I just saw this , niceish river wave but not mine!
Re: Riverboat Gerry Lopez ( attn. Jaffa )
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:18 pm
by jaffa1949
Here is one local wave doing an oceanic impersonation!
Re: Riverboat Gerry Lopez ( attn. Jaffa )
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:02 pm
by 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
Re: Riverboat Gerry Lopez ( attn. Jaffa )
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:21 pm
by 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
Re: Riverboat Gerry Lopez ( attn. Jaffa )
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:07 pm
by krustyburger
There is a great article on the June/ July 2020 issue of The Surfer's Journal on river surfing in Boise, Idaho.