Overview
- Police-accompanied firefighters used a crane to dismantle a wooden ramp that briefly restored the Eisbach wave over Christmas, leaving the site without a surfable wave again.
- City officials called the wave-building structures illegal and potentially life‑threatening under an existing order, with unidentified installers facing fines of up to €50,000.
- Surf Club München and IGSM condemned the action and earlier permit terms they argue were unworkable, including assuming full liability, constant on-call duty and bridge-level engineering proofs.
- IGSM now seeks an officially approved, time-limited experiment under less restrictive conditions, and Deputy Mayor Verena Dietl has urged rapid talks toward a practicable, legally secure solution.
- Why the wave stopped forming after October channel cleaning remains unresolved, despite tests by Hochschule München that yielded only short, partial waves.