When you hear the word “surfing,” you may think oceanside, but think again.
Freshwater surfing is a thing, too, only instead of relying on an ocean’s naturally forming waves, it relies on the waves created by a motorboat.
An August 2018 article in The New York Times Style Magazine profiled freshwater surfing, which has taken hold at rivers and lakes from Munich, Germany, to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to Harrison, Tennessee.
“It was, like, in 2014 the world got set on fire with this notion of surfing on lakes and rivers. At that time, I could not keep enough surfboards in my shop,” says Chris Finch, owner of Moses Watersports on Highway 58 in Harrison. “[My wife and I] love surfing. Our typical day on the water is spent fishing, surfing for a couple of hours, eating dinner, surfing more and fishing again.”
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