Comments on: Bore Riding

Bore Riding

eddydamascene — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:45:02 -0800

Bore Riders are a strange breed of inland surfers, catching periodic tidal surges (pic) that can carry them for miles upriver. Surf the English countryside, France's Bordeaux region, the freezing waters of Alaska's Cook Inlet, the Amazon jungles, or China's Silver Dragon, the largest tidal bore in the world.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:49:46 -0800

video of the Silver Dragon tidal bore overrunning a seawall (QT, 3.5MB)

By: fenriq

fenriq — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:04:04 -0800

I'm apparently not cool enough to see the pic referenced above. But it sounds like fun in a mellow kind of way.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:19:13 -0800

fascinating... terrrific find

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:33:57 -0800

I'd heard of the Amazon riders, but surfing on an English river sounds pretty neat. Great stuff.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:48:06 -0800

fenriq, you can also see that pic from within this article.

By: eriko

eriko — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:23:28 -0800

I guess while you're learning to ride these, you're just a crashing bore.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:40:22 -0800

nice moz reference, eriko. I once caught a documentary on surfers that tried to catch the bore in the Schubenacadie river bay off of the bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. The ride would be 18 miles upriver or something crazy like that. Very cool stuff!

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:03:37 -0800

Now that is just plain cool. What a way to travel.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:12:05 -0800

Great link - thx!