So you thought this blog had dried up and all but disappeared from the interwebs. Well, you're wrong....just happens that i can't be bothered to sit still and plunk myself in front of the ole desktop to post something to the interwebs. Sure, i post some images to instagram or facebook or flickr...but they're usually a one or two shot deal and they are quick, even without owning a cell phone. I realized the other day, that this blog platform has provided a pretty fun timeline over the years, even if it's just for myself; although i know a few of you get a kick out of it as well and can't be bothered with that other media crap.  So with that in mind and the fact that it's now winter, i'm going to make an attempt to post here, if only a little more often than in the past half a year. So stop by from time to time and see what's cookin in our world of fun and adventure.  As usual...these are all photo's i've snapped.

Lake Superior, November 2014. Overhead and glassy point break.

Brrrap

My cuz man getting all gnarly at deer camp on my new 9zero7 190mm fatbike.

A family's got to eat. I thank the woods, everyday.

Brook trout

The families shoes at rest well we played in the water at Redrock Canyon, Waterton Lakes National Park this summer.

Rogers Pass

Score

Either grown, foraged or caught.

Spent 4 months off work with my boys, getting up to all kinds of trouble, including rolling round town on this rig.  Surly Ogre, with Yepp Mini upfront and Trek Mnt Train in the back.

Because we always like a fun little project; we decided to rip out our front yard this spring and re landscape the whole thing into a raingarden.  Here we are just putting in some plants.  Being a cool wet summer, the yard flourished and should come back twice as nice next year.  Lot's of native species, berries, grasses, ferns, etc...

So yeah.  Now you're all up to speed...hahaha.

peace all
e

Stopped to snap a couple of the boys surfing a fun wave, en-route to Ashland, WI last week for work.  What a gorgeous afternoon.  Downright balmy for January.  Not the case this week however.  Back to more normal January weather for northwestern Ontario.

peace and happy new year all.

photo by 

eric berglund

 

Finally got out for a bit of sliding.

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e

Two weeks into running on these Brooks Pure Grit "minimalist" trail shoe and loving them. Light, lots of flex, grippy, and only 4mm heel-toe offset. Fun shoes that replace my Brooks Cascadia 3's, which were awesome, but long overdue for retirement.

Fun small surf after work on friday, although the water was brown from all the blown out rivers, after a week of rain. Watched this flock of late migrating geese fly low over us while we bobbed around catching some little fun ones.

Cleaning stinging nettles and watching Ryder Hesjedal win the Giro d’Italia....although that's not him in this shot.

Some mushrooms on a log. Not sure that you would want to eat these, but fun to look at.

Finally took the Neilson Blunt out for a slide. Jetted down for an after work evening session of glassy spring waves. Perfect for the inaugural voyage. Surfed it in its quad form, even though it would have been fun to switch it up to the 8'' single fin. Floaty, responsive, wave magnet. Love it.

I'll admit i didn't spend very much time taking photo's. Hardly any actually. Pretty intent on being in the water. Some good friends, smiling faces and some fun waves.


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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

"da Blunt"


After much contemplation, some humming and hawing and several emails back and forth with Tom Neilson over the last year, i finally settled on a new sled. This stubby, wide and thick, slightly concaved hull, stringerless epoxy stick should put me into just about any wave round here. Combine that with a quad setup with Futur Fins or the single 8'' Greenough 4A and it'll be a badass allrounder. Just need some waves.

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e


photo's by eric

Checking things out for himself.

Plenty on the go these days.
More to come.

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e

photo by eric berglund

Less than perfect waves, but plenty of good fun in a beautiful place.


And the season begins.


peace all.

photo's by eric berglund

Much love for Lake Superior. A windy, rainy and gloomy day brought some damn fine waves; especially for this time of year. Thanks mother nature.

John slides along on a cruisey left last night.


Some 'urban' foraging turned up these oyster mushrooms growing on an aspen snag down by the creek.


The little man enjoying a warm day by the lake, throwing sticks.




be well

peace
e

From chest high to knee high peelers, it was myself, the buffleheads, goldeneyes, geese, gulls and eagles flyin overhead and a couple steelhead rolling on the surface in the glassy waters between waves. Damn i love where i live. Obviously it's fun to surf with your friends, but there's something to be said about paddling out on your own and watching it all unfold.




Unbeknownest to me (since i don't own or use a cell phone), the boys were further down the shore, scoring their own. stoke for all.


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photo's by eric berglund

Our man Danny has been over in Iceland going to school and liven the life. He's sent me a few snaps so far, all of which are amazing; but when today's email came with the subject line 'Somethin Special', he wasn't kidding. These made my day.

breath taking view at around 66 degrees northern latitude.







This Rules!
thanks Danny

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e

photo's by Sara Martin

Two more snaps from the last weekend in January.



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e

photo's by eric berglund

Some from the fall, on a sunny fridged january afternoon.



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e

photo by eric berglund

Yet a few more from last Wednesday. Specially dig Liam carving one off the top with style in the bottom shot.





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e

photos by eric berglund

More from yesterday. This time some shore pound. Pretty tough to convey the vertical height at this point, so you'll have to take my word when i say it was at least 10' and maybe more like 15'. Either way the Lake was showing some fury.


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e

photo by eric berglund

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


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e


photo by: eric

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.

stoked
e


photo by eric berglund

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e

photo by: eric berglund

Excuse the gratuitous backyard baby longboard session, but it was just a matter of time. With September looming, one thing is for certain, waves are on there way around here. So are young little, second generation lake surfers.



Here, Oskar is like.."hey dad, remember, head and chest up while paddling out, just like this".

Lack of posts the last little while, mostly due to the fact that we have been keeping busy round the headquarters, with visitors, everyday life and some essential home fixit projects that need to be completed prior to the fall season. More to come though. Check yeah later.

peace
e


photo by: eric berglund