July 7, 2012 - Ice Surfing

CaliforniaMama • Jul 7, 2012 10:13 am
[SIZE="2"]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 . . .

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Photograph by Mike Killion in National Geographic.[/SIZE]
ZenGum • Jul 7, 2012 10:19 am
Your nuts [COLOR="LemonChiffon"]are in your throat[/COLOR]!
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 7, 2012 12:39 pm
Then they would be in the right place since his head is up his butt.;)
Sperlock • Jul 7, 2012 10:37 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 • Jul 8, 2012 4:08 pm
I'm not sure I fully get it.
It's a static shot and I can't imagine Ice Surfing.
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 8, 2012 4:16 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 • Jul 8, 2012 4:31 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 • Jul 8, 2012 9:11 pm
dear mods please transpose posts six and seven thanks ever so