River surfing

Not to be confused with Riverboarding.
Surfer on the Eisbach, Englischer Garten, Munich, Germany.

River surfing is the sport of surfing either standing waves, tidal bores or upstream waves in rivers. Claims for its origins include a 1955 ride of 2.4 km (1.5 mi) along the tidal bore of the River Severn.[1]

River surfing on standing waves has been documented as far back as 1972 on an artificial wave created on a section of the Eisbach man-made river, a side arm of the Isar River, near Haus der Kunst in the Englischer Garten park in Munich, Germany, today offering the world's largest urban surfing spot.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ ""The place, the River Severn - the birth place of bore surfing."". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
  2. ^ Noah Lederman. "SURFING IN MUNICH". The Economist Intelligent Life. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ Anja Seiler (5 September 2009). "Surfers hit the waves in Munich's first summer of legal river surfing". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Munich". Somewhere Street. Japan. NHK World. Retrieved September 1, 2016.[dead YouTube link]