Salmon River Surfing by Will Richardson | Sep 9, 2006 | Whitewater | 0 comments October 9, 2006 By Devon Barker I joined a great friend John Parten on Peace Wave at Hippie Beach on the Salmon River Today. I met JP in Costa Rica last fall at the World Championships. The Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho has year around surf waves. I have been surfing on three different waves within 5 miles since my return to Idaho 6 days ago. Not too bad for October. 🙂 Salmon Rapids Lodge, www.salmonrapids.com, is located just down stream of my three favorite surf waves. I am staying there tonight where I can hear the river from my room. At the end of our surf session today JP told me that he ran into an old friend, Laird Hamilton, who is paddling an 11 foot surf board in the ocean and just paddled the Grand Canyon. JP is his own surfing legend who spent 5 years surfing J Bay in South Africa before I was born. He then turned to me and asked if I knew who Laird Hamilton was. Check out http://www.lairdhamilton.com/ to see the photos of Laird tearing it up with a paddle in his hand! JP also surfs kayaks but Laird told him he needed to stand up with a paddle. This all made my head spin as we had pb&J at his VW Van with over 350 K on it. Just before I left, Titus Cornforth, a local high school student came down to surf, He only has a splash top, a protect helmet without a headliner, and a welded kayak. I ran to my recycled VW and handed him gloves, headliner, and a drytop. He is game to surf through the winter with me! YEAH! Opening day for hunting is in the morning! I am off to hunting camp. devon Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ