Monday, January 22, 2007

Idaho Pioneering a New Extreme Sport


If you are anything like me, you might have tried something in the past called "Riverboarding". Riverboarding traditionally consists of three main elements. A board, a rope, and of course a river. We used to go to a bridge in Hailey and tie up an old rope, then extend that rope to either an old wake board or just a piece of ply wood. We would then try to surf on it for hours. If you could stay up for more than a minute you were doing pretty good. Well, all that is about to change. A new company based in Idaho promises to change the face of Riverboarding forever. Their name is Banshee Riverboards, and they have set up a sweet system for surfing the rivers. The best thing about it is it doesn't require gas or a boat to work! The system is a board attached to a high quality bungee. Check out their site for more information and check out this great video to see the product in action. I'll see you on the rivers this summer!!

Company Site: http://www.bansheeriverboards.com/
Video Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8R0MW-qoTEc

1 comment:

Jody said...

This is awesome! I want to try it out so bad. I read an article about this last year. those guys seem like a lot of fun!