by Gordon Rich
An innovation is attracting attention from skim, wake, and standing wave surfers from across the country, even catching the interest of ten-time world champion skimboarder Billy Bryan.
Archive for March, 2008
By Gordon Rich
It has been called “the place where surfing meets bungee jumping,” and is the brainchild of Robert Geier of Boise-based company Banshee Riverboards.
Banshee Riverboards creates an entirely new board sport that doesn’t require a boat or gas
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 10 April 2006 : - - Banshee Riverboards was founded with the goal of creating an entirely new board sport that doesn’t require an expensive boat or gas. Riverboarding is quickly becoming the coolest new sport in the
After the Outdoor Retailer tradeshow, Banshee was described as “one of the coolest things at the show… these guys have basically combined bungee jumping with skim-boarding.” - David Weber, playak.com editor.
JULY 19, 2006
One sure-fire way to make sure a new “edgy” sport maintains its cachet is for that sport to have a scofflawish tinge to it. Street luge without the risk of getting busted is, well, just not that thrilling after a while.
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That’s right, people. Riding coolers at the Riggins Rodeo after downing a 12-pack is no longer the most unusual sport in the Gem. It got bumped by something that normally requires a coastline or a marathon Nintendo session with Pro Surfer Kelly Slater and a truckload of poppyseed muffins.
It’s called “surfing,” aka riding a board on waves at high speed. How can this happen in the inland Northwest without the aforementioned muffins, you ask? According to the boys of Boise’s Banshee Riverboards, all you need is a helmet, a patented Riverboard, 200 feet of bungee cord and a stretch of river with some current, at least four feet of depth, a downstream eddy and a tree that can hold the weight of a human body snapping through the air at 30 mph.
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