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Dave smith - 7 years ago

Jets on the skill tester....

Peter Linn - 7 years ago

The storm that brought down the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior clocked in 30 foot plus seas. Unusual but definitely possible on the Great Lakes. Look up Great Storm of 1913 also to get a feel for just how dangerous the lakes can be.

Andrea Dennis - 7 years ago

That is freshwater?

convex - 7 years ago

Andrea Dennis yerp. And thousands of feet deep

Explorer Mike - 7 years ago

Man, that is hard-core as hell! Look at the ice hanging off his hat when he get out. Far out, man.

Kaptain Kid - 7 years ago

Yeah, this certainly is not the North Shore of Ohau.

Hal Heywood - 7 years ago

wow that was real surf way to go

Crypto Simon - 7 years ago

These are some proper waves for a lake

Dan - 7 years ago

Ive been out in the same spot, around Knife river, but we hit some 20' massive breakers in Beaver bay about 7 years ago that almost sucked the life outta you after 15-20 minutes, too cold

Butchzzilla - 7 years ago

I surf Lake Michigan. We get some decent waves. Sometime I'll have to try Lake Superior. But honestly, when I travel to surf, it's warm ocean waves.

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Lucas TV - 7 years ago

You get to surf with no worries of sharks or jellies

atmosphere Adr - 8 years ago

You can compare the great lakes with the Mediterranean sea, no tides, deep water and roughly the same size. Big difference is the water and air temperature and the salt water.

UBF Underground Boxing Federation - 8 years ago

fawkn epic bra

DarkSagan - 8 years ago

Good waves for bodyboarding.

matthew ziranek - 8 years ago

Damn, and I thought the Atlantic was cold over here! I'd NEVER go ice surfing but it's awesome that there are guys like you who are crazy enough to do it so the rest of us don't have to!

Dear: You - 8 years ago

Looks to me like a huge waste of time surfing icy mush burgers. Red Bull would have to pay me allot.

Striker - 7 years ago

Jose Antonio If you catch it on a good day it is warmer than the ocean

Jose Antonio - 8 years ago

but it is very chilly

Marcel Lirette - 8 years ago

must not be a real surfer. Who wouldnt want to surf a day in fresh water just because

Brett Holt - 8 years ago

Maybe they could have snagged a stealhead out there eh!

gabriel bay - 8 years ago

Those waves are beautiful, I can not even believe that it is a lake

Jon Horvath - 8 years ago

Best lake waves I've seen in a video !

Papa Surf Productions - 8 years ago

Great video. Thanks. Get some 8 mm boots dudes. Feet will not get cold.

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Oscar Morales - 8 years ago

I also do surfing on Lake Superior and I still do it in the winter (on days the lake isn't frozen). The water is cold but a few minutes beening in the water its quite enjoyable.

ExplodingToiletProductions - 9 years ago

haha thats some cool stuff haha

Cal Crappie - 9 years ago

The "Norwegian Riviera" i.e. Minnesota's North Shore. Good clean shark-free water! I would imagine there are some totally undiscovered places on Lake Superior that are even better than this.

Alex Moen - 8 years ago

+Cal Crappie awesome post...

Julio Gomez - 9 years ago

I pass

Brother Dunne - 9 years ago

Great vid! Have you surfed anywhere on the North Shore of Superior?

d'Etroit Ultramann - 9 years ago

It's understandable why the Great Lakes aren't referred to as "oceans" or "seas" (because those are usually defined as being saltwater), but really, they deserve a different title than "lakes", as anything large enough to generate its own weather is in another class entirely.

Johnny Hammer - 8 years ago

+d'Etroit Ultramann Well said.

LordDeathspit - 9 years ago

This is amazing. As a native of Michigan I'm am stunned people surf these cold waters but I dig it fellas. And for the people around the globe wondering why they're seeing a lake kick like this it's because the great lakes are huge. To your eyes they'd look no different than an ocean. Waves, sea gulls and you can't see land on the other side. Just dark blue water.

Benjamin Wasylina - 6 years ago

It give you a perspective of how big the ocean is

LordDeathspit - 8 years ago

+d'Etroit Ultramann yep. And no jellyfish or stuff that can eat you. Lol

d'Etroit Ultramann - 9 years ago

It's a pretty common reaction from first-time coastal visitors I meet: a look of surprise, and a comment of how they knew the Great Lakes were big, but didn't expect them to look THAT big, where they appear & act like an ocean...that same vast panorama of an infinite-looking blue expanse, the sandy beaches/rocky cliffs, seashells, dune grass, seagulls, and waves. The most instantly-obvious difference to those who know both? - no ocean smell.

LordDeathspit - 9 years ago

+Bri Swifty Yea it's crazy.

Bri Swifty - 9 years ago

I remember the first time I saw the lake there is no end in site its huge. It's crazy.

Adam Armstrong - 9 years ago

E Wilkie Stoney Point good job bro not too much longer and your paradise will be lost

E Wilkie - 8 years ago

...why would you worry about stoney then ? makes no sense.....life is short, live it up and share waves, enjoy and protect the nature of the surf. rejoice.

CJ Gamer - 8 years ago

+E Wilkie Thats all you bro. You can have it. I think i'll stay put here in Costa Rica.

E Wilkie - 9 years ago

+Adam Armstrong so then when are you coming to surf here adam ?

dji zzah - 10 years ago

incredible for any human being to paddle out in that frigid environment, dude deserves a medal. As an australian I never would have thought a lake could produce waves that size.. Four foot maybe??

Ducati Drew - 10 years ago

Wow! Saw smaller waves in Lake Erie.

Livinghighandwise - 9 years ago

Erie is the shallowest of the great lakes and because of this it can produce some of the largest waves (and some of the worst undertow an currents..). While I'm not a surfer, I used to visit Presquile in Erie PA with my parents every summer as a kid and remember swimming in waves 6 - 10 feet a few time..

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Aaron Kennedy - 10 years ago

Very cool. I do not feel so bad being here in the mitten after two decades of surfing the Pacific. I guess.

Nick Vevang - 10 years ago

bamf surfers, some surfers take on 30 foot waves while others take on 20 degree water

SJfin - 10 years ago

So gnar

ersurfer - 10 years ago

BRRRRR...........

Blaise Michna - 10 years ago

look at that double overhead at 48!! crazy!!

CJ Gamer - 8 years ago

+Torrey B I'm calling it head high to overhead. Def not double overhead, but still impressive for a lake.

Torrey B - 10 years ago

lol that's not double OH smh....

Josh Cundiff - 10 years ago

To everyone questioning the double over headers you heard it from a pro big wave surfer I don't think he needs to exaggerate the size of the waves he surfs

dakine400 - 10 years ago

Well he did over exaggerate! Shame on him!

Aspie Otaku - 10 years ago

Thats crazy keep forgeting its a lake and not the Ocean LOL Its crazy knowing a lake has waves like the Ocean but then again its a really big lake to the point its like a mini fresh water ocean!

George Mackey - 10 years ago

How isnt this double overhead! go to second 48 and tell me it isn't double overhead, thankyou bunt1691

SJfin - 9 years ago

No doubts as to the size of the surf. more just playing devils advocate. I've heard waves described by so many different standards. I figured this was as good a place as any to get this put to bed lol

George Mackey - 9 years ago

+SJfin even if you were 7 ft surfing that wave, it would still probably be double overhead

SJfin - 9 years ago

I guess I never really thought about the fact that most pro surfers are like 5 ft tall.... haha

+HopelessDoom1

No matter how we break this down specifically... that is effin huge for lake surfing

HopelessDoom1 - 10 years ago

+Torrey B I think Jamie Sterling has a good grasp on what double OH is, so even if we never saw one in this video, I'll take his word for it. He is surfing a wave whose face appears well over 6 feet at the 39 second mark, and OH is anything over 5 feet, IIRC, to account for surfer's crouching, so 10 feet is double OH if I'm right.

Torrey B - 10 years ago

lol that's not double OH no matter how you measure it...that's like 6-7 tops! maybe 1 foot OH...

Aaron Kennedy - 10 years ago

+SJfin Yeah, but no one really does measure it that way, except in Hawaii.

SJfin - 10 years ago

Isn't wave height measured from the back? Double overhead face would mean just overhead realistically.

Andrew Prescott - 10 years ago

where on the great lakes is this duluth

FoShizzle713 - 10 years ago

So sick

Steven Nelson - 11 years ago

Good thing Sterling is a big wave guy because he can't do a turn at all. And double overhead? He's the next GMAC.

gangsterboogie - 9 years ago

Post a vid of your hack attack. I wanna see you snapping your Jordy Futures in half when you bury your rail Brody.

E Wilkie - 9 years ago

+Steven Nelson ...come up and surf with us all here Steven Nelson.....show us how you do it.

madmiguelh2o - 11 years ago

Impressive for a lake no doubt. but double overhead my left testicle!

Sleeping Lion - 8 years ago

:48 was a double overhead wave face. You can mail me that testicle

CJ Gamer - 8 years ago

+George Mackey His buddys in Hawaii are laughing their asses off at the double overhead comment.

Sean MacDonald - 9 years ago

+George Mackey
and he was actually out there

George Mackey - 9 years ago

+dakine400 well jamie sterling(real surfer with knowledge and experience) says in the video it was double over head 1:23

Sean MacDonald - 9 years ago

+chicagoPTer
every wave they got was filmed and I dont see a reason not to include it then talk about it

chicagoPTer - 9 years ago

+madmiguelh2o You know, just because it wasn't in the video doesn't mean there weren't double overhead waves...

GreenSkyFalling - 10 years ago

its Wisconsin double, the rules are different for winter on the lake bud.

dakine400 - 10 years ago

not double over head how many times do i have to say this any real surfer with wave knowledge and experience will agree!

George Mackey - 10 years ago

do you not see the waves in this video?!?!

dakine400 - 10 years ago

lol, keep telling yourself that! surf some real waves with real surfers and then get back to me on double overhead!

GreenSkyFalling - 10 years ago

+dakine400 well I paused it at 43 seconds and it looked like a Michigan maverick to me mofo.

dakine400 - 10 years ago

+GreenSkyFalling absolutley not!!!!

GreenSkyFalling - 10 years ago

? 0:44 seconds is double over head

Sean MacDonald - 10 years ago

I really think it was I mean it was at least pretty close but it was really sloppy and mushy making it look smaller than it is

madmiguelh2o - 10 years ago

I never said it can't be. I said the waves in this video are not double overhead. I see one or two a couple feet overhead. My testicle gets nothing.

George Mackey - 10 years ago

actually their can be and has been double overhead, at Frankfort, lake Michigan and at Stoney Point, lake Superior. so pay your testicle

Reno Makani - 11 years ago

Sic Jamie

Peter Todenhagen - 11 years ago

Actually jerky, the smallest great lake by surface area is Lake Ontario, not Erie. I do agree though that they are huge and they look and act more as oceans than lakes.

Eliot Metherell - 11 years ago

The Dead Sea is tiny compared to Lake Superior and Lake Superior is very small compared to the Caspian Sea ( 371,000 sq km/143,200 sq mi). Superior also has an average depth of only 480ft/147m compared to 690ft/270m..

Loukas Bethea - 11 years ago

Damn right Jake!

Loukas Bethea - 11 years ago

Hey buddy... The smallest Great Lake, Lake Erie is bigger than the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea surface area is tiny compared to the smallest Great Lake. The Dead Sea surface area; 810 km2 (310 sq mi) Lake Erie 9,910 sq mi (25,667 km2) Research the things you aren't sure about. And the largest, Lake Superior; 31,700 sq mi (82,100 km2) That's fucking HUGE!

Loukas Bethea - 11 years ago

*basically *bottom

Loukas Bethea - 11 years ago

Yes

bunt1691 - 11 years ago

Stony point is a tougher wave than pipe. I lived in Wahiwa, It doesn't challenge, neither does Sandy under 10 ft Hawaii scale.

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bunt1691 - 11 years ago

Ps in the end, a very good professional surfer was challenged here. By overhead, occasionally double waves. Why not give a tad of respect to a place that lights up 15 days a year. Gotta be patient, but trust me, beaver bay is a learning center other than storm waves.

Dear: You - 11 years ago

dude has fukin icesickles hangin from his hood..

bunt1691 - 11 years ago

look at 48 seconds haters. tell me that ain't double overhead. They get much cleaner on a ground swell at stony point, and swell out for over a day. Still often overhead, with a 8-10 second period. Watch unsalted. just an antidote, but it shows the clean swell.

bunt1691 - 11 years ago

Wright attitude you left with.

snowboardman420 - 11 years ago

lol never snowboard, I dont ride with girls cause they hate the cold like you.

Penny Webster - 11 years ago

yeah they get pretty brutal during storms and in the winter

Mohag - 11 years ago

Yup its a small fresh water ocean basicly. This lake sank the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. It was a big ass 729 ft long freighter and this lakes waves broke it in hafe and sank it to the bottem.

Liam Grieve - 11 years ago

Its awesome to have some videos from my area for once!

Andrew Hurst - 11 years ago

Hands and feet frozen? Not sure about that. My hands are the warmest parts of my body when I get out of the lake. 7 mm mittens ftw!

James Biederman - 11 years ago

For those of you who doubt this, watch the movie unsalted.

Chris Moon - 11 years ago

yes, huge lakes!!!!

TheSnowaddict - 11 years ago

i wish someone was surfing marblehead lighthouse with me monday! nothing like surfing overhead windswell in ohio and getting dragged in the current through rocks! It was 30-35 knots for like 3 days straight, gnarly bloody fun.

Matt Bertram - 11 years ago

Yeah man! The great lakes are huge. When looking at superior its just like the ocean in that you can see the other side.

Kenneth Ward - 11 years ago

That was so chill brah

Mathias Klingemann - 11 years ago

yeah if you go to lake superior in the fall months sometimes waves get bigger than 10 feet.

Hélène Filion - 11 years ago

Nice to see a salt surfer come to our Lakes! I surf Huron mostly and Canadian side of Superior but never that big yet!! "fingers crossed"

Matt Walter - 11 years ago

right on dude, well there big enough to create surfable waves. and thats all that matters... regardless of the minor details

TheCrazydude500 - 11 years ago

Yes, great lakes around Michigan can see waves that big and sometimes bigger.

Jimmy Lee Motta - 11 years ago

Freakin' awesome!

Eliot Metherell - 11 years ago

They're not that big mate. The lakes are too small to be seas. There are some other inland 'seas' which are actually lakes like the Dead Sea.

Ch0plol - 11 years ago

Yeah, the Great Lakes are big enough to have this kind of weather. I'm sure lakes in other places have them too.

TeViiNz - 11 years ago

you gotta really love it to surf when its that cold

Matt Walter - 11 years ago

pure wind swell... I've noticed the best waves really happen just after a large storm and the wind calms down... thats when you get the "cleanest" you can on the lake. But really these lakes arent lakes they are inland seas... they are big... theyve just been called lakes for the longest times... But if you ever come here you will see these are seas ...

hoforeal - 11 years ago

the world`s worst place to surf

August Barrett - 11 years ago

Wow, either these guys are the worst surfers to ever hit the lakes, or the editing in this is really horrible--no one is ever on a wave for more than a half a second.... Did any of these guys ride a whole wave or were they incapable? Or do 1990's influenced vid editors still think it's cool to not show someone actually surfing for more than a fraction of a second? Get with it guys! Riding a whole wave--from drop-in to kick-out--is actually more engaging and entertaining th n a fr ct on o th pic

Andrew Smith - 11 years ago

Double overhead?? Maybe if your 2ft tall..! That is pretty funny..

SonicrabChicago - 11 years ago

I surf almost every weekend in chicago. love surfing the lakes!

SwiftNPainless - 11 years ago

sweeeeet.......

Wade H - 11 years ago

affirmitive

raydar987 - 11 years ago

That's a cold ass honkey!!

Jake Therrien - 11 years ago

Dude I lived in Michigan and surfing in Lake Michigan and Superior is so much different from the ocean. It makes you appreciate surfing a lot more then being in super crowded surf with a bunch of pissed of people. Fresh water surfing is where its at.

NewportLocalBra - 11 years ago

Not double overhead. Fuck those waves are way to cold. I would try surfing one of the lakes if it picked up a hurricane swell for sure though.

David - 11 years ago

you would still get it with one and time . im tired of telling people this the caribbean can give you hypothermia 90 degree farenheit in 24hrs so 32 degree water +less than 15 minutes no wetsuit with one obviously you have more time

David - 11 years ago

parallel to shore

MRxDAZZLE - 12 years ago

lake superior, Its like an ocean...

peckawoodd - 12 years ago

There were definitely at least a couple approaching DOH that day

Pablo Driesmans - 12 years ago

Yes

Cameron Watkins - 12 years ago

are these waves actually in lakes

E Wilkie - 12 years ago

...old ? it's the fountain of youth !

E Wilkie - 12 years ago

...SToNeY PoiNT is called the cleanest wave in the great lakes (check out Vince Deurs 'Unsalted' movie) ....in the winter, in 33 degree water.....dig it.

E Wilkie - 12 years ago

...low pressure systems spin counter clockwise, and when then move west to east right over duluth mn. , mostly in the winter, often with blizzard snows, over 25 knts. NNE, they kick up waves......the farther away the spin, like up near canada, the longer the fetch....longer the fetch, the cleaner the wave.....otherwise you can't surf on a lake.

bunt1691 - 12 years ago

44 seconds double overhead. I've seen triple, at that spot......hey, it's just a lake, lol. You would die....and it does swell, in glass, overhead.

larris pie - 12 years ago

holy shit that s cold icicles on his hoodie!

michael metro - 12 years ago

probably so cold

jmg1685 - 12 years ago

dude, this is lake superior. I'm sure when he was out there they seemed double overhead. You are also forgetting that you're a bystander watching a video and were not there. Stop hating, I'm impressed with this video to say the least.

lovelymartyr - 12 years ago

It doesn't

lovelymartyr - 12 years ago

Better than Hossegor,Mundaka,Portugal, a little place called the Canary Islands ? You are on glue ,kid.

etx313 - 12 years ago

Michigan! F YEAH!

lovelymartyr - 12 years ago

because it's not good.

Freebird Rising - 12 years ago

But it's fresh water, so you better bring a thick piece of foam...

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giant regrigerator - 12 years ago

yeah thanks i watched a video about it. its pretty gnarly!

juxier - 12 years ago

there is , its been surfed

guitarsurfer2010 - 12 years ago

on the hood of his wetsuit, his headgear Look at 1:40 Aloha from Hawaii

clarkewi - 12 years ago

What do you mean on his hood.......

Dylan Skelley - 12 years ago

I love this video

Jinkinson sasa - 12 years ago

Why do they cut these things like this? I just wanted to see one good wave uncut from beginning to end. All we see are one cutback then flash to another wave.

Taylor Baker - 12 years ago

not better than obx man hahaha. i love it here

giant regrigerator - 12 years ago

would there be surf in antarctica? because there is so much water between antarctica and anywhere else which some big swell must be able to form.

guitarsurfer2010 - 12 years ago

icicles on his hood ! ! !

notrylan - 12 years ago

yeah 20 knot current. mm hm

António Coiso - 12 years ago

lol not true

Rotten Sporty - 12 years ago

rasta this is stupid

piealec1997 - 12 years ago

can someone explain to me how waves form in these lakes? Are there actually ground swells in the lake that move or is it usually just wind swell?

MrThirteen1 - 12 years ago

yes it dose advertise something. The beautiful lakes we have up here!

Matt Walter - 12 years ago

Of course they are rideable dude! A lot of the times it is super wind blown and is fairly junky yes, but we get a good 10-15 times a year really good perfectly barreling waves like you would see on a good day in the ocean. But the dudes that surf and skim the lakes are mainly just stoked you can do it here and that it can get really good sometimes. Its a sick vibe, thats what makes it so good, everyone is just amped when there is even 4 foot waves!

Matt Walter - 12 years ago

Yes, Lake Superior has seen 30 footers

Matt Walter - 12 years ago

Right on dude, either way all our Great Lakes get some decent sized waves

Eaacker - 12 years ago

Actually Michigan-Huron is connected by the Straits of Mackinac and is at the same elevation. Technically they are one lake, and combined have a bigger surface area than Superior.

jordin bragg - 12 years ago

you must have never surfed s-turns then.

Jacob Hignett - 12 years ago

Haha this is bigger than a lot of stuff I have surfed on Oahu... And a lot colder...

Matt Walter - 12 years ago

We get super intense winds from upper parts of Canada which cuts deep on our Great Lakes, really there not lakes dude there inland seas. There pretty freaking big ecespically Lake Superior which is the biggest of them all. Biggest season for us is Winter when the water is warmer from the summer and the cold air just cuts in the water like nuts. We love it man! Cold is more of an adventure!

Matt Walter - 12 years ago

Great lakes represent! Sick vid

Stoned~Chocobo - 12 years ago

how the hell does a lake make bigger waves than most places on the ocean?!

surferboy347808 - 12 years ago

im so glad the water here in hawaii is warm

James Simmo - 12 years ago

Yes, definitely double overhead..... :S

Zach Herman - 12 years ago

LOL look at his hood at the end of the sesh

Stanislav Khaylov - 12 years ago

damn...I'm FREEEZZZZZING

davis911228 - 12 years ago

no shit... look like fun waves

1BigRocket - 12 years ago

My nipples froze just watching this...

ppettet - 12 years ago

Dude youre so wrong. When you love doing something, it doesnt matter how cold it is, if theres good waves you go out. If its stormy you go out! Surfing is a passion not a publicity stunt

Shinichi Sato - 12 years ago

Please show us your footage of GoPro Movie on board　and Movie from land simultaneously.

hugh jarman - 12 years ago

i thought that ice on this head was some new go pro mount lol

TheNAOer - 12 years ago

what song is this?

sambar02 - 12 years ago

holy sheet

KGero478 - 12 years ago

Other big ships lost on the lakes include: Carl D. Bradley, lost to storm on Lake Michigan, November 18, 1958 and the Daniel J. Morrell, lost to storm on Lake Huron, November 29, 1966. The Bradley sinking claimed 33 of 35 sailors, the Morrell, 28 of 29 sailors

Braden Meyers - 12 years ago

who noticed the icicles on his head

Matt Cusack - 12 years ago

i think the period for these waves is like a second

AussiefromleDoubs - 12 years ago

This is amazing! Double over-head waves on a lake? Fresh water? How does that feel? Imma try the Mediterranean fo sure....!! I live quite close

ian akers - 12 years ago

Haha no camera man will get in that water!

Robert27962 - 12 years ago

Was that jizz on his hoodie?

Shedz Channel - 12 years ago

@3daywkend pfft!

Shedz Channel - 12 years ago

@Wrkncacnter777 is that so? wow!

theblazer - 12 years ago

@WhatRofl WITH FREAKING MAN EATING SHARKS AFTER YOU!

Par N - 12 years ago

KOOL !

ostutzo - 12 years ago

Of course it gets big... large body of water + strong winds = big surf ! BUT does it get clean ? (serious question... it would be great to see a video of big clean surf on the great lakes)

Chris Clark - 12 years ago

@3daywkend oh yeah overhype that bastard even more SICK bro.

josiahsixkiller - 12 years ago

@suppaduppa5 Sure but wait around for the 40 footers and you'll be in serious trouble

OldManArmyJonno - 12 years ago

I am sure Minnasotan surfers are gutted you won't be there Suppaduppa. I am glad you miss the point of surfing, that means more waves of all kinds for the rest of us in Scandinavia, the UK, The Great Lakes, South East Asia in the Monsoon and all the other spots that take just too much love of surfing to do.

Kaleo Delatori - 12 years ago

sick how there's waves, but I think it's pointless going through all that cold just for a crap wave

Tcav - 12 years ago

@53johnnyb thats how i do it :)

hitthecouch - 12 years ago

It's snowing and 20 out and lake Erie is supposed to be 6 feet tomorrow! Hell yeah!

JacobMatan - 12 years ago

the ice formed on the hood of his wetsuit when he gets out!!!

53johnnyb - 12 years ago

So to escape a rip current you swim straight to shore right?

andrew08x - 12 years ago

That is so sick, those waves are perfect

jerseyRJ - 13 years ago

thats BS man..... friggin lake gets better waves than the Atlantic

toby blake - 13 years ago

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

WhatRofl - 13 years ago

@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

hitthecouch - 13 years ago

@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.

WhatRofl - 13 years ago

@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.

jkid4141 - 13 years ago

hey that looks fun....oh wait theres ice on his suit nevermind

hitthecouch - 13 years ago

@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.

skipast75 - 13 years ago

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.

HudsonvileHolligans - 13 years ago

I surf here in grand haven michigan i love it,,,,

WhatRofl - 13 years ago

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.

88railman - 13 years ago

minnesota canadian border

m ra - 13 years ago

you guys are legends...good on you.

Ryan Rowe - 13 years ago

Those waves look pretty clean. I bet they were freezing balls tho

Jeremy D513 - 13 years ago

go figure... maybe u can surf anywhere :-)

nyyankees4296 - 13 years ago

how often are there waves

matti1804 - 13 years ago

Nothing better then a good dive in that lake every morning. :D

Stuart Grant - 13 years ago

@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.

chulieho - 13 years ago

that was epic.great surfing jamie.

Nicholas Boville - 13 years ago

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!!!!!

Michael S - 13 years ago

what? there's waves in lakes? wow.. how little knowledge i know

aejhbj12 - 13 years ago

what board is he using

roly4642 - 13 years ago

These people of a metal Passion

salmmonster - 13 years ago

@MrTommy123g Isn't this in Minnesota?

MrRedskins0021 - 13 years ago

michigan is a beautiful place to live in. When i retire i'm going to move to michigan

Romulo Lora - 13 years ago

VAF.. olha o gelo na cara dele!! porrrra! se 5 graus jah congela imagina - .....

tommy gately - 13 years ago

gotta love michigan

peckawoodd - 13 years ago

I have a new respect for the Great Lakes.

AT M - 13 years ago

@germantaco34 jealous much? you wish you could kill it like that dude. but keep hating dude; i'm sure it will get you far in life bro.

Liam Aharoni - 13 years ago

@germantaco34 so y r u watching this

drew cook - 13 years ago

or you could go someplace warmer...

88railman - 13 years ago

@noordkant don't know that board but if you surf lake waves i highly reccomend the channel islands pod, not the best for choppy but if its clean there's nothing better

Maurice Boelens - 13 years ago

these guys are the bomb!

CHazz Y - 13 years ago

@germantaco34 totally agree with you

Clement - 13 years ago

I lived there for a year and I missed surfing so bad! I always thought there could be some good surfing in that lake but it's so damn cold!! Amazing video!

Matt P - 13 years ago

boo cold water

noordkant - 13 years ago

That board looks great for mushy waves. Could you give mne the specs of that board?

steve Dalpe - 13 years ago

Red Bull is a heart attack in a can Drink Zija for real energy

TheIceHoler - 13 years ago

beastin

love aussies - 13 years ago

Nice ..

ohzee - 13 years ago

Red Bull Staff, could you please give me a job?

jakeherbertjake - 13 years ago

where were the double overhead waves?

Isaiah Kamoe - 13 years ago

looks warm

Beau Bibeau - 13 years ago

@myuinca freshwater.

joshcannonball - 13 years ago

@Rory99M 6/5/4 with 7 mil boots and gloves. it's not so bad.

Harvey Sanders - 13 years ago

@myuinca fresh

TohaBgood2 - 13 years ago

what the fuuuuuck?!??! -20 F Dang, that must have been cold :DDD

Justin Greene - 13 years ago

where are the locals---- here we go ---sell out---go back to your home break, tom curren would have SCHOOLED your ass-- this is a big sell-out---- any asp could do this---GO HOME---SHOW A LOCAL RIPPING----- BRING IN THE WORLD TOUR---LETS SEE THAT-----

whatfur - 13 years ago

Fresh water.

Margaret Urquhart - 13 years ago

Are the great lakes fresh or salt water?

ho bra - 13 years ago

god i love my home hawaii

Rory Mannion - 13 years ago

i just looked up 20deg Fahrenheit, cause didn't how cold that was, apparently thats -6.67 degrees celsius. How is that possible to surf in, I think I'm hardcore in 7 or 8 degrees celsius. what kind of wetsuits do they use?

Eli Colgan - 13 years ago

Love the smile on his face at the end. Living in Maine I know the feeling. Surfing in cold water is a true test of your soul.

moeterbank - 13 years ago

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Syrionn - 13 years ago

Not a real man till you have ice hanging off your swimsuit.

Red Bull - 13 years ago

@NickMAI2Y "6pm in the morning" by jr kong

Ascension Visuals - 13 years ago

@irvine646464 buoyancy doesn't because the moment that cold water hits your giblets you'll ghasp and sink lol :P Even on a 80% humid day that water can never be warm enough to really enjoy... still amazing place to see, though. Take a trip in July. The lake effect will offset the intense humidity we get here.

Coconut_Meat - 13 years ago

When I lived in Marquette, MI, I would go to the black rocks to watch the waves during storms. In November and March, there were many times when they would be 10 to 14 feet. If you are really lucky, you can get 20 plus foot waves out there in November, March and possibly early April. I kind of miss being able to head to the black rocks to watch the waves during a storm. P.S. Lake Superior is an inland freshwater sea.

Jordan Smeltzer - 13 years ago

home of Northern Michigan University, and the current holders of the world record longboardin/skateboard parade.

Cian Mark - 13 years ago

haha icicles on ice hood :D :D

Par N - 13 years ago

Gr8 Lakes - gr8 Waves ! ( :

Brohana - 13 years ago

i wanna surf

UnReel Rc - 13 years ago

SICK!! :P

Tom Krznar - 13 years ago

OMG this the second redbull video that I've seen and still no name of the song??? Go see how people are freaking out for the song on Grete Eliassen's ski jump video! thumbs up if you want redbull to give out the song!

RobertGoulet298 - 13 years ago

Hell yeah! Colder than NE, with some size!!

Ty Cooper - 13 years ago

hey you guys wanna go surf in antarctica? k

kristofvanzeir - 13 years ago

there goes my secret surf spot! dude

xieper - 13 years ago

That is one big ass lake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (excuse my surprise... we don't have lakes like that in the UK)

TheDwill1234 - 13 years ago

Duluth mn REP

matt mcdowell - 13 years ago

HELL NAW... I'D FREEZE!

WTFhappenedWITHyou - 13 years ago

THE FUCK! SO, COLD! He had fucking ice on his face at the end lmao!

spiritro06 - 13 years ago

they always put awesome music on their videos but never link them in the description :(

biagix - 13 years ago

Song Name???

machineguntongue - 13 years ago

That is way too cold for me, but truly amazing. He must be in super good shape with a crazy metabolism. Bet his first warm drink or hot shower felt like heaven.

208Brando - 13 years ago

Dont have to worry about sharks!

rooney1004 - 13 years ago

YES!!!!! From a true Michigander, thanks for the exposure Red Bull. Lots more to see here in the great lakes. Hope you come back soon.

thekillerz12345 - 13 years ago

i herd viewer 309 is gay.

Fischer Films - 13 years ago

I totally know where some other fantastic places are on Lake Superior for surfing. A little more north in canada tho.

kallan02 - 13 years ago

man thats nuts its probably too cold for the fish

Mark Dacosta - 13 years ago

you know he's having fun when he has icicles coming down from his fucking head. RedBull never fails to impress me. (:

OMGCBAs - 13 years ago

@WOLVErRYAN LOL Just turn it over

pacmania09 - 13 years ago

Surfing in a Lake, I wouldn't. What are beaches for... WTF.

Christopher Wallace - 13 years ago

Hey, I saw Jamie Sterling in a surf vid of peru. I think the Icicles hanging off of his hood at the end of the vid is one of the most extreme things I have ever seen

titleist65 - 13 years ago

@RichPrepKid8888 wow you are so intelligent, it's a great thing you decided to bless us with your knowledge because everyone was wondering why they were wearing wetsuits

Lucrestyle - 13 years ago

Killer!

Derek Walker - 13 years ago

redbull+surfing=awsome

ipushmybike - 13 years ago

wow

xSamxStormx - 13 years ago

Nice man, you're awesome... must be cold as shit..... a real trooper here

regard60 - 13 years ago

i dont get it, you go to surf freezing conditions, when you can just go to indo which is warm double over head and barrelling

Oliver Willis - 13 years ago

this is legit my grandma lives there she saw opeople surfing

xAssAsSiNSpr33x - 13 years ago

what wetsuit was that

Luke c - 13 years ago

He should come and surf the irish sea in winter, absolutely standard weather, Suck it up.

ypetrik - 13 years ago

@PostDrummer no it just shows how bad ass that dude is.

sam maxwell - 13 years ago

@Tnesjed i dunno the air is cold enough haha

Xico Ferreira de Carvalho Ortega - 13 years ago

coldornot?

Matt FitzGibbon - 13 years ago

i like the icicles on his wetsuit

Etienne Labrie - 13 years ago

That Is Awesome!

Alastair Norman - 13 years ago

@jonasandtheranger ty

Supa - 13 years ago

RED BULL TV PLZ :)

Sinistaar - 13 years ago

@NuclearTestSubject Superior.

frankieb234 - 13 years ago

A shitload of respect!!!!

pHaTdProductions - 13 years ago

@redbull get yourself a partnership =)

Jamie Ramsay - 13 years ago

holy smokes, waves like that in a fuckin loch... crazy shit

Adam Coulter - 13 years ago

What lake was this?

DOUBL3SCOOP - 13 years ago

icicles from your wetsuit is the sign that its rather chilly?

Kyle L - 13 years ago

MN!!

nicckalass williepea - 13 years ago

@famousgirl9x9 its a massive lake.

LouiiAndKass - 13 years ago

Freakin' awesome.!

Red Bull - 13 years ago

@HorschtMo Party.

famousgirl9x9 - 13 years ago

There are waves that big in a lake????? wtf.

Nick Sacré - 13 years ago

red bull is on a upload spree

Carl Magnus - 13 years ago

fuck, that looked cold! :O respect!

Jack O'flynn - 13 years ago

this us nothing like club penguin :(

Maximilian Pruckner - 13 years ago

240p FTW! :D

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