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Alaskan surfers ride the freezing bore tide waves of Turnagain Arm

Alaskan surfers ride the freezing bore tide waves of Turnagain Arm

Jeff Noble from Monticello, United States / CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

The Turnagain Arm is a long body of water near Anchorage, Alaska. It is famous for its bore tides. A bore tide happens when a narrow body of water is met with a tide. Waves that travel as fast as 15 mph and reach up to 10 feet can happen. — Read the rest

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