To snow and winter and winter and snow.
Happy Solstice all.


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A local vantage point out to the bay where a ship waits to head out
amidst a blanket of steam rising off the water. Winter is here and doodz are fishing inland lakes on something like 12'' of frozen water.


Otherwise, i have recently become re-obsessed with Phish. Their music has never left my ever expanding musical library per say, but after acquiring the recordings from Phish Festival 8 in Indio, California October 30, 2009, i was reminded why i was and still am, so obsessed with them. Anyways, this lengthy jam from 1999 is proof of their awesomeness. Watch it (larger is better), listen to it (louder), dance to it,or play it in the background while you do your other interwebing...whatever.

Phish - 12/31/99 - After Midnight from Phish on Vimeo.

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e

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Super mellow session saturday morning. Way more mild than the previous go out.


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More from yesterday



This shot posted by 'Sage' over at
Superior Surf Club sums up a lot and gets props for sure.



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first photo by eric berglund

North wind around 40 knots, air temp at -11C windchill around -25C. Empty line up and peeling head high glass perfection groomed by offshores for my bro-inlaw and i today.



Pretty unbelievable out there this morning. There is no doubt that the offshore forecast of waves in the 20' range existed and that the crew down on the south end of the lake rode some monsters. More later.

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e


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Winter is here. -20C and frosty.



Also here, the surf and in a big way....seems the ships are held up in the harbour this evening for obvious reasons...namely high inland seas.

Offshore Forecast:
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5 Nautical Miles-
1006 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 /906 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009/

REST OF TONIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS INCREASING TO
GALES TO 45 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET BUILDING TO 15 TO 20 FEET.

WEDNESDAY
NORTH GALES TO 45 KNOTS. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. WAVES
BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FEET.

Saying that the all the lakes will be going off in the next day is not an understatement.

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e

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Fresh blanket of snow and the full moon made for a bright night wednesday.



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Happy Birthday Dad!


I couldn't resist.



Otherwise, our long drawn out fall has come to an end with a good dumping of snow that is starting to fill the streets this evening. This means, the ski season will be starting soon, provided we get more snow. And since, the surf situation has been virtually non-existent, due mostly to all the gorgeous weather we have been having, some waves would be appreciated.

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e

Another year's gone by here at the fresh aspect and many things have changed. Yet, many things remain the same.
Bringing it.












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Mountain Life Magazine is an outdoor lifestyle publication with two versions, one out of the Georgian Bay area of Ontario on the shores of Lake Huron and the other comin out of the Coast Mountain's of British Columbia. All n' all an upstanding looking Canadian publication...covering it all...including surfing the great lakes. The photo's of photo's below don't do it much justice, so check the links above for the online version...or pick up the real deal.


Top right: Self portrait; BL: Liam Cook tucking into a clean one; BR: Dave Edwards, overhead and all.

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photos here by eric berglund....except the cover shot of Mountain Life.

Aside from the traditional topping of pearl sugar (which we can't seem to track down around here), N's Swedish style cardamom rolls, ie. "kanelbullar" are fantastically close to the authentic deal. mmmmm. straight from the oven, they're hard to beat.



And for whatever reason, i felt that the brown of this log that has seen some borers, went well with the brown of the kanelbullar photo above. Or just interesting at the very least i guess.



Still receiving day after day of gorgeous weather, doesn't seem entirely right for mid november....

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Loaded up on friday & cruised down the shore in search of some waves...mostly burlyish beach break due to another odd fetch to wind direction and speed ratio. Got a few rides and took some beatings courtesy of the lake before loading back up and continuing on my way down to hunt the northwoods of Minnesota.

A beautiful November morning on the drive down the shore.

And so it goes, we wait and prepare all year to gather during the second week of November for what we call the "Holy Days". I'm sure someone might slam me for calling it that, but there is so much legacy, time, patience, reverence and effort put into our deer hunt, that calling it anything less would be inappropriate.

Just a picturesque sunset the night before opening morning.


Straight up, old fashion wool.


Frosty morning.


Park the ATV's, there are Surly Pugsley's and regular ole mtb's in camp.

Just another northwoods adventure folks


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Signatures a SWEETGRASS PRODUCTIONS film from Nicholas Waggoner on Vimeo.

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Livin




Virtually a week of no posts, so a couple of shots to partially sum up the last week if anything. Some waves out there lately, however ill timing and important fatherly commitments, along with some shifty forecasts have kept me from getting in the water. That said, the satisfaction of going for a walk with N and the little man or getting some good smiles and watching his daily growth brings ample stoke. I'm not going to complain.

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e

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A remarkable prairie sky and passing snow squalls on thanksgiving evening a couple weeks back.



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Royal slap down with the 6 weight on the ole salmonids the other day. Zero complaints on this front, that's for sure. Coho, lake trout, rainbow and even some native and "elusive" coaster brook trout. Sucks to be us....not.





Ridiculously beautiful morning today. Thin dusting of snow on yellow tamarack. Sun blazing through low on the horizon and below freezing temps. Only camera to be had were my eyes and my brain.

live well, be well

peace out all
e

Nough said.



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First snow came on thanksgiving over a week ago.
Short lived, but a sign that winter is on its way.
Fall in Canada.



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Been on the go these days and it's nice to be back at the headquarters for bit. Earliest first snow i can remember, thanksgiving, family, food, friends, celebration, birth, colours, geese, frost.
I like it.

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Headed back down the shore on Saturday morning expecting the surf to still be pumping. Though it wasn't the hollow overhead glassy pit of perfection that some doodze scored down in Duluth, it was fun and well worth the several hours in the water. Just a couple shots for the time being.


Pulled this shot from Bob Tema's Flickr page, although it may have been taken by Brian Stabinger...either way, glassy and overhead fresh water perfection.


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e

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Grey, rainy and winds gusting to 34knot @ E/ ENE. Majorly long hiatus, followed by a kickass start to the season. Started out disorganized, choppy and burly. Had to duck out mid day, but the latest report was that it cleaned up nice and stayed large. Nice rides and more than few taken on the head. Gauging by the fact that the buoy is still up around 12' at 10pm...and the wind is set to shift offshore, makes it seem like it should be good for a saturday morning session.

Liam, taking one of many drops

John, picks his line after catching a bomb on the outside. He was stoked!



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e

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I won't bother with the full written account of the weekend, since a couple of shots might explain a thing or two....or not.






Good times.


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e

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(exception: shot deux of L&e looking sorta boss, by: leif)