The Other North Shore 

" Thanks for checking out our spot"..don't hear that often if ever.. but obviously these places take care of themselves. Great vibe and people in cold places take care of each other. The post-surf pub and fireplace scene must be awesome !

I was out trolling by Stony last October during that big storm and saw a bunch of people surfing, we thought maybe it was time to head in. Waves were huge

Same here! I'm 15 minutes away from Stoney. Whenever I'm driving up to check out the swells or see what's happening I always think how amazing it is to have the opportunity to do stuff like this. You can be in farm fields one hour and surfing the next. I love it 🤘

thankyou Sir

honorable. here is your open invite to come up and visit and surf here sometime.....stoney point surf spot on fb...

E Wilkie Thanks, pretty far away but maybe one day, never know

i agree i keep coming back to watch this one... damn sure hope one day to be able to surf this place.. amazing stuff.. all you guys surfing there thats just amazing..

...we're just having fun.....thankyou.......come visit someday,...look us up.

@@ahbwisurfnpaddle Hey Erik!!! It's Sean! Fun to see friends on other threads!

Legit, f'ing crazy right?!

Stony point absolutely swells out. It will sometimes be a 30 second interval. Gets as big as triple overhead

Stepkov K typical one Michigan. Mainly up north and near Grand Haven Michigan. Love my state

Right?!!

haha at the beginning with the icicles off the hoods was like f that, then that wedge at the end... sign me up!

Unreal to see fresh water sets

Actually looks worth it?

I've got swallowed up under 12 feet

One of the best A frames I've rode. Better than anything i found in Hawaii. Mostly a directional brake. You can go right or left on this

Yeahh By! We've had a terrible month

No sharks

...and a few cool chicks sometimes too....

hardcore DAn...famous !

IDK Anymore lol

...only gets that cold for a couple days/week or so, in the winter......mostly we surf above freezing air temps.....water near freezing.....33F

I grew up in Grafton wisc...and moved to cali when I was 8....ill always be a cheesehead lol

right on !

maybe you have Nessi!!

M R.I. Ha no Messi but you can bet your ass this lake won’t let up on you it takes lives and it is cold.

Northern Pike and Muskies have been known to bite.

Actually, Stoney Point is near the western end of lake superior, on the north shore, about fifteen miles from Duluth.

...uh,...that's lake superior in the vid, David.

...uh,...do you know what the great lakes are, E Wilkie

Does that E Wilke dude not realize this was in Northern Michigan? I'm north of Chicago and we kite board all through winter! Midwest!

That’s Stoney point MN

Michigan is not in this video. This is the North Shore of Minnesota.

we have great respect for those pros who do come up and visit for a surf sesh. But you are right,..not too many visit to try......e..

...Always an open invite to the real Johnjohn, from SToNeY PoiNT !

yes...thicker boards required usually.

Very much different indeed. After a wipe out here, we don't float back up to the surface, like in saltwater,...even with six mil rubber we have to swim back up. Harder for the shortboarders to take off, we ride floatier boards here overall. Lots of gunny longboards too. thanks for asking GPflashclass....

this was so sick, keep that stoke fire burning my cold friends

I think that it is a myth. I surf alot in both the ocean and Lake Michigan and I can't tell the difference. I use the same surfboards, alot of people don't think about the extra weight from a wetsuit. You weigh more just because of the wetsuit and should use a slightly thicker board because of that.

yes the buoyancy is greater in salt water than in fresh water

...it feels like being constricted, confined, squeezed and de sensitized. Makes feeling the board below your feet quite difficult thru eight mil booties and seven mil mitts.... When your face gets a simple flush by a winter lip, you get an instant, intense ice cream headache that impedes your vision. When you take a heavy wipe out here at SToNeY, you go deeper in the less buoyant fresh water than in the salt water. Some hit the bottom. Stong outflow currents,...so, Avoid the caves down there, don't wanna get stuck forever. And when your entire suit gets flushed thru your wetsuit face hole during a wipe out, your whole body goes numb a bit right away....nearly blacking out....you know, you Have to keep swimming to retain enough heat to survive. You realize why so many people have drown so quicly here in these waters, fresh kills faster than salt water......Six foot waves come every six seconds here, in sets of ten or more. Several minutes of hold down time potential. Eight foot waves come every eight seconds,....Ten foot waves every ten seconds here. ...... I've surfed overheads in Hawaii, and double overs in SoCal,....but,....SToNeY PoiNT is for sure the most challenging fun, most unique pristeen, cleanest shaped, icy coldest, most intense, drinkable, bucket list wave experience there is.......thankyou for asking clarkewi

+E Wilkie very nice insight, thank you!

you are quite welcome

wow... thanks for writing this. damn.

...I'm honored to get to surf stoney with the local crew....

We wear 6/5 hooded suit with eight mill booties, one mill rubber socks underneath, and seven mill mitts....and whimpy as i am,...i also wear a 3/2 spring suit underneath my full suit.....e...

mid-October to spring. That's when the wind storms blow through.

...coldest blizzards in the winter, bring the cleanest most peaky beautiful waves to SToNeY PoiNT....

anrudo right now I believe.

So, the waves get 'huge' (for a lake) because of a few interesting variables. W/ 300 miles of fetch distance on Superior, and the storms moving from the sw toward the ne,...counter clock wise spinning low pressure winds above 25knts. , and twenty degrees of temperature drop, makes those wave impulses, that take about 15- 20 hours of travel time to come down from the top of the lake. AND,...all along minnesota's north shore of the big lake, are steep rocky cliffs that refract, rebuild, and reshape the waves as they travel down. The waves come out of really deep water, and hit the rock 'stair step' reef at Stoney Point. It can be flat looking everywhere else on this end of the lake, and with the right conditions, there can be ten foot waves at stoney at the same time. Lake Superior, an ancient sunken volcano, is indeed, Nature's finest "wave pool".....e.

It's Stony Point, but the protected Bay. It's called Boulders. It gets the wrap around storm waves, and the point acts as a wind break. It can really crank, and rarely a SW swell can hit it straight away. That only happens once every couple of years. Primarily it's wrap around Nor'easter storm waves.

....this is SToNeY PoiNT on Lake Superiors North Shore. About fifteen miles north up 'Bob Dylan' Hiway 61 from Duluth Minnesota.....Many wonderful surf spots on Lake Superior's North Shore, lots of unexplored territory yet to be surfveyed....

thanks ;)

Kurt vile

Adam Finkelstein thanks boss

Bob Bobbson fuck you bob

western tip of Lake Superior, on the north shore.....e..

Jim Lahey if there is enough power in the waves it really doesnt matter whether it is salt or freshwater. epoxy or poly. doesnt matter as long as there is enough lift

...the difference between salt and fresh water ?, yeah, fresh water is quite a bit less buoyant. A longer or floatier board is often the choice....but fresh water is extremely more dangerous that salt, chemically speaking, ...Salt water drowning victims sometime can be rescued and revived after being under for maybe up to ten minutes...but fresh water bursts blood vessels in the lungs upon contact (saltwater does not)...fresh water drowns victims in two minutes or less. Every time.........be care full surfing fresh water.......e....

You generally need a slightly longer board. Not quite as buoyant. I use a 7'6"

Freshwater waves generally are slower and have less power

Batfink easily. Make sure you’ve got 8mil booties and 7mil+ mittens and you’ll be good. I would not recommend trying to change out of your suit until you get home. It’s brutally cold

I got a 6/5mm, 5mm boots and 7mm gloves. Never been cold in the first hour or so. After an hour you sometimes start to feel the "chill". I always drive home in the wetsuit and change in a hot shower. Try it out sometime

what the fuck does this even mean!?

7mm

we wear 6/5 hoodies with eight mil booties, seven mill mitts....sometimes a vest or a springer over all that. This was a "warm" winter day,...just below freezing. It's the below zero days that get tougher.

Kurt Vile - Beach on the moon

a little more thickness help with paddling, a little more length gets you into the wave earlier too here. Fresh water is not so floaty as the salty stuff is......e..

great flyer views indeed EASE drones.....e..

Good to see burton make an appearance

Stoney Point, is a surf spot like no place else in the world. Okay,...i'm prejudice a bit. Consider checking out SToNeY PoiNT surf spot on FB......e.