River Surfing in Poland – Pioneers Chasing the Perfect Wave

Janek — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:08:12 +0000

After surfmag launched a competition to track down the best river surf spots in the country, river surfing has now officially arrived in Poland. The competition is over, the search for more is still on.

Riversurfing in Poland is still in its infancy. As we wanted to find spots for river surfing, my friends from the Polish surfmag and I hit on the idea of offering a wetsuit giveaway to the person who would discover the best surfable river wave in the country.

Having reviewed the entries, we picked the biggest waves and headed out there. Finally, the winner was a spot located at the Bobr river — a huge wave with flows of 100 cubic meters per second. It took us a couple of hours to work it out, but once we did, it was wicked. The wave is spectacular and technically challenging — sadly, it’s only surfable a few days each year, when the Bobr river is in full spate.

Since the spots have been published at surfmag, many said they’d been checking out different waves, but most of them were only smaller breaks. I know there are four or five good river surf spots in Poland, with one in the Warsaw area — we can’t wait to hit those waves!

Check out our footage of the session at Bobr

Visit surfmag.pl for photos

http://surfmag.pl/2013/05/river-surfing-made-in-poland-foto-story/

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Janek Korycki

PhilB — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:56:16 +0000

Janek Korycki is one of the few river surfing pioneers from Poland who recently surfed a new spot at the Bobr river. He’s a great surfer and river surfer, but that’s not all. He’s also a competitive kite surfer, wake boarder, skateboarder and snowboarder.

Sponsored and supported by Nixon, DC, GoPro, burn, Quicksilver, Slingshot, vault and Dakine, Jan is always on the road, hitting surf, kite and wake sessions whenever and wherever he can. This gives him the possibility to combine what he loves most: sports and traveling. Besides being busy with his sponsor affiliations, the 1988 born water enthusiast is also co-editor of the Polish surfmag.

It’s safe to say that Jan’s discovery of the first Polish river waves has set river surfing in Poland in motion. We are already curious where Jan and his friend will be off to next time on their mission to discover the yet unexplored river waves of Poland.

Jan’s list of records

Second in Kitesurfing Slider World Championships Pkra 2006 Venezuela
Polish Champion ’06 In kitesurfing
Polish champion ’08 in surfing
Vice Polish Champ in Kitesurfing ’08

Find out more about Janek

Website: janekkorycki.com
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