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Glacier surfing - the latest extreme sport
By staff writers
August 21, 2007 09:50am
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ICE surfing is the newest extreme sport to hit the US, and like most extreme sports, it's not that easy.
Surfers first have to find a glacier about to "calve" and then wait for up to two weeks for an iceberg to break off before catching a wave after it hits the water.
Surfers then ride a wall of ice-cold water filled with shards of razor-sharp ice, mud, boulders and debris, FOXNEWS.com reported.
Hawaiian pro surfer Keali'i Mamala, 28, is the first person to record a one-minute glacial wave surf ride.
He achieved the feat 100km inland on the Copper River in Alaska.
"It wasn't very big but it got the hairs on the back of my neck tingling," Mamala said.
"I felt myself at the barrel's edge. It was a rush but it was a good feeling, all natural and super-powerful."
Mamala and surfing partner Garrett McNamara, 39, adopted their usual method of tow-in surfing. McNamara used a jet ski to tow Mamala on his surfboard to the glacier, FOXNEWS reported.
"It's the heaviest thing I have ever done in my life. It's like the Empire State Building about to come down on top of you," McNamara said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22281220-2,00.html
Glacier surfing - the latest extreme sport
By staff writers
August 21, 2007 09:50am
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ICE surfing is the newest extreme sport to hit the US, and like most extreme sports, it's not that easy.
Surfers first have to find a glacier about to "calve" and then wait for up to two weeks for an iceberg to break off before catching a wave after it hits the water.
Surfers then ride a wall of ice-cold water filled with shards of razor-sharp ice, mud, boulders and debris, FOXNEWS.com reported.
Hawaiian pro surfer Keali'i Mamala, 28, is the first person to record a one-minute glacial wave surf ride.
He achieved the feat 100km inland on the Copper River in Alaska.
"It wasn't very big but it got the hairs on the back of my neck tingling," Mamala said.
"I felt myself at the barrel's edge. It was a rush but it was a good feeling, all natural and super-powerful."
Mamala and surfing partner Garrett McNamara, 39, adopted their usual method of tow-in surfing. McNamara used a jet ski to tow Mamala on his surfboard to the glacier, FOXNEWS reported.
"It's the heaviest thing I have ever done in my life. It's like the Empire State Building about to come down on top of you," McNamara said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22281220-2,00.html
