Mmmmmm, chocolate... And endless wave of frothy, surf-able chocolate. Except that it's not really chocolate, and you wouldn't dare drink a glass of it.

Welcome to Sri Aman, Malaysia. Where the water is brown and the tidal bore runs hard down the river stretching from Bakong and Sri Aman. It only happens a few times a year, so when the Tasmanian stand up paddler Kyron Rathbone heard about, he got on the next plane out of Oz, with nothing bit a few pairs of boardies and a stand up paddleboard.

The tidal bore is a phenomenon that only a few places in the world ever get to see, and even fewer get big enough to surf. What happens is the incoming tide is so strong, and the river is shaped in such a way that the incoming water rises up over the still outgoing river, it forms a wave that runs slowly upstream until it eventually dissipates or the tide turns, whichever comes first. Riding these waves is a marathon effort, this one that Kyron ride had him surfing for 28 minutes straight, until a nearby bolt of lightning knocked him off his feet.

Check out the video to see what we’re on about, Kyron describes it as a mini tsunami, with rubbish and bottles flying everywhere as the wave smashes up against the river banks. While it’s only 1-5foot high, it’s got some serious power behind it.

Kyron was pretty stoked as you can see in the video, although he says that next time he’ll do the first section laying down.

“It may sound lame but the wave is so hard to predict and if you miss then it can be a long wait till the next section. Also, it would be good to have a rubber ducky or jet ski on hand to be able to get to where you need to be and fast!!!!"

Valid excuse if you ask us, how many people do you know who have surfed a wave for 28 minutes straight?

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