Accompanied by the police Fire department On Sunday morning a ramp was removed that had ensured that the missing wave in Munich’s Eisbach was temporarily back. A spokesman for the fire department said South German newspaperthe city of Munich has given the order to remove the beam in the Eisbach. Surfers were horrified by the action and spoke of a “declaration of war by the city on us surfers”.
On the night of Christmas Day, unknown people lowered a meter-long beam into the water, on which the wave built up again. A city representative announced that the installations would be removed for safety reasons. The unknown suspects face a fine of 50,000 euros.
Eisbach wave has disappeared since October
The famous wave in the Eisbach in the English Garden had disappeared after, among other things, in October, according to the city’s building department The stream bed has been cleared of rubbish and sediment was. It is unclear why the wave popular with surfers is no longer building up as usual. Since then, there has been discussion about how it can be revived.
The conflict between the Eisbach surfers and the city Munich had come to a head at the end of December. The surfers had abandoned the official attempt to save the wave – out of frustration with the city’s requirements. “The administration does not want to regulate surfing on the Eisbach, but rather prevent it,” said a statement from the Surf Club Munich. According to their own statements, the surfers, for example, would have had to assume liability and all costs and be permanently on call. In addition, “technical evidence at the level of bridge or dam construction” was required.
The Surfing Munich Interest Group (IGSM) now wrote on Instagram: “After initially emphasizing the good cooperation with the city administration, the tide has now turned.” The surfers see the requirements, which they believe cannot be met, as an expression of political will: “The administration is not deciding on a specific project, but on the question of how much city life is still wanted,” they write. “Approval is not formally excluded. In fact, it is made impossible.”
