{"id":848,"date":"2012-04-24T11:14:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=848"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:01:49","slug":"alec-voorhees-playboating-at-the-boise-whitewater-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2012\/04\/24\/alec-voorhees-playboating-at-the-boise-whitewater-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Voorhees: Playboating at the Boise Whitewater Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"970\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HElw23KhpQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s the latest update from Team NRS kayaker, 14-year-old wunderkind Alec Voorhees:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Phase 1 construction of the new\u00a0Boise River Park\u00a0 is nearing completion. During this surf session, the water level was approx 6,000 &#8211; 7,000 cfs, but the WaveShaper is designed for 3,500 cfs and under. This is just a taste of what is to come! Wait until it gets dialed in! Boise is officially a destination kayaking spot with world class play features in the works and world class rivers to run! Check out the webcam @\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\"  href=\"http:\/\/boiseriverpark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/boiseriverpark.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest video update from Team NRS kayaker, 14-year old wunderkind Alec Voorhees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3790,"featured_media":852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[318,39,33],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nrs-culture","tag-team-nrs","tag-videos-2","tag-whitewater-kayaking","post-grid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Playboating at the Boise Whitewater Park | Duct Tape Diaries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"14-year-old Alec 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