Guides

The Isar is running fast. You can hear it before you see it — a deeper, more urgent roar than you remember from last summer. The water is grey-green and opaque, pushing hard around the bends. You're standing on the...

You've packed the dry bags, slathered on the sunscreen, and talked the kids into leaving their screens behind. Now you're standing at the water's edge somewhere south of Munich, watching the Isar glide past in that unmistakable glacial turquoise —...

You've paddled the Eisbach, you've done the standing wave — now it's time to take your board upstream and explore the river that feeds it all. The Isar is one of Bavaria's great paddling corridors, and in summer it becomes...

Fluss-Surfen stellt andere Anforderungen an deine Finnen als das Surfen im Meer. Kompakte Standwellen, starke Strömung, felsige oder betonierte Welleneinfahrten und kurze Boards verändern grundlegend, was funktioniert. Die falschen Finnen auf einem Fluss bedeuten Kontrollverlust — oder schlimmstenfalls eine abgerissene...

River surfing places demands on your fins that ocean surfing doesn't. Compact standing waves, powerful and consistent hydraulics, rocky or concrete wave entries, and short boards all change what works. Choose the wrong fins on a river and you lose...

From first steps on a board to the best SUP spots in Bavaria and across Germany — with guides for families, dog owners, beginners and touring paddlers.