VIDEO, PHOTOS: Kayakers ride the waves at the Siloam Springs Kayak Park

June 19, 2019 at 2:42 p.m. | Updated June 20, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

Danner Hutchison, a University of Arkansas student from Dripping Springs, Texas, practices eskimo rolls on Wednesday June 19 2019 at the Siloam Springs Kayak Park on the Illinois River. Students with the university's UREC Outdoors program trained at the park, honing paddling and rescue skills to become guides and lead students on river trips. The free kayak park is open for paddling and swimming 2 miles south of Siloam Springs at 19253 Fisher Ford Road.
Danner Hutchison, a University of Arkansas student from Dripping Springs, Texas, practices eskimo rolls on Wednesday June 19 2019 at the Siloam Springs Kayak Park on the Illinois River. Students with the university's UREC Outdoors program trained at the park, honing paddling and rescue skills to become guides and lead students on river trips. The free kayak park is open for paddling and swimming 2 miles south of Siloam Springs at 19253 Fisher Ford Road.

Flip Putthoff visits the Siloam Springs Kayak Park on the Illinois River near downtown Siloam Springs.

The idea of a Springdale water adventure park complete with a white water course and a lazy river has recently been discussed at the Springdale Chamber of Commerce.

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