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Glacial Surfing: Another Extreme Sport

by Jamie Rhein on Aug 24th 2007 at 9:00AM

Neil wrote a series of posts on traveling in Alaska without a cruise ship. Here's another item to add to the things to do in Alaska list--if you are TOTALLY NUTS!! Head to a glacier, wait for the edge to fall off, and, when it does, ride the tidal wave on a surfboard as the ice chases you down. That's what world championship surfers Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala did earlier this year at Child's Glacier. This clip from Deep Water Films captures the essence in less than two minutes. I saw a version of this on CNN which prompted my You Tube quest.

Filed under: Surfing, United States, Video

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