Blown out and On-Shore...Typical Laker Surf (pics)

**pbourdon** · 10-27-2010, 05:57 PM

Its been blowing like mad here in the lakes the last couple of days and as a result some of the biggest waves I've seen in my 20+ years of living here on and have have been pounding the Eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Thankfully the harbor here in Muskegon offers a little shelter from the relentless swells, but with all this wind things have still been largely un-organized. A couple of the guys I talked to today said it was a lot better yesterday (figures

), but I was in class all day and didn't get a chance to get down to the beach and snap some shots. That being said, the photos you are about to see represent fairly typical fall conditions here in the lakes; but I've also seen this same spot fire beautiful head-high+ peelers on a big NW blow too. Its always a gamble here. My hat is off to those that are core enough to get after it in conditions like this.

Its been a little windy 'round these parts lately.

bombs like this have been pounding the harbor arms for the past 48hrs.

This guy scored a clean face.

Another wave...too bad it closed out on him so soon

This kid was absolutely CRUSHING it today....I wish I had more pics of his best rides. Seriously some of the sickest shortboarding I've seen happen around here in my 10 years of surfing/shooting the lakes.

He actually sent this one airborne, but my camera stopped shooting to process the previous images....fuckin' thing.

I really wish I had a 500mm lens today and an armored bunker to shoot from.

gunit130 · 10-27-2010, 06:30 PM

Did you talk to that dude on the shortboard?

Where was he from?

**pbourdon** · 10-27-2010, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by gunit130

Did you talk to that dude on the shortboard?

Where was he from?

No I didn't. I shot photos for the better part of an hour and a half. He rolled up about a half hour into when I was shooting and was still in the water when I left. I'm sure he's from around here somewhere (the lakes region) though. We have some dudes in the region who can crush it. In fact, one of our guys from Wisconsin took 2nd (or 3rd?) in the Eastern Surfers Association Championships in Hatteras during the hurricane swell.

**Ottime** · 10-27-2010, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by pbourdon

We have some dudes in the region who can crush it. In fact, one of our guys from Wisconsin took 2nd (or 3rd?) in the Eastern Surfers Association Championships in Hatteras during the hurricane swell.

py, weak waves really teach you how to surf well. You learn how to get the most from a way, By example, Cocoa Beach is not known for its great surf (compared to say, Hawaii or even California).

**hop** · 10-27-2010, 07:11 PM

Way to get after it! Even when it's bad, it's good.

**Sirshredalot** · 10-27-2010, 07:20 PM

That is sick. Way to ride the awesomeness.

**pbourdon** · 10-27-2010, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

py, weak waves really teach you how to surf well. You learn how to get the most from a way, By example, Cocoa Beach is not known for its great surf (compared to say, Hawaii or even California).

The same thing can be said about snow....damn, I can't wait for this semester to be over. Bring on the mountains once again!!!

Thanks for the responses guys.

**sqikunst** · 10-28-2010, 04:14 AM

That is sooo awesome..... what is the water temperature this time of year out there????

**pbourdon** · 10-28-2010, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by sqikunst

That is sooo awesome..... what is the water temperature this time of year out there????

Well, prior to all this wave action the whole friggin' lake was a pretty uniform 59 degrees (surface temp) which is about 5-9 degrees above where it normally would be around this time of year. I'm sure its dropped a few degrees in the last couple of days though.