sick turns Jer. Keep up the fight. You are so right on this. contact local great lakes surfrider foundation for contacts - info - and advice.
Cheers and glad you are still paddling!!
Kev
Printable View
sick turns Jer. Keep up the fight. You are so right on this. contact local great lakes surfrider foundation for contacts - info - and advice.
Cheers and glad you are still paddling!!
Kev
The better half of yesterday's madness was today's hike to glassy longboarding rollers.....
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psd021ac08.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps58a51947.jpg
Sick Yeti. I'm glad you've found some solace in the waves.
Wow!..............Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan
I missed the window today, here's from a buddy's fb. Looks epic.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps40419c50.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps1698aea7.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps207eaf0f.jpg
Damn Yeti! Keep on keeping on. Sick icicle picture.
Really impressive stuff, Yetiman. Looks like your dedication has been paying off lately. Keep posting the stoke!
here's some more of Shawn Malone's photos from the other day....
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psd57a20b8.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psee5d7055.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psf135b3dc.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps7f763f54.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psfafa0717.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps31f37eac.jpg
Yeti, I think you might be surfing in the lineup with one of my buddies, he lived in New Zealand and Ventura for a while but now he's back there. He posted some similar shots from the same photog. Looks fun, especially the waves in that vid.
Is that Keith?
Yup. Tell him you heard on the interwebz that he's the man and then challenge him to a breath holding contest
I saw his Roy Stuart board the other day, so awesome.
When Keith heard about me getting jerked around by the police, he dropped everything and immediately went out to surf that exact spot...pretty fucking awesome.
This thread has so much win.
Fighting the man for use of the wilderness.
Using the outdoors for therapy/personal happiness/fulfillment.
Braving the elements.
Surfing.
Taking that surfboard through snowy woods is my fav pic so far. IcicleMan is a close second.
Love this thread so much. :)
Yeti, he's a pretty awesome kinda guy. I saw him posting on FB about someone getting harassed by the police for surfing. I didn't put it all together until yesterday when I read through this post and realized you were the one getting hassled and you guys had photos from the same photographer, so figured you were surfing the same breaks. Sad the community keeps calling the cops on you guys, major suckage on their part.
NO shit?! That's even better surf than we normally get over here in the North Sea (Netherlands).
Dude, fight the man for a righteous cause!
Yeah buddy, sick.
I mean, the are anly trying to keep the water clean. Yetis are not know for personal hygiene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piggity
Some of that video is sick considering it is a lake. I knew you guys got waves, but that is better than what rog gets I believe. :biggrin: And props on braving the cold. Getting out of that water must bring a gnarly chill to the bones.
I went to university in Thunder Bay and we used to go around to the south side of the lake once a year if the surf was good.
Never got it near as good as that though!
Keep fighting the good fight!
Those pics of you running through the snow and the frozen beard are ridiculous
The local fishwrap printed a letter on surfing the big lake on the West end.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/eve...group/Opinion/
Quite a day today. Had overhead waves in a few sheltered areas while the wind was still blowing hard. Went for Mom's day dinner, then hustled back out for smooth little rollers at sunset after the wind had quit for an hour or two and everything had calmed down. Pretty good day...you know, for a lake.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psac5b30b4.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps51cdf69d.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psafa07ea4.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psa1dab096.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps8050d9a9.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps2c52ab1c.jpg
EDIT:
Bonus shot:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps83f90ed0.jpg
Yooper attire.
clean today...
Photos by Keith Glendon.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps7cf2c29a.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps42cb3e18.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps88c902fa.jpg
I nominate this activity as the first stage of training for the manned mission to Europa/Titan.
I have no witty comment about this photoQuote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan
It is May. When does the lake thaw?
sorry, should have mentioned that (unlike my other posts) those ones from preconcievednoceans.com aren't current. I just found that website and thought it was cool.
The lake is wide open now.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/sswt-00.gif
thank god we're getting some waves again. small yes, but waves are waves.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psee62e148.jpg
keep the dream alive big man!
rog
Yes! That is like the equivalent of skiing on a dusting of snow on grass.
This has been an outstanding week.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psebd24249.png
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps8cacda1a.jpg
^^^^^^^^^^^^^nice, big man!
was awesome here Tuesday as well. same storm track?:fm:
rog
I was just up there the weekend of the 20th and took the wife around Presque where the waves were pretty large even in black rocks; sure enough I saw a whole slew of people surfing in middle bay. Looked like a whole lot of fun, I had flatted out of the MTB race that day in Ishpeming and that really brought the day back up.
I don't surf, but the surf was BIG on Superior today. Really big. Driving up the north shore. Didn't see a lot of surfers, but then again, it was only about 45 degrees.
Today was the best waves I've seen on the lake. The popular spot close to home was glassy and shoulder-high with an offshore wind.
Unfortunately a local guy who is both a very good surfer and likely suffering from psychiatric issues decided to go completely crazy screaming at me about parking where I always park....getting in my face yelling and spitting about this being "his town" and how he's the king here. etc etc. Totally, complete bullshit because his childhood home was about 100 yards from mine and his older brother was in my grade in school. He actually threw punches at me. He might have been high on meth, he might have just been in an acute psychosis but it completely ruined my day. The upside is that, uncharacteristically, I didn't lose my temper and handled it mostly like an adult.
Keith Glendon's photos:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps0139fc9f.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...psd6673b53.jpg
:eek::eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan
rog
Just saw that the storm moving across the country was producing huge waves on Superior. Glad to see you getting after it, YM! And for keeping your cool with methguy.