SALIDA — While the raging runoff of many Colorado rivers has sent several residents scurrying for higher ground in recent weeks, the blast of snowmelt swell has had the opposite effect on big-water wave hunters in the state. Near-record river flows that appeared like a surging tide almost overnight have combined with an assortment of new man-made whitewater "wave features" to create a freshwater surfer's dream. Read th e rest of the article here