Lake Superior storm surfing. Fresh water surf at its finest. 

Couldn't have said it better! Cheers Bro!

They are the best ever!!! Thank you!

Haha!!

Lol

It's actually a short window where we get solid clean conditions. You need to be on the spot when it happens.

True. Just be careful to not drown if you ever go to Lake Michigan. Waves can get huge and choppy, very dangerous :3

@@Great_Lake_Surfer thanks bro

My story is somewhat similar for sure. So stoked to know the possibilities the lakes can produce very high quality waves. I've traveled to some of the best waves on the planet and hold Lake Superior as one of my favorite places ever. Keep the dream alive brotha!

Scat 4 shit flipturn

Jordan

Thank u for not raising your family in California! Don't need any more indoctrinated weirdos in this country!

It's unreal how good it can get when everything lines up and this was good but not epic conditions and it was actually kinda warm since we didn't have icicles growing off our hoods.

I grew up surfing New Jersey in the winter. Which can get pretty damn cold. Nowhere near this though.

I don't know man. I grew up surfing in NJ too and it was pretty extreme. I remember surfing a day back in the 80s when it was negative 30 with windchill factor, 3 feet of snow on the beach, and ice chunks coming over in the lip (i.e., frozen water and snow got washed out from the jetties into the line-up). When I was done, my toes and fingers were so numb I almost went to the hospital because they weren't warming up... But eventually as they "came back to life," the pain and throbbing really set in. That was as extreme as anywhere on the planet I'd say. Everywhere, even NJ, has its extreme days I suppose. Keep on rippin 😎🤙

Nope, wouldn’t surf either place as I’d get cold surfing in south Florida! Props to anyone who surfs above NC in the winter.

@@brentparks3669 thank you😂🤝

@@brentparks3669 the 5/4s keep you really warm sometimes it’s just you can easily get a brain freeze lol

@@yxngbt387 plus the wetsuit technology is WAAAYYYY better today than back when I surfed winters in NJ. Now I'm permanent in Australia so a 3/2 is as thick as I go these days!!

We get it about 10 times a year with several other windspell events

Just need a thick suit

@@bunt1691 any slabs?

@@boogieheads wear a 4:3

Are you on the English side? SSW is preferred

The French side needs NNW

I've surfed the channel. You can do it

I usually go straight to the hotel in the wetsuit. Funny looks when checking in but the shower after is the best.

Yup might see one Day with water over 60-65. Cold and big

@@bunt1691 superior always delivers

I'm on Maui!

@@getwildwithevan Honolulu here🤙

Aloha,. We do it because it's fun

It's an amazing experience for sure. Especially when it snows :)

These are just waves on a lake, right? the way that swell generates is because of strong winds blowing across the lake? Recently I bought into a resort on the edge of the Nam Ngum Reservoir in Laos, and I am wondering now if I will get the chance to try a bit of this freshwater surfing myself (without the snow). I never imagined such a thing possible. Anyway, great hobby and video. Pumped me up.

@@anarchistangler yes made by wind. Lake superior is over 100 miles wide and super deep so swell has time to build and generate power. The reservoir your talking about is much smaller and very shallow but may have some really really small waves sometimes if you get any major storms. It also looks like there are a lot of islands though which may block the swells too.

Yeah right. Thanks for checking it out and giving your opinion. There is a fair bit of swell on Nam Ngum when there is a storm I have to plough through in my fishing boat, and some of the places I fish the driftwood and wave erosion is very high up the bank. It gave me some hope perhaps there might be a wave. I am going to check it out when next there is a huge wind. I can't offer you any surf probably, but you're pretty decent for explaining your hobby to me and entertaining my questions. If you would like to come and catch some prehistoric fish some time - some really gnarly predators - contact the Green View Resort Laos. I am going anyway, and I got a rod you can borrow. It is one of the last wildernesses on earth.

Get back in the water and find that flow!! I think surfing is so important for our mental state that we should never let it get too far away.

@@getwildwithevan Well said my friend and I appreciate the pep talk. It is SO important for the mental state but I've been taking great care of my boys which will also put the mind at ease. They're getting old enough now that I can start to work the things back into my life that I sacrificed for them. See you up there!

Where there's water there's waves!

Nothing is too cold these days!

Goulais Bay

Have you taken the Lake Superior plunge?!!

I learned in Hawaii as well

That's how I felt when I first started surfing up there.

Thanks dude!

Love Nica!! Hope you're getting some!

4:3 works for most

6:4:5 at it's worst

Pussy

I'm in Maui now. Surfing big outer reef stuff but yeah I still get excited for waves on the Great Lakes.

Salt free and shark free!!

It would be sick to spend Nov/Dec chasing Lake surf. Hope you do it!

@@getwildwithevan attempted lack Erie last winter! So tough to score tho!

It's more about the experience than the surf! Thanks Brian!

Waves have been known to reach as high as possible 40' out on the lake during gales. This estimate has been made by captains of the lake freighters. Closer to shore probably in the area of 10'. There are videos on U-Tube of waves splashing up & over the 80' cliffs on the North shore in Minnesota.

There were 20 feet a week ago on Lake Michigan. It can get pretty wicked during storms

Yeah man it's weird without the saltwater for sure. I tend to get a lot of sinus blockage after surfing freshwater. Taking a decongestant helps. Not as much buoyancy as well so your board feels a little sluggish. When duck diving you get held in a somewhat suspended area where you aren't rising back up to the surface. Almost a neutral buoyancy. Thanks for watching !!!

@@getwildwithevan Hey thanks for the reply man.

Yes indeed!

Thanks Corey! I'm gearing up to make better videos so stay tuned.

You get waves up there?!!

I live in Southern California and not only do I get this, I WANT TO SURF IN THE GREAT LAKES! Only problem is, I’ll need a 6/7 wetsuit.

No sharks no jellyfish

@@nathanconley280 You forgot the stingrays. One got me about a month ago. Everyone in my surf group has gotten zapped by them.

@@ec1628 I'm dying to learn how to surf. I've been in michigan my whole life and am planning to take lessons soon. I'm so excited to start! The cold shouldnt be too much of an issue as long as you remain physically active :D just makes a hot shower feel better afterwards is all

@@Great_Lake_Surfer I hope to see you in the line up after you just finished tearing it up! It isn't easy to learn. Don't give up!

Musics fine man, I like it

Crazy feeling but man it's a unique experience.

I usually ride the same boards I have for Hawaii and other areas but I should really have a small quiver of higher volume boards for the lake. My 8' walden is a wave catching machine because of the volume but it's doesn't rip like a short board.

All it takes is a 5:4 or a 4:3

@@bunt1691 Down south we call that a dive suit when your a 130 ft down shooting grouper 80 miles offshore

Always want it bad bradda!

Cloudy bay brotha!

You serious? 😂😂

a trick: you can watch series at Flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.

@Cyrus Zaire Yup, I have been using Flixzone} for years myself :)

Waves around every corner out there!

We have to wait it out. But when it comes I’ve seen triple overhead

World Class for a LAKE :)

Crazy the power of the wind huh. Sad to hear about this event though.