ZURICH,
Switzerland (Reuters) - Surfing could come to Switzerland after a sports
group said Monday it plans to build a wave machine on a river in Zurich,
staid financial hub of the landlocked Alpine country.
"Wave riding is also possible far from the sea," said the Stehende Welle
(Standing Wave) organization.
A plastic dam on the bed of the Limmat River would pump out tailor-made
waves, the group said, adding it hoped to complete the project in 2006
provided it found sponsorship.
"In Switzerland there are half a million snowboarders and every
snowboarder is already halfway to being a surfer. A wave is the ideal
substitute in summer," it said.
"Even businessmen could have a surf," spokesman Philipp Kempf added.
