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CaliforniaMama 07-07-2012 09:13 AM

July 7, 2012 - Ice Surfing
 
It seems odd to post an ice pic when we're in the middle of summer here in North America, but it is winter down yonder, so still seasonal . . .

http://cellar.org/2012/ice-surfer-la...58_990x742.jpg

Photograph by Mike Killion in National Geographic.

ZenGum 07-07-2012 09:19 AM

Your nuts are in your throat!

xoxoxoBruce 07-07-2012 11:39 AM

Then they would be in the right place since his head is up his butt.;)

Sperlock 07-07-2012 09:37 PM

It was difficult enough for me to try to stay on a surfboard in Hawaii. I can't imagine doing it in freezing temperatures.

Sundae 07-08-2012 03:08 PM

I'm not sure I fully get it.
It's a static shot and I can't imagine Ice Surfing.

xoxoxoBruce 07-08-2012 03:16 PM

They surf on water, it's just cold. Any water that becomes detached from the lake by wind and waves, freezes to whatever it hits.

Sundae 07-08-2012 03:31 PM

I'm not knocking Cali, who is doing a marvellous job keeping the IoTD going.
But to me this photo is a man standing still in a sort of open air corridor.

From what you say, they are still actually surfing. I did not get that from the pic - I visualised it as more as a skate park, where waves are frozen into shapes which could then be traversed. Only I was wondering how this could be done on a surfboard.

I don't think the photo tells a complete story, but I am interested enough to google ice surfing now.

BigV 07-08-2012 08:11 PM

dear mods please transpose posts six and seven thanks ever so


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