Yep.... You yanks are friggin insane!!!

They just like the brain freeze, I guess....yep....kudos, y'all have heart.

 

Lol thanks bro- but it's not really that bad- I guess you get use to it... Idk... But then again water temps in Belmar,NJ never drop below 52...

 

The answer to why we go out in those conditions is in Every photo in that article you posted. (thanks by the way!)

It's simple: When there's Surf, you Surf.

 

I decided a long time ago that cold weather just wasn't for me. That link is pretty interesting, but the photos are making me cold just looking at them.

 

Yeah, it's really not that big a deal. The only thing that gets cold is your face, but that happens when you ski, etc. anyway. I'd say the hardest part is waking up, seeing icicles and snow, and still getting amped to get in the water. Once you're in everything is great.

Best & biggest waves and no crowd. You'd do it too if you lived up here.

 

Its cold, but the only "brutal" area featured in there is Nova Scotia. I mean, theres dudes surfing in the arctic circle now, iceland has been getting a ton of exposure, makes the north east seem like florida haha

 

The second session is what really hurts... and I mean hurts as in physical pain. When you put those ice cold, wet gloves back on, your hands feel like a giant cramp from the wrist down. It takes at least 15 minutes for them to warm back up.

 

Wow, I'm not actually riding a wave, but I made it into a surfline feature....this is like the pinnacle of my surf existence.

Saturday morning wasn't even cold here, there was so much water moving around you had to paddle non-stop against the current which kept you nice and warm

 

Friday and saturday were too cold for me, and I have no shame in saying it. The air temps were brutal. Plus I wanted to play in the snow. Fun little glassy windswell on sunday though.

 

Ha! That's awesome. You know you've made it when you've be photographed by Surfline.

So, please post the pic you're in. Blur your face if it's a) showing, and b) you're nervous about revealing your identity.

 

I can't copy it. Slide 21....that's my buddy in the foreground looking through the fence watching me and another guy battle a brutal current to try to stay in position - only recognized my buddy from the fins on his board (FCS quads with surf prescriptions logo).

It was the three of us for most of the morning, a bunch of guys started showing up around noon when we were leaving and probably got the better waves as the swell dipped a bit and the current slowed, but I'll take the empty lineups with a 15 knot sweep any day. For real though, I bet this place went off Saturday afternoon, wish I could've stayed.

 

I was out Saturday DP and it was friggin cold but really fun. If there were surf today not so sure I'd go out. It's 3 degrees with a wind chill of -15. The upside is I don't have to work outside today.

 

Spicoli feels no cold. Spicoli charges with his bro squad for three sessions a day all along the New Hampshire coast starting in Hampton and ending at the boarders to my home waters. Spicoli can last a whopping 90 mins in the -15 wind chill as he squabbles over the rye rocks boneyard.. Spicoli is a legend I'm calling it.

 

Hahaha it's all the fish he eats maybe...it musta been crazy frigid further north, what's the word in Maine for those days...lung stoppah's?

 

yall go to pic 31 i was surfing by him yesterday i swear,that dude was throwing some mad airs and got super pitted. i saw him get this long as barrel. i was like holy crap dudes a straight charger. we all had to keep walking back to the peak the current was so bad. they had there 10,000$ camera out on tripods which is a shock.

 

I hate skiing too.

 

Bro. The spelling is "borders". Borders to your home waters. Boarders are the people surfing those waters. Damn, people need to realize that ignorant delivery of material negates it's humor or insult. At this point, WE just feel bad for YOU.

 

I guess its just an east coast thing, there's waves you surf. Only cold part is exiting the water and getting changed outside in the 0 degree weather, and the piece of SH*t ripcurl boots i have...

 

Chuck dont speak good 'merican.

As a young orphan, living in rural Maine, his caretakers purposely taught him incorrect English. They thought it was hilarious. He spent most of his childhood days out killing seals and eating their blubber. He was a round lad, but so full of spirit. Unfortunately, this diet of seal blubber would lead to embarrassing teenage years. You see, even in that arctic environment, the hindus found his oval shape to be rather disgusting.

Sorry PJB, you are much better at the story telling thing.