A man died Monday while surfing in the North Fork of the Flathead River west of Glacier National Park in Montana, .
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The victim was a 30-year-old Park City native whose identity has yet to be released. He had attached a surfboard to an obstacle in the river. He fell, became tangled in the rope, and drowned. Bystanders cut the rope and took him downriver听but failed to revive him.
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River surfing has become a popular phenomenon听in Montana rivers, allowing access to surfing in noncoastal towns.
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