Ice Balls!

Discussion in 'USA Mainland Surf Forum' started by Losttsol, Jan 9, 2014.

  1. Losttsol

    Losttsol Well-Known Member

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    Feb 18, 2013
    [video=youtube;J5iPbihuzPc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iPbihuzPc&list=TLtev2agKCtxjaUYPxm0yyfsz0hZizAnuJ[/video]
     
  2. ukelelesurf

    ukelelesurf Well-Known Member

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    Apr 25, 2007
    are those iced over rocks or actual balls of ice?
     

  3. Losttsol

    Losttsol Well-Known Member

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    Feb 18, 2013
    Looks to be just dirty ice. You can see them floating pretty far out into the lake.
     
  4. MrMacdugal

    MrMacdugal Well-Known Member

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    Aug 19, 2011
    that's pretty wild
     
  5. Mad Atom

    Mad Atom Well-Known Member

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    Jul 16, 2013
    There's more balls there than the Celtic's locker room.
     
  6. sailquik

    sailquik Well-Known Member

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    Nov 23, 2012
    I thought this was a thread about what you get when you surf in Belmar this time of the year.
     
  7. DosXX

    DosXX Well-Known Member

    Mar 2, 2013
    Per the article:
    "The balls form when chunks break off the massive ice sheets that coat parts of the lake in the winter...They gain their shape as waves in the lake ceaselessly toss them about, slowly rolling them into spheres."
    Nothing you'd want to paddle out through.
     
  8. Yewnorksurfsux

    Yewnorksurfsux Well-Known Member

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    Aug 27, 2009
    Belmar doesn't have any balls!