US EditionMunich’s famous river wave has vanished after a cleanup. Surfers hope it will return soon
Munich officials and local surfers collaborate to restore the Eisbach wave after annual cleanup disrupted water flow; 3,000 to 5,000 surfers rely on the wave, city says.
- Last week the Eisbach standing wave in the Englischer Garten park vanished after annual cleanup, leaving urban surfers high and dry in Munich.
- Water levels dropped last week for annual cleanup, and when the gates reopened Friday the wave did not form; a Monday inspection by the City of Munich found no damage.
- Franz Fasel said 3,000 to 5,000 local surfers rely on the Eisbach wave, and new safety rules now ban nighttime surfing and set a minimum age of 14.
- Officials plan to divert more water from the Isar River into the Eisbach, and Mayor Dieter Reiter said the city administration is working with the Water Management Office and surfers to restore the wave soon.
- The Eisbach has been a landmark since 1972 and is regarded as the largest, most consistent urban river wave, with Munich only legalizing surfing there in 2010, city officials said restoring it matters to the city's image.
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Munich seeks to reactivate Eisbach freshwater surf wave
Munich authorities are trying to recover a renowned river wave in the city center that has drawn in surfers for decades. The wave mysteriously vanished after what should have been routine cleaning of the Eisbach basin.
It is still unclear why the Eisbach wave has disappeared in Munich. Now the surfers hope that the well-known wave will be rebuilt soon. First ideas on how to solve the problem already exist.
Munich’s surfers stunned after famed river wave vanishes
A standing wave in a Munich stream that has been a surfing magnet for more than four decades has vanished, leaving urban surfers high and dry. Water levels in the Eisbach ("ice brook") dropped last week for annual cleanup work along the streambed. But when the gates reopened and water began to flow again on
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