romain tarbouriech: de rien. you're welcome. narrator: accommodations for "1st look" provided by the wyndham grand clearwater beach, the most stylish spot under the sun. johnny bananas (voiceover): summer in montreal is a beautiful time of year. as you venture through the streets and sidewalks, there is a secret oasis that beckons those who seek a watery adventure in the middle of the city walls. and filling me in on the latest wave of excitement to hit this urban oasis is surf instructor alex. sante. sante, johnny. johnny bananas: when i think of surfing, canada, and montreal especially, doesn't really strike me. because we're not close to the ocean at all. so we're surrounded by a river. we're river surfing out here. and people just are getting to know more about it. i think there could be 15,000 surfers around here that come every summer. johnny bananas: wow. alex pelletier: yeah. an ocean, you're dependent on the weather, and wind, and that sort of thing to create waves. that's the cool thing about river surfing. the wave is