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Surfing the Eisbach is perhaps the safest Sickos stunt in recent memory, but of course it wasn’t without any risk. The wave is created by a coursing rapid flowing over a series of concrete blocks, after all. With that in mind, the YouTuber collective packed up and shipped out to Munich, to try their hands at the grandaddy of all river waves.
The video actually serves as somewhat of a primer on how to approach surfing the Eisbach for the first time. Rather than starting off at the main wave, the crew opted to learn the ropes on a smaller, friendlier wave in a different portion of the river. “You’re not supposed to go to the main wave first, because everyone will yell at you,” explained Sickos member Will Crumpacker. “It’s super dangerous. If you get hurt it could shut down the wave. It’s important to come to these ones first. Don’t just pull up here and go to that wave.”
After paying their dues, the gang moved up to the main event. Though it took a little getting used to, finally everything just clicked for the gang, and they got a taste of what’s been keeping German’s returning to the standing wave for the past 40 years.
