed to have originated in France, when raft guides stuffed a burlap mail sack with life vests and went down rapids.. However, as no boards were involved in this practice, true riverboarding may have been invented by American Robert Carlson. During the 1980s, Carlson began running rivers in California using an ocean bodyboard. He felt that the boards sank too much, so he made his own board that was thicker and more buoyant, and with handles and a slick bottom. Soon, riders adapted a personal submarine shell for their molds and the plastic version of the riverboard was born.

European riders also developed a foam version (called a hydrospeed or sledge) of the plastic board to reduce weight and avoid injuring each other during collisions that sometimes resulted from one rider travelling downstream and another facing upstream while surfing a hydraulic. Today, homemade foam hydrospeeds are very popular among European riders. It didn't take long for the plastic version to find it's way to New Zealand where the sport gained in popularity and is known as sledging.

Though still a sport with a small number of participants, riverboarding has grown in popularity from media exposure and the emergence of commercial operators running riverboard trips.