Surfing in the Great Lakes - Red Bull New Wave Video
Professional big wave surfer Jamie Sterling hopped on a plane with a mission to find and surf decent waves in the great lakes.
At Beaver Bay in Duluth (lake superior), Minnesota amongst freezing cold temperatures, Sterling was able to surf some remarkably big waves despite being in an actual fresh water lake.
http://RedBullUSA.com
thats BS man..... ...
thats BS man..... friggin lake gets better waves than the Atlantic?
I'm a medium size, ...
I'm a medium size, average Swede, and I just go fishin in the big lake after the snow's thawed. When I go surfing I do that in the summertime, too. And like normal people, I GO SKIING IN THE WINTER. Great surfing? I'll say, if you like scraping the ice off yer fin before ya go in. bbbbbbbbbbboB
@hitthecouch Yeah I ...
@hitthecouch Yeah I completely understand, where I live is a coastal area, that barely ever gets cold, and theres good waves that I could go out in just boardshorts, so you can't blame me for thinking this is a little crazy? :p I'd probaly do the same if I was in a similar situation
@WhatRofl We're ...
@WhatRofl We're landlocked and at times it sucks. If I had the option to move to the coast I would. Surfing in ice cold temps is all about being passionate about it or whatever your sport is. You know it's something that burns inside you when our options are few. Hell, it was 25 Fahrenheit (Idk the metric temp) today and I went mountain biking on a frozen trail out of pure love? for the sport. I guess you could say some of us are a little crazy.
@hitthecouch Yeah I ...
@hitthecouch Yeah I know that I'm? not saying that Red Bull made a bad decision or the surfers are stupid, I'm just saying personally theres no way I would do that, especially considering I live in australia where the coldest the water pretty much ever gets is 16 at the coldest.
hey that looks fun. ...
hey that looks fun....oh wait theres ice on his suit? nevermind
@WhatRofl People ...
@WhatRofl People often don't have the option to travel to those places and have to work with the lake waves where they live. Red Bull made the vid in the lake because it's different and? unique.
Great Video. ...
Great Video. Surfing in the cold is for the? experience. We get waves here like this in the spring and fall too. In the Fall, the water is usually warmer then the air temp. This spot is just north of Duluth. There are several other spots too. Stoney Point is usually the best. Park Point beach right in the city can get good, and is all sand. But the Under toe can be scary if the outer sand bar breaks.
I surf here in ...
I surf here in grand? haven michigan i love it,,,,
personally I don't ...
personally I don't think its worth it copping those freezing? cold temperatures, I mean don't get me wrong those waves are good but, nothing perfect, travel to hawaii, or indonesia same kind of waves but warm.
minnesota canadian ...
minnesota canadian border
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I went there last ...
I went there last fall, it was flat. I did surf lake michigen, waist high but crazy one second interval....endless duck diving.....it was? fun and I even hooked a salmon.
all go in my? trunks
all go in my? trunks
you guys are ...
you guys are legends...good on? you.
@katyrb17? Minnesota
@katyrb17? Minnesota
You have some? ...
You have some? balls to go in that water!!!!
where? was this?
where? was this?
Those waves look? ...
Those waves look? pretty clean. I bet they were freezing balls tho
go figure... maybe ...
go figure... maybe u can surf anywhere? :-)
how often are? ...
how often are? there waves
Nothing better then ...
Nothing better then a? good dive in that lake every morning. :D
@808bayside ...
@808bayside They're called the great lakes for a reason. More ships have been lost to just Lake Superior,? where they were surfing, than to the Bermuda triangle, possibly most famous being the Edmund Fitzgerald.
@xieper Indeed; the ...
@xieper Indeed; the surface area of the Great Lakes is larger than land area of the United Kingdom! Lake Superior alone would cover 63%? of England. Lake Superior is wider than the distance between London and Glasgow.
@Rory99M I think ...
@Rory99M I think he's talking about the air? temperature with the windchill factor. The water is warmer. If the water were that cold, it would be frozen.
this is so sick
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this is so sick
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that? was ...
that? was epic.great surfing jamie.
I love surfing the ...
I love surfing the great lakes, but this video really shows how much less power great lake waves really have....did you see how slow he was going and how lethargic his turns were? on those big waves!!!! Still surfing though!!!! Kudos to Red Bull for showing people that with passion the possibilities are endless and major props to Sterling for coming out here and checking it out!!!!!
what?? there's ...
what?? there's waves in lakes? wow.. how little knowledge i know
this is where i? ...
this is where i? surf b***hes
what board is? he ...
what board is? he using
