![]() There are four massive pumps in the pumphouse at that location that literally shoots water out horizontally, creating the rapids right out of the rocks. The way that the ASCI is constructed, they have an entry pond and a huge reservoir that feeds water behind that. Matt Taylor describes the team that worked to bring the project to fruition as “the epitome of perseverance.” That was fifteen years ago today, the Adventure Sports Center International is set to begin full operations this summer. The visionaries and founders of the Adventure Sports Center International in Garrett County MD where in attendance and literally set things in motion to do the same thing in Maryland. To accomplish that, they built the gorgeous course that now exists in the mountains of Northern Spain to host the hundreds of racers that competed in the Summer Olympics. According to Taylor, Spain built the artificial course because they knew that the Olympics depended on water being ready at a certain day and it has to be sufficient to compete. Those were the 1992 Olympic trials for the Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain.ĭuring those Olympics, they witnessed the artificial whitewater facilities that had been built to host the whitewater events and competitions. According to Taylor, it was a huge event for Maryland but getting the necessary water appropriated for those championships was like “pulling teeth” and event coordinators at that time decided that they would host only one more previously planned race on that location. The Adventure Sports Center International concept came out of many discussions and brainstorming after the 1989 World Championships which were held on Savage River which is located about ten miles from McHenry, Maryland and home to Wisp Resort. ![]() DrawingĪdventure Sports Center International (ASCI) is home to the world’s only mountaintop whitewater course and to a diverse array of adventure sports opportunities. They had just opened the new Adventure Sports Center main building which will serve as the main retail space and ticket center once the whitewater park opens. I was visiting with Lori Epp, Wisp Resort’s Events & Public Relations Manager and Matt Taylor, Director of Operations of Wisp Resort’s new Adventure Sports Center International atop Wisp at Deep Creek Resort. Wisp Resort’s Adventure Sports Center International ![]()
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