A look at the new backyard smokehouse that i built out of tongue n'groove pine just before Christmas to handle 50 Lake Superior Cisco. The big Chief wasn't going to hack it and my usual Christmas fish smoking accomplice had moved to Newfoundland. So i was left with few options. This option turned out amazing.

Smoked cisco after 8hrs in the house.

I'll say it once.  It's been a cold winter so far.  Just the way we like it of course.

A nice buck that i came across late in December

Jigging rainbows

 Back to logging some good winter miles, mostly via the daily commute.  Nothing like the feeling of  -35C to make you want to pedal hard.

Drippin some wax.  As a friend said today.  "Those trails aren't going to ski themselves Eric".

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Get out and enjoy winter friends.

peace
e

photo's by
eric berglund

Gettin our ski on

get outside and love winter.

peace
e


photo by eric berglund

Always stoked on this magazine. The folks at Superior Outdoors Magazine do a beautiful job of laying out a mag that captures the adventure,spirit and beauty that is so prevalent in the Lake Superior watershed. Make your way to a local retailer or go online and scoop a copy of the 2012 Winter edition. Plenty of good reading and some stellar photo's.




I snapped these shots of the mag...but here are the
Real Photo Creds:

Top Left: Bryan Hansel-winter kayaking cover shot

Bottom Left: Marlin Lendin- a story about ridin his Pugsley 100 miles on Lake Superior

Top Right: Eric Berglund- you can probably guess what it's about.

Bottom Right: Eric Berglund- skiin some fresh trackset last winter.

You can kind of see part of a shot by Darren McChristie of a dude catching air kiteboarding.

Anyways. Get out there and have a good weekend.

peace
e

Wicked afternoon ski. Cruising through the woods on fresh snow, listening to my body as i breath deep and exhale, move cyclically, changing rhythm and pace only as the terrain dictates. Winter. Embrace it. Shortest days of the year, but also the most alive.


be well
and
peace all

e

Inspired by the Olympic spirit and the gorgeous weather, we've been skiing it up a ton. Here's Oskar and N post ski on Sunday, sporting the rudy projects (although, not the neon green ones that were all the rage at the Olympics this year).

The Big Lake



peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

dudes. holy good skiing the the last couple of days. i get so stoked hearing guys at the nordic center who have obviously skied here for many years and who still comment on how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place with such fantastic trails right out our back door. Ok..maybe not litterly out our back door...but pretty dam close...regardless, its just nice to see that people don't take it totally for granted.

Cold and windy...Feb-19th, 2009


Interesting note on weather and ice: last year we had our "last" winter surf on Feb. 21st before the lake froze up for a month...this year we have been iced in and surfless since the beginning of January...ouch....but tons of good neige.
peace.

photo by: eric berglund

Back to winter after some freakish rain and well above freezing temps that stuck me in a crappy mood until things turned around on Thursday. Fresh snow, some sunshine and some training for the Sleeping Giant Loppet this weekend made up for mother natures nonsense last week. My folks came out from the prairies and Erv, Sue and Stella (the elder boykin) from MN and we mostly skied it up and had an all 'round festive weekend with the only bummer being Nances heel blisters (anyone know of nordic boots for a gal with AA (narrow) heels). And since today was a holiday aka 'Family Day', it made the weekend all that much better. A'ight...some shots.

Freshness

View of Sleepy G. on Sunday morning

Ole timers crushing another climb and smiling about it.

Licheny white pine

The ever attentive and never rambunctious Lutsen...ha. as if.



peace
e

photo's by e

More rock and ice and water and a whole lot of sunshine. What a gorgeous weekend to be outside, hovering around 0C at mid day. Logged 30 km's on the skis yesterday in preperation for next weekends 50km Sibley Ski Tour and then shredded it free heel at the hill in the evening with the boys. Went for a solid hike today to check out a potential break, all be it, it may have been slightly more evident if there wasn't so much ice in this particular spot. But whatever, just nice to be out.



photo's by Eric Berglund

No surf this weekend, but blue bird sky and cold. Perfect for getting out to ski.
Kick glide kick glide, double pole,
breath.. cold air fills your lungs
Deer runs across in front...
Frosty, fun.
Feels good.





Fresh bread.

Friday..may as well throw up a shwack of pictures. -17 out there this morning...balmy. Forecast isn't looking to great for surf over the weekend. Very very off chance of maybe getting something this afternoon if the wind doesn't switch to NW..currently blowing W @ 23knots. It'll probably change. Keep occupied with skiing...might bust out the tele sticks tonight...we'll see. Anyways word.

The big lake- spring 2006

Left coast- April 2007

Solo moose hunt sunrise-2006

Left coast-April 2007

Sleepy G. backpacking- summer 2006

Hydro Bay- fall 2006