Welcome to Weird Waves Of The World vol.13, We head to Lake Superior, Minnesota to surf the Great Lakes. What’s weird about this wave is it’s an actual fresh water lake and it produces remarkably big wind swells and when I say big I mean up to 4-6 ft, ridiculous. 
Surfing the Great Lakes is at its prime during the freezing cold winter months. Winter and early spring storms produce solid waves that are really good for surfing. 
Great Lakes waves occur when low pressure systems across the dry Great Plains hit the large moisture levels of the Great Lakes and the cold air meets the warm water. Lake Superior is the biggest lake and produces the biggest waves. 
Winter surfing in the Great Lakes can still be treacherous, be prepared to pack your 4×3 wetsuit, gloves, booties & hood. Snow, ice, and shelf ice (ice that accumulates and washes up on shore) threaten even the most skilled surfer. Wind chills can be -31° degrees with 60-65 kph winds and -8 ° air temperatures. Hypothermia is a very real threat. 
Professional big wave surfer Jamie Sterling hopped on a plane with a mission to find and surf decent waves in the great lakes, You won’t believe what Jamie found when he arrived:
