Getting news that Scout just crumbled at 900. Bet Mike Harvey and crew are taking field notes and they will make adjustments in time (off season) but now we know the range of 350cfs to 900cfs. It is an impressive wave that will surely be improved upon. Read it here if you FB- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1140967102610838/permalink/9553755324665265/ PS, […]
Category: Salida, CO- Scout Wave
Scout Wave located in downtown Salida was re-constructed in 2022 to a green-faced and wide river wave. The wave surfs similar to Wave Sixx at RRP, though a bit flatter and not adjustable. Flow is best when approaching 400cfs. Upper end of flow is thought to be a 1,000cfs but that will be verified in 2023
LEASH INCIDENT AT SCOUT
Board got stuck on the wall and surfer had to pull quick release. See screen grab of Instagram post. Debatable if a leash is really needed or not at Scout Wave. People are surfing Scout easily without a leash It is your choice to use a leash or not, but if you do use a […]
Badfish Surf Shop block from Scout Wave
Mike Harvey is doing it right up in Salida as the brains and builder of the green faced Scout Wave and now a block away from the wave, a surf shop. Badfish Surf Shop opened up May 5th, 2023. Here is a link to the story on it from 9 News Denver: https://www.9news.com/video/news/local/9news-mornings/surfing-on-the-arkansas-river/73-771a0267-e176-4d0b-a31e-cc584696ca9a Next time […]
Scout Wave 2.0 Review April 2023
In 2022, Mike Harvey and his crew of wave builders, re-constructed the Scout Wave into a fun, game changing smooth river wave up in the mountains. A first for Colorado mountains waves that always trended more to a kayak hole than a green-faced dynamic ocean style rapid surf wave. The Scout Wave 2.0 has been […]
The Denver Surf Report 