What It's Like to Score the Swell of a Lifetime on the Great Lakes

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Today video is a Great Lakes tribute showcasing the work & attempts it took for me to finally end up in the right place at the right time for the swell of a lifetime on the Great Lakes. To this day surfing the lakes is one of the most fun & enjoyable types of surf trips I take every year. Looking forward to finding more waves in the future. Thanks to all my friends on the freshwater coastlines & everyone who supports what I do. For the Dream!! - Ben
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@ampvlogs2320 6 месяцев назад

I LOVE your enthusiasm and appreciation for surfing the Great Lakes. You’re one of us!

@peristv5841 6 месяцев назад

one of your best videos I've ever seen, and also 10ft in a lake wtf!! yiuhhhhh🤙🤙🤙

@ConditionZero76 6 месяцев назад

Yes, we'll get 15 to 20 ft plus waves on Lake Erie when the storms are rolling, It's nothing to see 7 to 10 footers 🤙🏼.. my Buddy worked Coast Guard on the ocean for years, then was transferred to Lake Erie. He had never seen the Great Lakes. He said he never imagined in his lifetime how massive the waves are in the great lakes. Its actually terrified him going out on search and rescues for a few years, til he got use to it.. 🤙🏼

@AuRowe 6 месяцев назад

@@ConditionZero76those 15-20s are not clean though right?

@nathanharakos7685 4 месяца назад

You guys measuring from the face or the back ? cause that’s max 4ft

@AuRowe 4 месяца назад

@@nathanharakos7685 yup, face, only hawaii measures correctly (imo), from the back

@feanorwerm 6 месяцев назад

THAT WAS SO SICK! The glassy, freshwater lines being torn to pieces at the end was all time. Some awesome turns out there man.

@jmjaeger80 6 месяцев назад

Hey Ben, praying everything with your health turns out okay. It took a bit but I was finally able to get sober and it was largely due to your influence. Thank you most graciously. Stoked to be living the dream at last! Tons of love and well wishes! ❤❤❤

@Kahuna54 6 месяцев назад

So cool to see a fish being surfed still! I started surfing a twin fin fish back with David Nueva in the late 60s! I rode twins until my 3rd back surgery and was never able to surf again. Had 10 back surgeries to date!

@DannyMargagliano 6 месяцев назад

Hey Ben. I'm claiming this is your best video ever! Possibly the best surf video ever! I literally had to pick up my jaw off the ground while watching this. Amazing story and waves. Living the life!

@BenGravyy 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@gordonquigg9389 6 месяцев назад

Ben Gravy, youre an animal. Ive heard about this all my life but never seen it. Thanks for bringing it to us.

@thejarrettsjourney 6 месяцев назад

Yewww!!! Great Lakes are where it's at. It's a different feel in more ways than one, and all of us here are stoked for anything rideable. Many of us won't wait for the perfect wave, because we'd be waiting a lifetime. We take what we can get, sometimes amazing, sometimes not, but love the vibe that lake surfing brings. 🤙

@paulforster7746 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the videos Ben! West Michigan surfer here, and heard you had a a fellow Michigander give you crap/localism bs. It’s a shame to hear honestly. I’m always stoked seeing people enjoying the lake.

@dreichert1438 6 месяцев назад

Would love to surf the Great lakes or anywhere different like that. Have to say though, I would have to laugh like hell in that dude's face for that one.

@icysurfer1 6 месяцев назад

Totally. Haha. Big Wave Ben has massive cred. Michigander here who has ridden a few big ones in HI and NorCal. Cheers.

@FrozenBarrels 6 месяцев назад

yewwww paul wsp it’s oglaze

@jaxandjersey5411 6 месяцев назад

Localism bs guy dont get it if worried about localism Pathetic Keep goin Ben

@josiahhuisman3077 6 месяцев назад

Dude the Great Lakes have the aloha spirit! Everyone here is stoked to have people in the water! I’ve almost never had people rude in the lakes and if they are, they don’t belong there.

@robinlathim8221 6 месяцев назад

This was awesome Ben, and those guys looked like alot of fun. Good for you! ❤

@kairandbellinger1973 5 месяцев назад

Amazing Surf Video! You're saving the pure joy of Surfing. It makes me wonder if Vikings ever surfed?

@adamsmith5825 3 месяца назад

Epic! Nice job boys!

@stormsurfin 6 месяцев назад

EPIC!

@johnhaugie4555 6 месяцев назад

Wow! What a difference in your surfing!! Especially on the fiberglass! You were in a "state of flow". You are an inspiration Ben. Keep it up!!

@RocketDog73 6 месяцев назад

Epic - if I did not see you doing it I would not have believed it 🤙

@daleschroeder232 6 месяцев назад

The first waves I ever surfed were on Lake Superior. I was 15 and camping on the Keweenaw peninsula of Upper Michigan near 5 Mile Point. It was a rare day. Jello swells onto a pebble bar at sunrise.

@Seawolfaka 6 месяцев назад

You guys are having so much fun your stoke is on fire and on point 👍👍🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

@SterlingSigurdsen 6 месяцев назад

dude that air section on the inside in Minnesota looks amazing.

@jeffspicoli2643 6 месяцев назад

You're a force... mind blown Ben Gravy.

@peterbennett3782 6 месяцев назад

Nothing better than Bay waves the turm glassy choppy is good that what you want

@frankcowper1857 6 месяцев назад

Awesome video! I'd like to see you surf one of those massive tidal bore waves. There's one in China and another at the mouth of the Amazon River. I think that be right up your alley.

@tylerross5 6 месяцев назад

One more Lake to go! Come surf Huron!!🇨🇦

@BenGravyy 6 месяцев назад

I’ve definitely got to do that!

@marticon9286 6 месяцев назад

Awesome Ben and very inspiring. Gonna get the wetsuit out !🇬🇧

@blakeclarkson9954 6 месяцев назад

So sick! Minnesota's what's up. Listen I love the lake surfing but would love to see you explore the Caribbean more. There is so much potential out there! For the dream!

@Wrennegade 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for putting on 2 wetsuits so I didn't have to Gravy I'm looking California but your feeling Minnesota🤘🤙

@erikvaldur3334 6 месяцев назад

Epic sesh Mr. Gravy. Epic

@phmb1549 6 месяцев назад

I'm from day 1 Forgot all these lake clips Great Compilation new shots Get well soon Brother

@gregorylongmuir4036 6 месяцев назад

Definitely more international surf trips bro New zealand is keen to show ya sum fun waves and lots of novelty waves as well

@adriankerri890 6 месяцев назад

Good stuff always keen to see great lakes surf. I like the unique waves you find a suggestion for you if you come back to au pt Phillip bay and maybe the ship waves of Corio Bay it was covered in Tracks magazine over 40 years ago

@gregstrickland3307 6 месяцев назад

Hardcore 💪🏼

@bwhit716 6 месяцев назад

Starting 14:12 …… if I hadna seen it I’d nevda believed it !!

@bicyclingbum1551 6 месяцев назад

Those are some serious lake waves !

@GlennInLaguna 6 месяцев назад

Ben it’s time you go somewhere deep into Indo. Spend some of this season (1-2 month trip) at some of the classic spots. And at least one out-their secret spot 😉

@TheDAVE858 6 месяцев назад

So awesome!

@emisurfchannel2280 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely sick

@gregwilson9523 6 месяцев назад

Some good surfing

@StevenLaFortune 6 месяцев назад

so sick!

@cjgamer2140 6 месяцев назад

Dang dude. Amazing! What a score. To bad you weren't on that Super board from before instead of that foamie. You would have killed it even harder.

@jazzzza 6 месяцев назад

your getting good man!

@h2oslider242 6 месяцев назад

Wow😮... insane

@MrToppox 6 месяцев назад

😈😈😈 nice surfing breKing those fins clear in heavy fesh 😈😈😈

@markdinkel-uh2je 5 месяцев назад

What else can I say and I don't even surf yet? OH. MY. GOSH!!!

@FrozenBarrels 6 месяцев назад

stoke from the west shores of lake michigan!!! cool that i surfed the same day u did, just on a different lake

@xisotopex 6 месяцев назад

you gotta do the black sea next, some really good surf there

@ahbwisurfnpaddle 6 месяцев назад

Thank YOU BEN for all the kind words, and for becoming so infected with the GREAT LAKES surfing STOKE disease. You're always welcome here in the future. The waves are even fun when they're smaller and warmer ! Party ON !.....e.

@Fin_1i1 6 месяцев назад

🔥

@d3wrz 6 месяцев назад

Fucking 💣🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for sharing, Ben. Killen it.

@blackknightadam 6 месяцев назад

MINNESNOWDA !

@tonysmario817 6 месяцев назад

the every mans surfing channel! well done amigos!! what happened to the ben gravy fiberglass surfboards?...i don't see you surfing them. i thought that was a great idea...first production board i have cared about in a while! keep the dream alive!

@AK-ms5zk 6 месяцев назад

Hey that guy (mighta been Ben) had a Proctor surfboard

@willmiddleton9199 6 месяцев назад

Not gonna lie that was pretty fuckin epic !

@andrewiangillies 6 месяцев назад

great video

@TribesofAsaph 6 месяцев назад

❤🌊

@markthatcher9925 6 месяцев назад

I wish Dr. David Seibold (Grand Haven) was alive to see this.

@ml.2770 5 месяцев назад

The Great White Right

@KieferSmokerland 6 месяцев назад

MinnesoIndo.

@joew.4358 6 месяцев назад

33 degrees.

@joshmason6169 6 месяцев назад

Those lake surfers are the coolest bunch! So much friendliness and stoke💙

@fleshandbloody-hm3bc 6 месяцев назад

Just moved to Minnesota from California for my daughter who needed spinal surgery. She was just discharged today after 21 days in the hospital. Minnesota is so cool and people are so nice. Hoping to check out Lake Superior one day and score some surf. Thanks for the video!! 🤙

@laurenjager297 5 месяцев назад

❤

@donamcgogo1587 6 месяцев назад

Did anybody see the shark sized lake sturgeon in the wave at 15:02 next to Ben!!!! 😮

@strikerJAG 6 месяцев назад

thats a person duckdiving the wave...

@WS_00 6 месяцев назад

3:05 “it looks bigger than it looks man”……this guy is not only a joy to listen to, but he’s smart as well!

@laurenjager297 5 месяцев назад

😂

@picklesthecat177 6 месяцев назад

Ben Gravy for President 2024!

@JMH33SD 6 месяцев назад

Mad respect to the boys who surf the frozen tundra of the Great Lakes...

@litmint9790 6 месяцев назад

There's some girls, too 💃🏄🐣

@albertska4582 6 месяцев назад

@bengravy the myth the legend. Can be spotted in any novelty break near you. Keep on grinding...🤙

@Thenotoriousdll 6 месяцев назад

Never thought I would see waves like this on a lake. So epic

@widowedhen4998 2 месяца назад

it's so funny hearing the surfer dude voice mixed with midwestern accents 🤣 this is one of the best surf videos ever

@johnbernstein1127 6 месяцев назад

The shot of you surfing with the club in your hand was downright anthropological my man!!!!!!

@surferduck420 6 месяцев назад

How come no one is trunking it 😂😂

@johannesdenecke2422 6 месяцев назад

I can relate to the lake surfing scene. We surf the German Baltic Sea (which is smaller than most of the Great Lakes) and the stoke is just really high because it's such a novelty experience. When you score one of the better days it feels like winning in the lottery.

@mikthe2004 6 месяцев назад

I'm an Estonian, born and living in Australia, but when I visited Estonia, I saw the possibility of surf there. Having just searched youtube, I see it's possible, and at times pretty good!! I live on the beach at Golden Bay Western Australia, and we don't get surf that good very often!!

@zoeymelf8924 6 месяцев назад

Hello from the great lakes! Surfing in Germany sounds super fun!

@laurenjager297 5 месяцев назад

Like brrr!! Das kalt! Props 🌊🤙❤🍻

@wojpm2000 6 месяцев назад

Wow!!! That is some Killer Shit, I live just approximately 20 miles away from Lake Michigan, grew up in Milwaukee, WI and never thought I would see waves like that in my neck of the woods.

@ArthurFellig 6 месяцев назад

Tons of great waves in Wisconsin. Hit up one ot the awesome shops down there and get out in that water! Shoutout EOS Surf Shop, Boardshack, Lake Effect.

@sarahandbillysmith4504 6 месяцев назад

It's not easy to keep level 10 positivity all the time, kindness to others and smile on your face. Well done. Oh yeah and pretty good surfer too 😂 , respect from NY !

@xXNoodlePandaXx 6 месяцев назад

Yewwww thanks for showing love to the GREAT LAKES 🤙🏼❤ Freshwater Fantasy for the dream!

@nathanielradford7482 6 месяцев назад

we need some more props to my man and a lot more likes pressing a button can help him out so much it literally takes 3 seconds so why not PRESS IT love you ben, keep the drive and passion you have for surfing up!! :)

@EH-zo9cf 24 дня назад

What I think is so wild is I can’t even take a 5 minute cold shower or barely get myself to do the dishes and these people are surfing in freezing temps

@30yearoldgrom 6 месяцев назад

Burton aka Kellyslaker is a one in a million legend!!! He's so stoked🤙 You manifested this many moons ago when you claimed 'show up blow up', dude scored, is an understatement 🤙💯🍍

@toddmurphy523 6 месяцев назад

In the Great Lakes, storms come quickly, fresh water swells rise instantly and fiercely. Love em.....!!!

@Double2KK 6 месяцев назад

I would love to see if you can score Antarctica if that is evem possible.

@sticks2478 6 месяцев назад

Soooooo sick... Love from Australia

@megacatsupreme466 6 месяцев назад

Kelly Slaker is the one dude in the world more stoked than Ben Gravy 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

@luiso.is0 6 месяцев назад

Your videos is what about surfing is, passion, search, and having fun whatever conditions are. Thanks for create this awesome vids. Hi to the hardcore Lake surfers, keep the spirit🔥

@shaundmyszewicz658 6 месяцев назад

That’s was legendary!!!! Stoked you scored it on the Nut!😆 Thanks for making what we do on the lakes legitimate! safe travels and continued success. I hope our paths meet up again soon! Yeeeww🤙🏻

@chrisnizer 5 месяцев назад

Never knew there were surfable waves in the Great Lakes 'till videos started showing up on RU-vid. Back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, anytime there was a pic of someone surfing the Lakes it was always on some barely rideable wind-chop that hardly looked worth the effort. Never...EVER...saw pics of legit long-period ground swell.

@gerardogomez5343 4 месяца назад

Those waves in Minnesota were ISAAANE. How is that even possible from just wind friction?!

@joshwells4020 6 месяцев назад

Cool video! Erik is a great dude! I saw you signed a moose board. He's a good dude too! Taught himself how to shape boards because it's to expensive to ship them to MN. I was bummed I missed that swell, but I was surfing in Hawaii that week.

@gregheller6706 6 месяцев назад

Man I remember Surfer's rendition of that trip to the Great Lakes. Easily a Top 5 rendition of a Great Lakes trip ever printed. Just a really solid rendition, very true to the original.