Overview
- Fire crews arrived before 8 a.m. Sunday with police support and a crane, completed the removal in about an hour, and the Eisbach returned to its non‑surfable state.
- Unknown activists had secretly placed a wooden beam over Christmas that briefly restored a rideable wave at the Englischer Garten site.
- Those responsible for the unauthorized installation face potential fines of up to €50,000 under a city general order.
- Surf Club München and IGSM condemned the action, paused the formal restoration attempt over what they call unworkable conditions, and pressed the city council for a clear policy decision.
- The wave has been absent since an October streambed cleaning, and experts have not determined why it stopped forming.