The main reservoir release gate will remain at 50 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 5 cfs today, Thursday, May 9, 2024. No surprise that Chatfield release remains low. Maybe if you lost a fin surfing the past swell at Sixx, you might want to take a look around the river edges today. […]
Category: How to River Surf
Know before you go, so you don’t get hurt or worse.
UK QR Leash Research Report 2023 (just located)
The full research report on quick release leashes that recommends that while in a white water environment DO NOT wear a leash. Here is a link to the report: https://britishcanoeingawarding.org.uk/wp-content/files/BC_Report_SUP_Leashes_in_Flowing_and_WW_V2.1Dec23.pdf Items of interest from review of the report: The saga continues. Use your best judgment when river surfing any river wave and at any flow […]
River Surf Leashes, Critical Review (updated 4/19/24)
Open post in browser for chart of leash options (none are good)… Updated this blog post April 19, 2024 (originally posted 6/5/23) for clarification of terms and additional info. Read and share this river surfing leash info. Leash Type Good Points Bad Points (Comments to Mitigate) Ankle Leash Keeps surfboard near you & able to […]
SELF-RELEASING LEASH (Zip Tie Mod)
DO THIS MOD AT YOUR OWN RISK!! ALL LEASHES CAN KILL YOU. LEARN TO RIVER SURF W/OUT A LEASH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. With much trepidation I will explain a simple do-it-yourself way to make a self releasing leash, that might save your life. Note, this zip tie mod been used by river surfers for […]
Deals and Steals (River Surfboards)
River surfing season 2024 is round the corner. Be cool and get a board shaped for ya or look for some deals and/or steals.. Here they are as long as they last: Truth is, try others peoples surfboards at the river waves and find something you like. Sometimes a quiver of boards is what you […]
DON’T TRUST A FART (River Surfing Gastrointestinal Sickness)
All rivers, be it urban or in the mountains, are chock-full of bacteria and parasites that can infect your gut to the point you want to quit river surfing or avoid anything else to do with water recreation. Recently after river surfing I came down with my fourth bout of serious stomach crud, this one […]
Tribes and River Surfing
“Over the past 12 years, river surfing has exploded and it’s fair to say that in most whitewater parks around the Country, river surfers have become the dominant user group”, said Mike Harvey in recent article he penned for the American Whitewater association about his 23 years building whitewater parks and river waves. Mike Harvey […]
The KOOK-CORD
History of the surf leash repeats itself in river surfing. Jack O’Neill was born ironically in Denver, CO on March 27, 1923. Though as a youth, Jack O’Neill moved with his family to California to discover body surfing and stand up surfing. Jack O’Neill later in life created the first surf wetsuit company, known as O’Neill […]
INDEFINITELY PAUSING PROMOTING RIVER SURFING
After much research, failed attempts for change of status quo, and self-reflection; I have decided to refrain from knowingly promoting river surfing due to river surfing’s unwittingly and knowingly negligent use of unsafe gear (in particular the use of quick release leashes and improperly designed personal floatation devices for river surfing). Quick Release Leashes Are […]
Too Good to Be True- Spoofed Surf Gear Web Pages
Be aware of online scams out there pretending to sell surf gear at deep discounts! This happens. Currently O’Neill and Volcom web pages have been spoofed. And this is not the first time, a while back Surf Station surf shop in St Augustine, Fla was spoofed and so was Firewire. Recently FaceBook and Instagram promoted […]