Have you ever been so desperate to get in the ocean that you filled your sink with saltwater and proceeded to splash it on your face? Maybe you get to work and all you can hear is crashing waves? Everything, I mean everything, reminds you of the ocean? If so, you’re probably suffering from a severe case of surf melancholy. Don’t be alarmed, it happens to a lot of us. For professional river surfer Tao Schirrmacher, the best remedy resides in the Munich river, where an artificial wave provides the ultimate playground for the landlocked surfer. source: http://www.surfermag.com/videos/youve-never-seen-river-surfing-like-this/#byzo1tXLUVCQcwJE.99
Here is your chance to experience a land where the desert of empty meets the sea of plenty – and everything is so raw!
Told from a snowboarder’s perspective.
Andreas Roth utilises the construct of an open letter to the ocean to describe the emotions and the mindset of a surfer – allowing big-wave hellman Mark Mathews to shine in a different light.