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 […]
Category: How to River Surf
Know before you go, so you don’t get hurt or worse.
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 […]
RUGGED SURFER CREW 2023 List Query
“Gabba Gabba Hey!” With under two months to go of surfing at least one day each month for an entire year, who will earn a spot as part of the “Rugged Surfer Crew” for 2023? Looking for names of those who will pull it off. Send nominations via the “contact” drop down from the main […]
Quick Release Leashes Banned by BCAB
On 9/4/2023, the British Canoeing Awarding Body (BCAB), as the UK National Governing Body for Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP), strongly recommend that SUP paddlers DO NOT use any leash system while paddling on white water. Furthermore, BCAB no longer allows for any SUP leash system within a white water environment they are involved in such as competitions, […]
Review: CAPELLA 3.0 MEN’S CGA VEST for River Surfing
The following is an ocean surfing centric biased review of the Ronix Koal Capella 3.0 CGA wakeboard vest for potential use in river surfing. First let’s start with an overview matrix chart: CALL RESPONSE COMMENTS Brand/Model RONIX KOAL CGA CAPELLA 3.0 Removed front web belts & buckles so the vest would not slide on top […]
Review: Lib Tech Funnelator 5’4″, a deal if you can find one
Updated review (previously drafted when Evo was selling them online) but are now sold out for good nationwide from any retailer including Lib! Evo, you know the shop that forgets to sell surfboards and wetsuits at their Denver location for some dumb reason, currently has the Lib-Tech Funnelator online only at a reduced price, that […]
Surf Forecast for Week August 7th-11th, 2023 (Possible Return of Surf)
Keeping an eye on monsoon moisture returning to the area soon. Not going to be as strong as last week, but hopefully the afternoon rains will hit in the right places and bring us some surf over the coming week. Normally we call it done/over for Denver’s river surfing season at RRP by mid-August, but […]
The Denver Surf Report 