Here is a video a couple of the local guys made last week. The shot of the guy running across the snow at the :10 mark is right down the street from my house. The crazy ice shots are in the bay between the island I live on and the next island north. We’ve had a good run of surf despite the cold.
Once again, Mr Personality chimes in with his usual oblique insults.
Being an asshole is a way of life for some people.
I saw that vid the other day. Buncha crazies.
Most guys will stay out for as long as two hours. You are right about the numb face. Plus, duckdiving takes your breath away when it’s that cold. I have experienced some issues with getting my car door open after a long session due to numb hands. But, where I live no one locks their car during Winter when they are heading out. Hell, I only lock my car if I go into town. My vehicles sit in my driveway unlocked, with the key in the ignition. I live in a very low crime area.
And I thought that Vicco [here] had cold enough winters ?
I guess our moderator 'Havaard ', would get similar in Norway , huh ?
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/02/frozen-waves-nantucket/
It’s warm in SF, both air and water. Apparently the larger weather patterns are assuming their springtime configuration a month early. Third year of our drought.
My nephew in Boston sent me an article with images of insane amounts of snow:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/please-stop-snowing#.xuRD0yv62
This Winter has seen a lopsided Eastward tilt in upper level winds over North America. Colder and wetter than normal in the East, drier and warmer in the West.
I used to spend Winters in Santa Cruz because it’s a lot warmer there than it is back here in February.
Where are you Sammy?
Close to Paradise…water 80+…air 80-90…
First off, RESPECT to those guys in that video and to you Mako.
Secondly, I want to see video of one of those slushie waves that doesn’t look real.
Up 'til now, I’ve only seen stills.
Over here on the west coast, it’s been unusually warm.
I had a session the other day that was the first time I wished I had booties on after 2 1/2 hours.
I was trunking it last summer and hope to do the same this year.
I had to climb over like 3ft of snow to get to the beach last time. And my glove had a hole in it so that cut my session pretty short.
Sand/ice chunks. It was actualy sort of nice this day because it was sunny.
It’s supposed to warm up and rain soon. A nice rain session in 40 something degree air is going to feel like summer compared to 20s and 10s.
One of my friends was on this photo expedition with Dick Mezeroll. When they could have gone to the Carribean, these nuts went north to Nova Scotia for the big purple blob swell a couple weeks back:
Water temp has been low to mid 60s. Air temps all over the place in cocoa . Waves have been consistently fair. I usually just wear a spiny suit . 3/2 full on rare occasion.funny to see people here with booties , gloves, and hoods! My hats off to any of the northeasterners,great lakers, and west coasters dealing with cold water!at least the west coast gets good waves!
Spring not spiny… Oops
hi crispy !
we don’t get to ‘trunk it’ here at all.
gold coast , like in proneman’s photo , another story altogether
location location eh ?
