In addition to serving as a venue for slalom races and training, the center offers a range of services to the general public including guided raft trips, inflatable kayak rentals, and riverboard rentals.The center opened in May 2007, constructed at a cost of $24 million, and is the third pump-powered artificial whitewater facility built in North America.

The concept of Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI) originated after the 1989 Whitewater Slalom World Championships on the remote Savage River in Western Maryland.

Sergi Orsi, then president of the International Canoe Federation encouraged the organizers of the 1989 Savage River event to build a pump-powered artificial whitewater course in a more accessible location nearby.

[4] The first 100 meters of the course originally began with a stream-wide drop from the start pool and a split around a "Dark Destroyer" boulder in the middle of the stream.

However, in the winter of 2013 the top drop was narrowed and moved back into the start pool, reducing the slope, and the mid-stream boulder was removed.

[4] On December 11, 2012 Adventure Sports Center International's bid was selected in Paris, France and they became the official site for the ICF World Championships.

On the weekend of October 19-21, 2018, Adventure Sports Center International's became the official site for the first SuperShafty Fall Crawl National level Radio Control Truck Competition.