The Scobstacle Obstacle System

S2O has created a conveyor system, for bringing boaters back up to the top pool and four separate moveable obstacle systems to accomodate a variety of differing whitewater design needs. These obstacle systems include:

The Wave-Maker--a constriction obstacle that can be either automatically adjusted, through computer controls, or simply adjusted when the flows are turned off. This obstacle helps to constrict the flows making steep V type reaction waves that are favored by surfers. If put below drops these obstacles make fantastic pillow and guarded eddy features favored by slalom boaters.

The Head Gate--this pnuematically adjustable head gate doubles as a design feature. The head gates allow for a completely adjustable bottom plate with constrictors on each side, all moved at the flip of a switch. The obstacles serve double duty by also serving to shut off flows to the selected areas when fully shut. At the USNWC, these head gates save tens of thousands of dollars a year in wasted energy and water.

The Peg-Board System--This system allows the owner to completely reconfigure the layout of all of the eddys and constrictions. Typically used for slalom courses, this system allows the owner to set a harder course one day, and an easier one the next. The system also allows for cheap and effective tailwater and headwater control over a variety of wave shaping features. These features allow the owner to keep up with the state-of-the-art for boating long after the course has been designed and built.

The Slot-Board System--This simple system borrowed from diversion ditches in the west allows the owner to control the amount of flow in each channel in a cheap and cost effective manner. This system can be used in low or high flow channels and allows for a highly cost effective manner of implementing water control.

All of these systems, with the exception of the conveyor system, are easily manufactured near the build site and can be installed at a fraction of the price of competing systems. All of these systems are also backed with rigid warranties that ensure continued and successful operations long into the future.