Surfers harness 'horse power' to ride the waves!

If you want to harness the waves using horse power, you may think that speed boats and jet skis are needed to pull wake boarders and surfers, but how about using actual horses?

A group of surfers on the French coast in Baule has come up with a new sport where horses gallop through the water at speeds up to 35 mph.

Surfer, Harold Quinquis said, “We have friends who go down to the beach on their horses and enjoy galloping in the waves. You can never go as fast on a surfboard as you can on a horse - and I thought it would be great to be able to go that fast.”

Surfers are attached to the back of the horses’ saddles and race through waves for the fastest time. Riders are dressed in normal equestrian attire with riding hats and the sport is definitely for the adrenaline junkie!