Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 4 February 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.
Let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how, even in downtown Munich. I don't know what this is --some kind of drainage or irrigation canal, rain water runoff? But these guys found a good break --or one good enough to surf, in what amounts to something like a stationary swimming pool for surfers. Where I used to live in California they had a place called Ski-Tow. It was an oval water track where skiers were pulled along on overhead cables like trolley cars --right in the middle of the desert. You had to pay of course. These guys found their surfing equivalent and it's free.
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I saw some photos of this on someone else's blog here last year... don't remember who unfortunately. It was in Germany so I assume it was the same location as this seems such an unusual place to surf!
4 Feb 2008 6:57am
@Daroru: Interesting. I wondered at the time if this was a fad or something that might last.
Great action shot... The water looks refreshing...
4 Feb 2008 3:12pm
@MJ: Thank you. I think it was fairly chilly that day though.
funny! never seen anyone surfing in a river before! neat shot.
4 Feb 2008 6:10pm
@danthro: A first for me too. Clever of them.
Now this is interesting to say the least. Good find.
4 Feb 2008 9:12pm
@Gary: I was just walking down the street and came across this scene.
Just read an article about this place in The Atlantic; It's a canal and there is a whole subculture of river surfers in Munich; apparently it is a bit different that surfing on the ocean because you have to stay in one place - there is no forward momentum. I'd love to try it some day
5 Feb 2008 2:31am
@Aidan Hammond: Interesting. This was taken some years ago and I wondered if it was just a fad. Sounds like it wasn't.
Too cool, 12Bit.
6 Feb 2008 2:37pm
@Carson: Cool enough for a wet suit.
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