GreatLakes

I can feel that South wind picking up big time …

I’m going to try to be out at Two Rivers or Sturgeon Bay tomorrow if I get back in time … Dad says the ice piles are gone now … WOOHOO I’m stoked …

Anybody else from the GL’s on this forum? If so, going out Saturday?

Hey EW

Are you talking about surfing?

yep

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SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI-

1051 AM EST FRI DEC 15 2006

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON…

.REST OF TODAY…NW WIND 15 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT

LATE. PARTLY SUNNY. WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.

.TONIGHT…NW WIND 5 TO 15 KT BACKING SW AND INCREASING TO 10 TO

20 KT. PARTLY CLOUDY. WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.

.SAT…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. A CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES BUILDING TO 9 TO 12 FT. A SMALL

CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

.SAT NIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO W 5 TO 15 KT. A

CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4

TO 6 FT.

I did a search and google and found some pics. Man that look cold! But the waves look decent. Are you near the sea at all or do you just surf in the lakes?

Antman

Get some Cheese Kurds and a Yard for me at Kurtz’s in two rivers for me. I love that place!

it takes big balls to surf when its about freezing…

even if they are shriveled up

Fortunately, my job does allow me to escape the midwest quite frequently … and in case I have time, at the right time, and in the right place, there’s always a board and a wetsuit along …

Two of my personal favorites are Narragansett, RI and Moss Landing, CA (though Moss scares me on some days – I won’t go when I look out there and see a surfer that looks like an ant compared to the wave he’s on :open_mouth: ) I might be crazy but I’m smart enough to know I don’t have that much skill yet …

I like Cardiff too, and Oceanside Pier … oh and that place near Santa Monica where Sunset Blvd ends at the PCH … whatever they call it … it’s fun sometimes too.

Had a nice session at Hampton NH ‘The Wall’ last winter too … but those NE breaks North of the Cape are such a gamble … how often are they really on? Probably no more than the GL’s … though the wave quality is better there …

Saturday waves … a mess, but plenty big and got some nice rides. It did clean up a little about an hour before dusk, when the winds backed to about 10 kts and began veering W.

34 degree nasal/ear flushes the few times I went face first off of the board … sucked …

I forgot my leash too so did a little more board chasing than usual. Resorted to bodysurfing waves to catch up with my board … fun fun …

i gotta hand it to you EW. You one dedicated bro

have you ever caught that ‘Stony Point’ really good - i saw some pics of it somewhere, and it looked fantastic.

I haven’t been to Stoney yet, but I can tell you that the Lake Superior breaks are by far the best on the GL’s … more fetch and more depth = bigger waves, longer intervals and … what we all love … MORE POWER …

Somebody posted a vid on the ThirdCoast forum a while back of some newbies trying out Stoney and nearly getting themselves killed. I’ll try and dig it up and post the link. Frightening. Some of these spots are not to be messed with on certain days. Currents can run very strong and with short intervals as they are the shorebreak can be relentless … repentless even …

They basically got pulled downshore by the current, and into a shorebreak zone right at a nice rock ledge. Busted one of their boards in two, fortunately did not break the surfers in two …

yeah, dig it up if you can. i’d love to see that.

that looks like the surf out front today…with a whole lotta people out there bobbin’ around…