The Denver Surf Report will be replacing itself with a new and improved webpage and blog that will expand the river surfing reports beyond just Denver. Please read the news release about it: Supercritical Flows Web Page Launched Hope to see you over at Supercritical Flows aka “The Critic” and hope you will subscribe to the blog within […]
Category: River Surfing News
Actual news, opinions, and rants regarding river surfing.
River Surfers Lurk with Carp in the Sorriest River in America at $350 million?
Realize most of you are pay-walled off from reading this Denver Post article today but it is the same old regurgitated story we often read about the S Platte River going to be resorted over the next decade(s) from Denver on up to and past Thornton. Unfortunately along with restoration of that stretch of the […]
International Surfing Day (Sat 6/15/24 all day)
Worldwide, we are celebrating the joy and excitement that surfing and surfing culture brings us all. Locally, let’s start off meeting up at River Run Park early in the day at Benni’s and Chiclets or whenever you can get there…. Activities will likely include but not limited to: So bring some beach chairs, a shade […]
Chatty to 800cfs
The main reservoir release gate will be decreased from 900 to 800 cfs today, Thursday, May 23, 2024. The fish hatchery will remain at 5 cfs. Surf is happening and there are events to check out in June, so calendar them if you can.. RRP: Miracle Wave (Chatfield State Park): Pueblo: Salida (Scout): LBK
INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY Sat June 15th, 2024 (Various Surfer Gatherings, Surf Sessions, & Trash Clean Ups at Your River Wave)
CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY SATURDAY JUNE 15TH, 2024 AT YOUR RIVER WAVE OF CHOICE BY SURFING IT, OR HANGING OUT AT IT, AND PICKING UP SOME TRASH… This is a call for you to please organize informally and make an announcement of your International Surfing Day event at your river wave prior to Sat 6/15/24 […]
“Pueblo’s New Wave“ Revealed May 16th, 2024!!!
Just by chance I had business down in Pueblo, Colorado the morning of Thursday May 16, 2024 and after a meeting I got word Chatty was going up to 1,400cfs and “Miracle Wave” was up… but I was in Pueblo. Kind of bummed I decided to go get some quality footage of “Pueblo’s New Wave” […]
Annual Cherry Creek Dam Flush Day Wednesday May 22, 2024
High flow alert for 16th Street Wave, Trestles Wave, and potentially Cherry Creek as a result of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s annual sediment flushing process at Cherry Creek Reservoir Dam outlet into the Cherry Creek starting Tuesday May 21st and culminating late May 22nd. Although the official new press has not been released […]
Demand Surfable Waves at Reynolds Landing River Project (e-mail USACE Comments by 6/8/2024)
Duty now for the Future… Please email a comment to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) requesting surfable features at Reynolds Landing in the S. Platte River in Littleton near the Breckenridge Brewery. USACE is requesting public comment by June 8, 2024 on the permit request for the Reynolds Landing river restoration project. See: […]
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 […]
Chatty to 110cfs (Sixx? Beavers Surf Session 5pm)
The main reservoir release gate will increase from 95 to 110 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 5 cfs today, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Tad bit more of flow out of Chatfield today. Really only way to know when to surf Sixx is when the water hits the white line on the rock […]
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