This time of year sees a unique phenomenon where with the tides collide at the mouth of a river, forming a wave which rolls upstream; sometimes for hundreds of kilometers. It's called a Tidal Bore, and right now there's a couple of guys aiming to break a world record over in Sumatra, Indonesia on Bono, the worlds longest and most powerful tidal bore. On the other side of the world however, they missed out on a cracker of a ride just outside Anchorage in Alaska.

Always the case isn't it? You give up the best medium sized wave of the day, because you were waiting for something bigger.

Call it local knowledge, or maybe it was just a case of making the most of what you've got, but these two paddlers were ready and waiting on the Cook Inlet this week as a small bunch of waves slowly rolled upstream. In the background, snow capped mountains surround the paddlers, and just in front of the wave lies perfectly still water, mirroring the spectacular landscape around them as they cruise along. Waves this small are only able to be surfed by stand up paddle boards and perhaps some surf ski's, try paddling into one on a surfboard and you'll be very disappointing! While they might look large enough, their not-quite-the-same structure makes them far weaker than your traditional beachie.

Check out the amazing footage of two stand up paddlers surfing the tidal bore in the Cook Inlet, Alaska below.

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