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With this uncharacteristically warm and mild weather in town and wet at best conditions up in the mountains, my attentions have been slightly diverted. Trying to stay constructive, I focused my energy on some summer sport fun and construct a new riverboard.

 
For those unfamiliar with this amazing sport, it involves fast moving water, essentially a giant skimboard and either a bungee or garage door spring. Thanks to Guy Olson for the video.

River Boarding; A Rapid Movement from G-Force on Vimeo.

This article appears in Jan 8-14, 2009.

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Riverboarding

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January 8, 2009

<h1>Riverboarding</h1> <p class="byline">by Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 8, 2009</p> <p>With this uncharacteristically warm and mild weather in town and wet at best conditions up in the mountains, my attentions have been slightly diverted. Trying to stay constructive, I focused my energy on some summer sport fun and construct a new riverboard.</p> <p>&nbsp;<br /> For those unfamiliar with this amazing sport, it involves fast moving water, essentially a giant skimboard and either a bungee or garage door spring. Thanks to Guy Olson for the video.</p> <p> <object></object><a href="http://vimeo.com/2758223" target="_blank">River Boarding; A Rapid Movement</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1129745" target="_blank">G-Force</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>. </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <object></object> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/riverboarding-2132605/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15967&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/riverboarding-2132605/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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