Secret action at nightSurfers are bringing back the Eisbach (short) wave.
The Eisbach wave in Munich mysteriously disappeared in October. Now surfers are quietly rebuilding it in a series of nightly activities. But this comeback was short-lived.
After the Munich Eisbach wave suddenly disappeared in October after the river was swept away, surfers rebuilt it in several cloak-and-dagger operations last weekend. However, the surfer’s happiness only lasted a short time. The current is now as calm as ever.
Surfers were apparently able to reactivate the world-famous Eisbach wave thanks to a wooden structure seen in one of the videos posted on social media. It worked: In the video you can then see a surfer in a black wetsuit and headlamp riding the waves at night, while you can hear screams of excitement in the background.
The video was posted by the Munich Surf Club, but the video was apparently only leaked to them, as reported by members of the Munich Evening Newspaper. “We wanted to publicize it to draw attention to the situation. It didn’t make sense to hire a researcher from Hamburg. Why didn’t anyone include the local surfing community, some of whom have been surfing at Eisbach for 30 years and spending thousands of hours there?”
After the Eisbach wave mysteriously disappeared after the river was swept away in October, the city of Munich now wants to clarify the exact cause with the help of Hamburg specialists. There is still no permanent solution. With their actions not being completely legal, surfers at least managed to reactivate the waves in the short term.
However, by the weekend, the wooden building had disappeared again, as Süddeutsche Zeitung reported. Surfing at night has been banned since the deaths in April. At that time, a 33-year-old surfer was killed by an Eisbach wave; the harness got caught in the bottom of the Eisbach. Because he was connected to the board, he couldn’t free himself. Eisbachwelle then closed for several weeks.
