This summer, we unfortunately don’t have much water on our French’s spots. This means, that if we want to paddle, we have to move away in order to find an appropriate spot! But we are lucky, because the Rhine offers us some great waves for kayaking and surfing. The best thing about it is that the river lies on the frontier between Switzerland and Germany, not so far away from the French boarder. By car, you need about 2 hours from Besancon to get there. The wave is running when the water level is bellow 1500 cubic, but it changes day by day! A wall made out of rocks was built for some construction works in the middle of the river. They destroyed it just after they finished their work. This led to the creation of a new section of waves on the river. Unfortunately, we don’t know how long those spots will exist. It’s a very good opportunity for the local paddlers to learn how to behave on waves and also to train for the upcoming world freestyle championships in Thun at the end of this month.
August 1st was a national holiday in Switzerland, so we had the chance to see a great firework next to our “camping cars” on Saturday night.
see you on the next wave ;-)
Stefun
enjoye the pics here :
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| Rheinfelden wave 2009 |
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