Surfing on the Qiantang River Tidal Bore, China
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Uploaded by surfingamerica on Oct 7, 2008
Gerard Sports Marketing (GSM) has teamed up with Chinese partner, Wabsono International--and the Chinese government--to bring the sport of surfing to the Chinese people.
Everyday--twice a day--in the City of Hangzhou (pronounced "han-joe"), a tidal bore wave rolls upstream on the Qiantang (pronounced "kwin-tang") River. And each year, in September, the wave is at its largest.
To witness this awesome sight, hundreds of thousands of Chinese people come to the annual Wave Watching Festival in Hangzhou. And this year, they're here to see surfing for the very first time.
For this trip, we brought the Long brothers, and Mark Healey.
The purpose of this trip was to demonstrate to the Chinese government that surfing on the river was feasible... and that the idea of broadening the annual festival to include surfing is a good one.
This year's surfing event was a huge success. In fact, the day of the festival, it was a top story on the Chinese national news channel (CCTV)--and was viewed by approximately 1/2 the entire Chinese population!
GSM and Wabsono have signed a long term exclusive rights deal with the City of Hangzhou to develop the surfing festival concept. The plan is to include industry brands and promote the sport on a large scale to the Chinese people. Stay tuned for updates!
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That's pretty cool, but a boring wave. Sorry to say, love the video though.
ArizonaWildcats 3 weeks ago
OUTSTANDING! You guys did real good, true embassadors for the united states. I would LOVE to long board that and hang-ten the entire distance.
rodtemplar 1 year ago
Awesome, does anyone know the track they used?? too sick!
twontitus 1 year ago
sweet vid lads, have seen some pretty ordinary clips of the bristol bore in the UK and this wipes the floor with it
mistywizzy 3 years ago
There are at least 3 versions of this one on youtube. What's going on there? Copyright issue?
neilandfi 3 years ago