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Russians Hold Surfing Championship in Arctic

submitted by Empire_of_the_Mind to whatever 1 yearMay 30, 2024 20:12:34 ago (+1/-0)     (tass.com)

https://tass.com/economy/1795759

The Murmansk Region Surfing Championships' qualifying stage was held at night, for the first time in the history of Russian official competitions.

"You can surf round the clock - it's fantastic, I haven't seen anything like this anywhere. It was for the first time in my life that I judged competitions that started at 10 in the evening and finished after midnight," the referee said. "When we were done at about two-thirty at night, the sky cleared up, and there was an amazing glow, very beautiful."


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[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind [op] 0 points 1 yearMay 30, 2024 21:32:48 ago (+0/-0)

Here's a video with good footage of people surfing at this spot - but in March, not summer, and not of this event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMXYT1cUE4

[ - ] Stonkmar 0 points 1 yearMay 30, 2024 21:18:17 ago (+0/-0)

Those are some shitty waves, but it's more about the adventure than the end product. Regardless of country, surfing the arctic is pretty badass.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind [op] 0 points 1 yearMay 30, 2024 21:27:35 ago (+0/-0)

I don't think that's a photo from the actual event, but I'm going to look around.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind [op] 0 points 1 yearMay 30, 2024 21:29:28 ago (+0/-0)

This appears to have some real footage - animated clip of a guy walking out under snow lmao
https://www.murmansk.kp.ru/online/news/5818978/

[ - ] Stonkmar 0 points 1 yearMay 30, 2024 21:31:20 ago (+0/-0)

Thanks for that. But, how did you find it?

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind [op] 0 points 1 yearMay 30, 2024 21:33:41 ago (+0/-0)

searched for the name of the event on yandex.com. posted a youtube above with good video of people surfing there from another time