Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes

(theguardian.com)

48 points | by c420 2 hours ago ago

10 comments

  • magicalhippo an hour ago

    The linked Stern article[1] has a before picture showing how the wave used to look.

    I'm not that good with hydrodynamics, but since they say nothing structural changed during the cleanup, could it be how quickly they brought the flow back up?

    [1]: https://www.stern.de/sport/sportwelt/eisbachwelle--so-funkti...

  • duckkg5 an hour ago

    Watching surfers in the middle of this park was one of my favorite things to do in Munich. What a bummer. I'd be surprised if they had any luck at all restoring it.

    • fallinghawks an hour ago

      The first time I saw them was around Christmastime and I was just stunned by the sight of surfers in the middle of a snow-filled park.

      • paul7986 4 minutes ago

        oh darn heading to munich soon...it would've been cool to see

  • aeden 25 minutes ago

    I really hope they get manage to recover it. I grew up surfing in Central Florida and even I knew about it and had seen pictures of it. I finally went there a few years ago and it was a blast to see people surfing it.

  • snitzr an hour ago

    Have they tried turning it off and back on again?

    • thenobsta 11 minutes ago

      The forced update bricked the wave :(

    • vachina an hour ago

      That’s what they did and that broke the wave.

    • gowld an hour ago

      As you read in the article, yes, they did, and that's what caused the problem.

      • twodave 11 minutes ago

        Well maybe they just need to jiggle the handle.