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 04-11-2006, 09:56 AM | #1 (permalink) | ||||||||
| Moderator   JulianW is drinking coffee.
Location: 254.45 miles from Tiverton, Devon (ENGLAND) Rep Power: 9  Gender:  Country:  | Severn Bore surfer breaks record  This year's spring tides have brought impressive four-star boresA surfer who rode the Severn Bore for more than seven miles broke a world surfing record, it has been confirmed. Railway engineer Steve King's trip on the tidal wave was the longest continuous surf ride according to the British Surfing Association. Mr King, 41, of Saul, Gloucestershire, took an hour and 16 minutes to complete the journey, reaching speeds of up to 20mph, on Friday 30 March. The previous record was held by Brazilian surfer Serghino Laus. Mr Laus - a friend of Mr King - rode a tide on the Araguari river in Brazil, for 6.3 miles. The Severn Estuary has the second highest tidal range in the world - the Severn Bore can reach up to 2m (6ft) in height, particularly during spring tides. Hundreds of surfers and sightseers come to the river to watch or ride the tide - Mr King has surfed it more than 100 times in 20 years. He said: "I hadn't planned to go for a record attempt because I didn't think the conditions were that good, but I had been going for a distance, hadn't fallen off and the wave still hadn't broken. "I thought 'hang on' there a good chance of breaking the record here. "It takes some skill but it also takes a lot of luck to surf the bore. "There was nobody more surprised than me when I realised I had broken the record. "It was totally unexpected and it was doubly pleasing to break it in my own back yard." | ||||||||
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| 04-11-2006, 10:16 AM | #2 (permalink) | |||||||||
| Moderator  John_In_Dakota is in need of a long nap.
Location: 1069.7 miles from Tiverton, Ontario (CANADA) Rep Power: 13 Gender: Country:     | Quote:
 A river? A river has a tidal wave? OK, pretty soon your going to tell me squirrels can fly from tree top to tree top.  __________________ Thankful for everything...at least today. | |||||||||
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| 04-11-2006, 10:23 AM | #3 (permalink) | |||||||||
| Moderator JulianW is drinking coffee.
Location: 254.45 miles from Tiverton, Devon (ENGLAND) Rep Power: 9 Gender: Country: | Quote:
It's an estuary, it's the opening where the river meets the sea. | |||||||||
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| 04-11-2006, 10:32 AM | #4 (permalink) | |||||||||
| Moderator John_In_Dakota is in need of a long nap.
Location: 1069.7 miles from Tiverton, Ontario (CANADA) Rep Power: 13 Gender: Country: | Quote:
sort a knew that there Julles. Was sort of trying to have fun with ya.  __________________ Thankful for everything...at least today. | |||||||||
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| 04-11-2006, 10:35 AM | #5 (permalink) | |||||||||
| Moderator JulianW is drinking coffee.
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| 04-11-2006, 11:26 AM | #6 (permalink) | |||||||||
| Junior Member   Pirates_Ghost has no status.
Location: The other side of the Lake from work Rep Power: 12 | Quote:
 But for this one, figured a quick wikipedia or google search would show the info __________________ You can't wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you - Look, if I went 'round saying I was an Emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! | |||||||||
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