19,000 CFS iN MONTANA

Snow melt = surf in Montana. Join us as we experience the camaraderie and infectious energy of the surf community in Montana. Meet the dedicated surfers who have created a tight-knit group that shares a deep love for the sport and the state they call home. Discover the unique challenges they face, adapting traditional surf techniques to suit river condition. Get ready to witness the unlikely surf scene that has captured the imagination of surfers and outdoor enthusiasts around the world.
Edited by
Dylan Graves
Dave Malcolm
Footage by
Dave Malcolm
Joaquin Trevelline
Original score by
Dylan Graves
Surf Guide
KB
Surfers
KB
Paige Maul
Tanner Rheinschmidt
Bo Wingerter
Joeaquin Trevelline
Nicolas Hughs
Cam Fuller
Austin Fernand
Jake Hopfinger
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[@jasonrodriguez463]

Always quality videos. I look forward to these. It's like waiting on that surf mag subscribtion to come in the mail.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Ah man best compliment ever ! Thank u 🍻 pinning this one! Haha

[@jasonrodriguez463]

@@DylanGravesYT Stoked!!

[@jacksonparrish6870]

Seeing this videos blows my mind. Seeing the people I surf with, my home and local scene be presented in such a well made videos is surreal. Makes me really proud to grow up surfing in such a unique place.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Glad to hear it ! 🙌 for me these trips are so enjoyable because of the scene I’m able to come and share, which is in turn my motivation to represent them to the best of my ability which is always impossible to do everything and everyone justice but it sure is fun to try 🫡🍻

[@Marco-717]

Nothing like cali waves. Montana looks like a s hole 😂

[@nunyabidness2143]

​@Marco-717 quiet down kook. There's no comparison between the ocean and a river, but if you actually surf you'd know that, and appreciate this.

[@ralphheadrick325]

This was great, I’m a 70 year that can still get to his feet. Surfed the Snake River Canyon many times way back when… love the stoke and just seeing you guys make it happen. Shakas to all !

[@DylanGravesYT]

Epic yeah Ralph! Thanks mang ! 🍻

[@familyjay5636]

There's hope for us all, Ralph! Thanks for sharing your story, yewww! 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@denisrogers4358]

Rad

[@taimiller-caraballo]

Awesome soundtrack, sick people, gnarly waves, yeahhhhh D!!!!!!

[@DylanGravesYT]

thanks tai Joe! wahoo!

[@seangreenhalgh7921]

Amazing. I grew up in Australia, near the beach my whole life. I just can't even imagine doing that. But, it's so great that people find a way to surf, even if they don't live near the beach. Looks so beautiful too! I have a new appreciation for living near the coast. Cheers.

[@DylanGravesYT]

damn yeah! surf the earth! coast/river/lake it's ALL good

[@jonlewis8417]

Class 4 climbing with class 3 wave! Love the multi sport days. If your doing return trips, the belugas and bore are going off this year! As always great soundtrack to the road trip vibe! Keep the great content coming!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thanks Jon 🙌 man I’d love to! When’s a good time ?? Would love to reconnect w the crew !

[@eganc1976]

Ben Gravy is the true 🐐....sorry bro🤙🏻

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@jonlewis8417 wow that’s a really cool happening ! Would love to come check it out 🙌 I’ll hit you up, would love to hear more and try and line this up

[@jonlewis8417]

@@eganc1976 sorry bro, ben gravy is about himself not surf culture or good content... thats my claim

[@eganc1976]

@@jonlewis8417 yew😐

[@Traystane]

Love it ! Cheers from France

[@DylanGravesYT]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@dmac5678]

that right with Cam hammering backside looked like a dream

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yeah 💯 thing looked insane at that level … maybe no mosquitos too

[@leighgilmour1702]

Whoop whoop 🙌🏼 🎉

[@JasonJebezSam]

As a Montana native, I appreciate this alot! RIP Brennan

[@winstonchurchill4340]

As a fly fisherman who fishes these rivers, that’s freaking insane. Good on ya, guys

[@DylanGravesYT]

Cheers thank u 🙏 must be amazing fishing around 🙌

[@alohavisuals]

THIS IS SO EPIC!!! Yeah D!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Cheers AK 🙌🍻 excited for Sun Burn 🔥 when u dropping??

[@right_on_riggins]

Super dig it ✌🏼

[@DylanGravesYT]

🙌

[@Antonio-bz2hv]

💪

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻

[@toutafarel9436]

Sick Stuff!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻

[@idahosurfassociation8585]

Awesome video. Mahalo to Bo, KB and Dylan for highlighting upgrading old low head and irrigation diversion dams to river recreation. 10,000s of old dams across US and many are great potential river surf locations with modifications. Over a 10 win - river navigability, reduce hazards, fish passage, sediment transport, flood risk mitigation, eliminate blight, diversion infrastructure modernization, economic impact, community health benefit, limit rural outmigration, world class recreation. Thank you guys!

[@DylanGravesYT]

#buildmorewaves is what’s up! Thanks for the feedback and shining even more light on all this. Couldn’t agree more 🙌 everyone should surf the earth

[@andrewodonnell5058]

Awesome Adventure .great video thank you🔥🔥

[@bodyboardingchronicles602]

Looking foward to seeing a surf engineer lay some rock's down to create a better wave.👏 🥳 Long! Live! River! Sufing!

[@DylanGravesYT]

YAAAAAAAAAAS this is the way!

[@tropocal2343]

*I'm still grinning......very cool!* *(SoCal Surfer since 1970)*

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thanks for tuning in 🍻

[@jeremimcdonald]

If a video makes you audibly exclaim “Sick!” more than once, while watching it alone, then it is, undoubtedly Sick!!

[@Pow329]

literally just did this before seeing this comment lol

[@DylanGravesYT]

Hahaha SICK! Haha so stoked to hear this 🙌 day made 🍻

[@aleevjr]

Being from Santa Cruz, CA, the surf capitol of the world and just returning from Montana, this is one bad ass video. The Locals are heavier there but the water is about the same temperature as the Cruz!

[@thestow35]

thanks Dylan. love the vibe on this. the water is such a special place

[@DylanGravesYT]

thanks for tuning in :) it's therapy!

[@Leoski7]

Rad video dudes!

[@DylanGravesYT]

cheers thank you

[@CantThinkofaCoolOne]

Always great from you Dylan.

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻ty

[@Grogritark]

Super cool that the original score is created by the surfer himself! Have been a huge fan of your videos since the river wave in the U.K., inspired me and a mate to try and find a river wave in Cornwall, South West U.K. and we ended up getting a ride in on some foamies (with some close calls on rocks!).

[@DylanGravesYT]

Super cool! Wow thanks for always tuning in… that UK one was VERY special, there’s magic over there 💯 what was the wave like u surfed ? Sounds rad …

[@MrEuerfreund]

Love this, thank you💕

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thanks for stopping by 🙏

[@solomonschneider9860]

Such a rad creative scene. Also gnarly. Mad respect!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Damn yeah those guys rock

[@drewmccrary8230]

Keep em coming! So sick.

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻ty

[@flyingfootage]

Awesome mate 👍🏄🏼‍♂️

[@421-ui6ml]

Way cool!! Yeah Montana!! Surf skate snow.!!! You guys are killing it!! F💥💥💥yeah!!! Ripping

[@orbis17]

Love your videos, Dylan. Keep it up brother!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank you! 🍻

[@OrionSurfs]

So sick! I have to try this spot one day

[@jeffpieper1]

Montana has always been on the bucket list but now it’s hovering on the top! A beautiful state with so much stoke to share. I am so intrigued by river waves. They appear to present a whole slew of new challenges from ocean waves. You and the crew crushed it! And feelin your sounds as well!! Great job!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank u ! Yes such a beautiful place if you get a chance definitely a highly recommended visit 🍻and littered w river Waves at the right time of the year 🙌

[@mosin9105]

Totally rad!

[@ruben_santos]

Cool.. 🤙

[@operationpaidvacation]

Amazing stuff so good

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻ty

[@DanOMallsVideo]

Thanks again, Dylan, for another great video! Super stoked to see Boise River surf phenom and purveyor of stoke Austin in this one. You're board color brothers!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yeah Austin was rippin ! He was on my board actually, we were all swapping and trying each others board it was fun :)

[@DanOMallsVideo]

@@DylanGravesYT Rad! 🤙🏼

[@idahosurfassociation8585]

Yeah Austin!

[@BCHonea]

Wow!❤

[@TheChriszimmer36]

So sick Dylan. What a cool scene

[@DylanGravesYT]

Special one 💯

[@randyvaughn4046]

I surfed with kb and strong water crew in west port wa. Great energy guys. Great to see em doing their thing.❤❤❤❤❤Remember that big morning out at the jetty guys?

[@nickhugues]

Good meeting you, safe travels my friend!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Likewise that was a blast ! Thanks for the tips and good vibes 🙌

[@cedricrsa]

great show

[@fabiodesousa4635]

Amazing videos brother! Wishing you much success!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thanks ! Appreciate it :) 🍻

[@Travis3500]

That’s so fricken dope man you deserve way more subscribers Dylan! Love watching these

[@DylanGravesYT]

Cheers man, happy to hear 👊

[@Travis3500]

@@DylanGravesYT hell yea man aye one question how do you like the Holy Hypto compared to the Krypto?

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@Travis3500 lot of similarities just more drawn out and feels a little closer to a normal shorty with a lot of hidden and useful foam

[@Travis3500]

@@DylanGravesYT heck yea I appreciate the response thank you dude

[@johnrobinson5506]

Looks Awesome

[@DylanGravesYT]

Was such a blast and one of the most beautiful places I’ve surfed 💯

[@benjamingriffinjr4325]

The one love....Surfing . No matter where it's at.

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯

[@danscotttt]

always good vibes

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻

[@MiC-T]

DYLAN!!! 466 Isabela!

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Looks awesome I'd throw my kayak in to surf!!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Damn yeah

[@Ericxnugz]

Yewww love ur vids Dylan thanks!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻thank you

[@WhatTheHeck1290]

My hometown!!

[@brohawk7395]

😎🤘🏼ahhhmazing!! Thnx for the wave a ture 🏄‍♂️

[@DylanGravesYT]

🫡🍻

[@chrisdennis6834]

❤❤❤

[@frdmlvr]

Looks like a hell of a good time

[@ewanadams4099]

Good vibes as always mayne ✌🏼

[@DylanGravesYT]

Appreciate that

[@philipinos1997]

We have a beautiful river wave in Norway with crystal clear waters, you can see the rocks and weeds underneath you when standing on the wave. Give us a shout if you wanna come sometime 🤙

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yes would LOVE to ! When’s the season?

[@philipinos1997]

@@DylanGravesYT same as Montana, spring time when the snow starts to melt 😉

[@terrorfirmamusic]

Sick- used to live in Missoula, and tried it once in town, definitely one of the trippiest things ever when you first do it but so fun!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Damn yeah!

[@buzz5969]

Wooooo hooooo hoooooeeeee

[@ahbwisurfnpaddle]

Quite entertaining road trip adventure document inDEEED Dylan ! Cooool to see DAve got his share of mosquitos too !

[@DylanGravesYT]

Haha thanks Erik, yeah we had a blast and the mosquitos loved Dave ! 😂

[@ahbwisurfnpaddle]

@@DylanGravesYT ahhaha !

[@AEVMU]

That first one looks very close to a low head dam, which can be extremely dangerous due to backflow. If you don't know how deadly low head dams are, please look it up.

[@seelevel1767]

Killer video

[@sethhawken7375]

That exit😮

[@DylanGravesYT]

Little sketch 😬

[@conorprovan9435]

Just got back from montana. love the video.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Rad ! Road trip ?

[@jonesco2866]

GRAVES tag!

[@french4210]

It's so cool !

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻

[@confidentcake]

Your videos always bang, keep it up!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻 thank u!

[@jasonr9916]

Just subscribed, great time and great video !

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻ty 🙏

[@michaelleary8739]

Great stuff, keep up the rad work!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Thank u !

[@freespirit369-nb4jf]

🤙 rad! Brah!

[@scoodles93]

Best river waves I've seen are off the north and south fork American river leading into folsom lake, also right next to it in Coloma california

[@DylanGravesYT]

Interesting when did you see waves there ?

[@solomonschneider9860]

Make every irrigation dam smoothly rippable!!!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Amen 🙌

[@paulcienin8725]

I feel like you average river surfer has pretty solid form and mechanics relative to your average surfer, which makes sense given that in river surfing so much more time is spent standing on the board, the wave is stationary so you can try the same maneuvers over and over, etc. Cool to see!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yeah definitely, I feel like my foundation gets so tuned up every time I surf one, you have to have everything in the right spot in order to stay in the wave. Makes surfing in the ocean easy!

[@Nick-zy9tx]

Need some bug nets for that second wave!

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯

[@Beejmiles]

"... if we can figure out how to make a wave on every irrigation dam, the west would be a better place". Truth.

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯

[@drue6360]

I see that strong water came all over Missoula!

[@DylanGravesYT]

KB is on it !

[@nicolascahart5543]

I lived 5 months in Missoula for an internship but it wasn't the right season to surf river :( thanks for the video :))

[@JakeRawSon]

Good Stuff

[@DylanGravesYT]

Appreciate it

[@slimdog72]

Love your vids man. I am not a surfer, but it would be great to hear what the difference between an ocean board and a river board is

[@DylanGravesYT]

I did a river board breakdown in another vid, check it out : kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3qYf4WraLWMp9k

[@MiC-T]

For a guy who has climbed the rocks into the water at Jobos a million times, those rocks shouldnt be a problem!

[@_eric_phillips]

Colorado has been having a great surf river surf season and the new scouts wave in Salida is ripping.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Whoaaaa sounds insane, never tried Colorado would love to come through there … u from there ?

[@_eric_phillips]

@@DylanGravesYT Yes! huge river surfer here, My local river wave is in Gunnison Colorado one town over. both Salida and Montrose colorado have great river waves as well. All manmade

[@user-xq6dz9eg3i]

This is crazy I didn’t know this existed

[@4jeanluc44]

Love it as always! You'll have to come by our mountain wave here in Alberta

[@DylanGravesYT]

Whoa so down! Same kinda wave ? I’m a river ? What’s it work on?

[@4jeanluc44]

@@DylanGravesYTaghh youtube keeps deleting my reply, I sent you a dm on insta with a bunch of info!

[@austyndiaz1796]

yewwwwwwwwww rocky mountain surfing!

[@DylanGravesYT]

Wahoo!

[@indatube350]

🤔🔥

[@famousyoutuber2375]

Really cool , new sub here coming from SF and transitioning to Houston area … Galveston is my closest option … until now … River surfing 🏄‍♂️ must be some sorta witch magic 😂

[@DylanGravesYT]

Right on thanks u ! There’s some epic tanker waves in Galveston, check the vid I did a few years back : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXOxdYWgarWjZ5o

[@famousyoutuber2375]

@@DylanGravesYT , that was great , I met Capt. James at his shop , great guy. A bit pricey to charter but I’ll be 40 on the 6th so wifey might let me slide …. Sled … shred 🤙

[@DylanGravesYT]

@@famousyoutuber2375 get it ! Happy 40 at moms would be all time 🍻

[@MartinTapperMedia]

epic film subbed

[@daviddarling8642]

Good fun. I suppose i shouldn’t be surprised if I meet a surfer from the Rocky Mtn states at my local coastal breaks. I’ll share the stoke.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Damn yeah!

[@SDbombshell]

Too sick! 😂🤙🏻😻

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻

[@BigDaddy-hn7oh]

Earth's surfing is it, we're cool brother what a healthy environment to live at Montana's looking possible if for just this fact alone SoCal is totally overrun I'm from when it used to be Farm everywhere and most everybody got along today I'll try to focus on the positive . . . Well I tried anyways thank you for your nice video

[@DylanGravesYT]

💯 crowds can be tough but also cool to draw inspiration from people who froth on way less 🫡

[@BigDaddy-hn7oh]

@@DylanGravesYT right on brother have a great rest of your summer I'm in total work mode these days as I left on Nathan Florence's Channel I'm looking forward to a couple weeks off I'm going to surf take naps and do that again several times and if I didn't mention it before I'll say it again you're doing the right thing don't stop setting a good example for everyone surfing and fishing is the way keep charging Full Speed Ahead

[@messythemanofficial5956]

montana !!

[@SilverbackOrangutan71]

damn that was sick!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🍻🙏

[@russellzauner]

algo brought me here - this reminds me of when we'd string a rope across the river over the rapids and tie a chunk of plywood to it. lol

[@DylanGravesYT]

Welcome :) thanks for tunin in 🍻

[@themagikian4237]

Get yourself a beer sponsor on that board man 😄🤙

[@RegularFootisChris]

awesome

[@Verta33]

KB is a RAD DUDE!

[@DylanGravesYT]

🙌 💯

[@louiskuamoo]

Does the river ever go flat? Very interesting video! Die hard group of surfers! Kudos & aloha

[@DylanGravesYT]

Yes it does when levels are too low

[@ccaputa]

What a beautiful place.

[@DylanGravesYT]

Really is

[@nathanmyers1253]

Another fun one. Keep it going, keep it growing. (Can't say I love the fUnkY TypE StyleY though... tOO haRD 2 rAeD.) Shaka.

[@DylanGravesYT]

tryin! Just messin around 🤷‍♂️ thanks for tunin in 📡

[@rodrigolima6954]

1:11 there’s a tag on the bridge that says “graves” 😂

[@jdc8352]

I had no idea. 🏄