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Surfing video. The Eisbach (German, 'ice brook') is a 2-kilometre-long (1.2 mi) canal, part of Munich City Streams in Munich. It flows through the Englischer Garten park, and is a side arm of the Isar River. An artificial wave has been created on one section, which is popular among river surfers.
Surfer on the Eisbach, Englischer Garten, Munich, Germany.. River surfing is the sport of surfing either standing waves, tidal bores or upstream waves in rivers.Claims for its origins include a 1955 ride of 2.4 km (1.5 mi) along the tidal bore of the River Severn.
A 1929 Pathe Pictorial film featured "Indoor Surfers" frolicking in small, artificially-generated waves in a swimming pool in Munich, Germany. The waves were created by agitators which pushed waves through the diving area and into a shallow area - where kids were bodysurfing little waves: "This is the new kind of swimming bath that is becoming ...
A surfer riding a wave in a stream in the Garden. In one of the artificial streams flowing through the Englischer Garten, there is a standing wave (a stationary hydraulic jump) in which there is a transition from laminar to turbulent flow. Surfers line up along the bank taking turns entering the water with their boards.
The Augsburg Eiskanal is an artificial whitewater river in Augsburg, Germany, constructed as the canoe slalom venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics in nearby Munich. The first artificial whitewater course of its kind, it introduced the sport of canoe slalom (using decked canoes and kayaks) to the Olympic Games. [ 1 ]
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The Isar (pronounced ⓘ) is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel mountain range of the Alps. The Isar river enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf. With 295 km length, it is among the longest rivers in Bavaria.
Next round is on NBA legend Charles Barkley!. Barkley, 61, earned the love of Fredonia, New York after he bought drinks for an entire local bar over the weekend after attending a college hockey game.