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River Surfing Tricknology: How to Do an Acid Drop

RB Team — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:51:37 +0000

In river surfing an acid (or bomb) drop is a trick where you run with your board in hand and drop it as you land on it on the wave. This is also one of the first river surfing tricks that you can be able to learn as a beginner.

An acid drop is done in one motion where you jump on the board just before it hits the wave. Here’s the most important things to consider if you want to stick this trick:

Grab the board in the middle with your back hand
Spot your landing
Make sure you don’t lean too far back, you want to be centred on your board or even just a little bit forward when dropping in
Jump high enough to be able to get your board underneath you
Stabilise on the board right after landing. You can also use the momentum you gained from the drop to generate speed for pulling off higher airs (see Flo Kummer and his infamous river surfing kickflip for instance)
Try low heights first and then progress to drop from more extreme heights

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Dan Mateer has compiled this sequence shot of Ben Nielsen that allows you to convey the entire movement step-by-step (see photo sequence below). Also consider this tip by Ben: “Once you throw the board look where you want your feet to land.”

Photo: Dan Mateer capturing Ben Nielsen dropping onto Denver Wave.

Still not getting it right? One of the most common mistakes is lack of commitment — so if you wanna go, go for it! Once you go, you really got to commit to it!

Note: You are responsible for your actions (see disclaimer).

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River Surfing Tricknology

RB Team — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:25:56 +0000

Is this the future of river surfing? Ok, it’s a flow-rider wave, but there is absolutely no reason why some of these tricks wont work in a river wave. Notice the backflip, the heel-flip and all the other neat skate tricks. Who’s in for a challenge? Already excited to see some of these gems in Munich, Cunovo, Boise, Missoula and elsewhere!

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Double-Flip Drop and One-Footed 360

RB Team — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:37:56 +0000

These 200fps super slow motion shots show the beauty of Michi Mohr’s river surfing at the Eisbach in Munich. Single flip or double flip drop? The slow mo reveals it!

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360 Shove-it by Lukas Brunner

RB Team — Wed, 14 May 2014 17:25:42 +0000

After Tao Schirrmacher has landed the first ever 360 shove-it at Munich’s Eisbach, Lukas Brunner followed today. But it’s not only the shove-it that Lukas masters perfectly — keep watching till the end of the video and ask yourself, how long it will take until Lukas wants to get his hands on to something bigger! Just think of the possibilities on a wave twice as fast and twice as high?

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River Surfing Kick-Flip

RB Team — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:38:52 +0000

After six years of trying to land a kick-flip on a surfboard in a river, Flori Kummer finally succeeded. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first ever CLEAN landed kick-flip in a river wave!

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First Ever Landed Kickflip in River Surfing

PhilB — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:09:53 +0000

This is the first ever landed Kickflip in the history of river surfing. Flori Kummer, BIG RESPECT! See this video for a real clean version of Flo’s kick-flip.

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Premiere: The First 360 Shove-it on a Surfboard

PhilB — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:26:33 +0000

It’s not uncommon that riversurfing tricks are inspired by skateboarding tricks. Among the good old classics like ollis, shove-its, 180s and 360s, another popular skateboarding trick has just recently been integrated into the relatively young trick-repertoire of riversurfing.

After some 50 attempts, Tao Schirrmacher landed the first 360 shove-it at Munich’s Eisbach. Some claim that it’s the first ever landed 360 shove-it on a surfboard. Even though this is a daring statement, it may well be the first time this trick was successfully landed on a standing wave in a river.

Tricks like these are highly technical — they are gradually pushing the limits of riversurfing to a new level and inspire numerous other riversurfers out there. We hope that we’ll see more first-class tricks like this one in the next couple of months — Season 2013 has only just begun!

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Riversurf Tricks in Slow Motion

PhilB — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:20:03 +0000

Get your eyes on a few slow motion tricks in this clip that features all sorts of 360s. The slow motion is particularly helpful to better understand how these tricks work.

This clip was produced by Matze (Surf-Devil) and Nico (Surf’n'Style).

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