Riverboarding is a new extreme
sport where you ride a small
surfboard/skimboard on a river
going upstream at speeds of up
to 30mph. How do you ride
upstream on a river? Do you
use a boat? A car? NO !
Riverboards are propelled
upstream by a bungee system.
The bungee system is a 20 foot
section of rubber tubing that
is str
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Riverboarding is a new extreme
sport where you ride a small
surfboard/skimboard on a river
going upstream at speeds of up
to 30mph. How do you ride
upstream on a river? Do you
use a boat? A car? NO !
Riverboards are propelled
upstream by a bungee system.
The bungee system is a 20 foot
section of rubber tubing that
is stretched out and then
propels the rider upstream.
One end of the bungee system
is anchored to any stationary,
solid object along the side of
the river -- Rocks, trees,
bushes make good anchors. How
does the bungee get stretched
out? The rider kneels on the
board forcing it under water.
Once the board is submerged,
the rider then holds the nose
of the board up and forces the
tail of the board down in the
water by standing on the tail.
At this point the board is
under water and at almost a 90
degree angle to the river
surface. The board is now
acting like the sail of a
boat, but rather than catching
air, the board is catching the
river current and causing the
board and rider to be pushed
down stream. Once the bungee
system is fully stretched the
rider shifts his weight from
the tail of the board to the
front of the board. When the
rider shifts his weight to the
front of the board this causes
the board to rise to the
surface of the water and level
out. At this point the bungee
starts pulling the rider
upstream. Once the bungee is
done pulling the board
upstream, the board releases
from the bungee system. Once
you are riding upstream you
can carve turns and do all
kinds of board tricks, big
spins, ollies, shuv-it's, kick
flips, etc.

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Tags riverboarding, surfing, action, new, crazy, summer, extreme, skimboarding, competition