River surfing

River surfing is a form of surfing, in which is to standing waves or tidal waves rarely surfed. Other surf sports which at the same waves (especially canoeing with its subform game boating) or other flow waves ( canoeing or rafting), be exercised are generally not designated as river surfing.

Standing waves

When surfing on standing waves, the flow of a river is exploited. In order to be used by surfers can flow, standing waves must reach a certain size, be as evenly as possible and have a sufficient depth of water. Which in turn is dependent on the amount of water and the flow rate. Non -breaking waves are preferably used.

The conditions to surf with a surfboard therein shall be reached only in a few places. Mostly these conditions created by man ( concrete trough, weir). In the German-speaking area of Rein in Munich is known.

Since standing waves do not move, fix some surfers a rope on the shore or a bridge to be sponsored with his help to the shaft. The free end of the rope holding the surfer either in the hand and rises to a surfboard, or he fastened it firmly to a board and holding on by a bracket.

Bungee Surfing

When bungee boarding (also known as bungee surfing) is an elastic cord used, which spans the river surfers taking advantage of the flow resistance. If the rope is perfectly tensioned, the river surfers are on the resistance to flow and is catapulted from the puckering rope over the water surface in the direction of the rope attachment.

Chance of a rope is used when the shaft is not large enough to keep a surfer on it. Then the rope is fixed and thus prevents the surfer downstream drives with the flow over the crest and while browsing.

Tidal waves

Rarely, the tidal wave can be surfed that arise in some rivers when the accumulating tide pushes in a river. However, such waves are often not at all points of the river, which they reached, surf fit. These properties are factors such as the ground or the width of the river at a particular location and the strength of the Tide ( among other stronger spring tides ).

In this type of river surfing the surfer waits sitting on the river on the shaft and then how on the ocean trying to reach by paddling the necessary speed to be carried along by the wave.

One of the most famous tidal waves is the Pororoca on the Amazon, where it should be the Brazilian Picuruta Salazar succeeded, 37 minutes to surf the wave and thereby to cover a distance of more than 12 kilometers.

Documentation

• 2009: Keep Surfing by Björn Richie Lob, a documentary about the River Surfing at Munich Rein