Surfing the Silver Dragon Tidal Bore, Qiatang River, China 2011

Mary Osborne, Wingnut, Curren Caples, Pato, Sergio Laus, Colilin Harrington, Sergio Laus, Nick Taylor and Chloe Calmon surfing the Qiantang River Tidal Bore in China. 2011

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Sports

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• Mary Osborne
• Wingnut
• Curren Caples
• Pato
• Sergio Laus
• Chloe Calmon
• Nick Taylor
• Collin Harrington
• Qiantang River
• Tidal Bore
• China. 2011

[TrixKoMAToSe]

@neilandfi thanks :D

[neilandfi]

@killerhook07 And yes, you can ride tidal bores for miles. A friend of mine hold the current world record of around 7.5 miles set in 2006 on the river Severn in the UK. I don't think that record will stand for much longer. It'll be beaten either on this wave or the Araguari Pororoca in the Amazon .

[neilandfi]

@TrixKoMAToSe It has to do with the 3 dimensional shape of the estuary. This is a massive simplification, but it's a little like the same way a water pistol works. The tide comes in , and the shape of the estuary concentrates a lot of water into a very small area, creating an effect a lot like a tsunami. That's why tidal bores are a lot more powerful than other waves of similar size.

[TrixKoMAToSe]

@neilandfi how are the waves created?

[neilandfi]

@killerhook07 Nope. You can only surf this wave at pre-arranged areas and only if the chinese authorities give you permission to do so. It has a tendency to kill people. In fact hundreds of years ago it was used as a form of execution, and old paintings show that to give the victims a sporting chance they were given some crude form of paipo. Presumably that made it more of a spectator sport.

[muschi2121]

why are all the best waves empty??

[benlorenzo1966]

the water looks pretty nasty....

[killerhook07]

Multiple waves? Do you ride for miles? Do Chinamen surf this?

[gustavohenkel]

Wow... Fantastic... 

[phsoftnet]

the fuck ?