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Waves on Lake Ontario Today

January 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Every time you hear stories about guys surfing the Great Lakes, remember the photo above.

It was taken today somewhere very close to Toronto on Lake Ontario. I keep looking and thinking it’s some elaborate trick.

Thing is it must have been -15°C and windy in T.O. today and that’s fresh water. Almost can’t believe there’s not ice floating in those shots ?!

Check out R. Kemppainen’s whole photo set here

Tags: strangeness + randomness · surf + skate + snow

6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 johan // Jan 31, 2008 at 1:58 am

    Shit!

    That’s a nice sized wave.

    There must have been ice somewhere outside the frame of the photo.

  • 2 Ray // Feb 1, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Nah, there wasn’t any ice forming where these guys were. Other areas had a tiny bit of ice, but it was pushed up on shore because of the waves.

    Thanks for linking to my photos!

  • 3 Steve // Feb 1, 2008 at 12:37 am

    Ray - that’s truly amazing. 2Q’s — Did you get out also - and - What’s the water temp like ?

    Hope it’s okay that I’ve linked to one of your shots/photoset.

    Keep up the stoke.

  • 4 Ryan // Feb 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    No way!!!!

  • 5 Steve // Feb 1, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    Ray - http://www.70percent.org/blog/lake-ontario-surfing/ so you know where the increase in traffic is coming from!

  • 6 Ray // Feb 2, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Steve - I don’t surf (yet) My buddies do, so, if I get a chance, I come out to take pics. This was the best day that I’ve managed to capture yet. I was just as stoked as they were!
    That increase in traffic gave my Flickr the biggest jump it’s ever seen!
    I think that the water temp is just above freezing.

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