Riverboat Gerry Lopez ( attn. Jaffa )

[waikikikichan]

Jaffa, is this your river wave ?

[jaffa1949]

I just saw this , niceish river wave but not mine!

[jaffa1949]

Here is one local wave doing an oceanic impersonation!

[oldmansurfer]

I'm not sure what I am seeing perhaps something related to riding river waves but some tail rear foot stuff that seemed odd when I first saw it but kind of disappears after I look at it 20 times trying to figure out what it was. LOL

[jaffa1949]

The boards are very short and the water is moving in the opposite direction backwards and up not forwards and up.
For the average surfer (me) .... quite a lot of adjustment, in natural waves the sweetspot might only be a couple of metres across, beyond that you wash downstream!

still getting it wired, + very cold water

[krustyburger]

There is a great article on the June/ July 2020 issue of The Surfer's Journal on river surfing in Boise, Idaho.