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Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

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If there’s a wave, there’s a surfer. Even when the polar vortex is turning the whole country into an ice cube. While most were spending the end of January rocking 17 layers of clothing in front of their fireplaces, Daniel Schetter (also known as “Surfer Dan”) wasn’t taking a day off. It was business as usual for the local legend from Marquette County, Michigan, and luckily photographer Devon Hains was there to capture it.

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

“The photos were shot two days last week, Sunday, January 27 and Wednesday, January 30th,” Hains told Bored Panda. “The photos feature both Surfer Dan and Allen Finau. They were shot at Presque Isle Park in Marquette Michigan on Lake Superior. The temperature for the Sunday shoot got down to -30 degrees Fahrenheit (-34°C) with the windchill.”

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

“I’m not very experienced with surfing at all,” he said. “I’ve only tried a few times with Surfer Dan. He’s the experienced surfer and also the feature of my photos. I mostly photograph Dan from a safe spot on shore.”

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

The ‘safe spot’ wasn’t so safe this time, though. “As the photographer, the most challenging part was being able to see through my viewfinder. The cold windchill caused my eyes to water a lot and it would freeze in my eyelashes. The cold air temperature meant I couldn’t exhale with my face raised to my camera because it would cause a layer of water vapor from my breath to freeze over my viewfinder and sometimes my lens.”

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Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

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Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

“I’ve photographed Dan surfing in both sub-zero temperatures and pretty intense waves. Each time I feel a little concerned but I’m confident he knows his limits and it shows when he gets out there.”

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

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Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Image credits: Devon Hains Photography

To follow Devon Hains’ adventures, go to his Instagram and Facebook pages!

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Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Surfers Learn The Hard Way What Happens When You Go Surfing During A Polar Vortex (18 Pics)

Ilona Baliūnaitė

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

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Lou Wow 5 years ago

Awesome beardicles! 😜

15points

N G 5 years ago

frozen test.. icicles

14points

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diane a 5 years ago

How to lose an ear from frostbite

10points

queens, bitch 5 years ago

Gandalf? Is that you?

8points

ptm45 5 years ago

LOL!

1point

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N G 5 years ago

Chill Surfer Dudes

7points

FortnitePlayerGirl 5 years ago

wow. even his eyebrows are frozen!

7points

hobbitly 5 years ago

Cool pictures, can only imagine how cold it must have been :O

7points

Jo Bertels 5 years ago

Neopreen will rule the world :-)

7points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

shrinkage...

6points

Tanja Joensen 5 years ago

They most really love surfing ;)

6points

Anders 5 years ago

Hahahaha! That's awesome!!

5points

Liz Karsa 5 years ago

These guys are amazing.

5points

FatBaby 5 years ago

His frosted hair looks sooo beautiful but just imagine how cold it is for his beard to turn to icicles *shiver*

5points

Andres Tejeda 5 years ago

When you are the god of the sea and don't care about the cold.

5points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

You don't have to surf to get this. I saw some spectacular beardcicles while volunteering for a nordic ski loppet a few years ago.

4points

SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

...why tho...

3points

Wyndmere 5 years ago

Dum, d dum, dum, DUM!

2points

iluvanimals 5 years ago

I live in Minnesota and I feel like a Southern Californian compared to these guys!

2points

Dian Parama Kosala 5 years ago

better than Aquaman movie.. "Aquaman Cousin : let it go"

2points

Mare Freed 5 years ago

As I scrolled and scrolled, I fully expected him to be dead in the final photo.

1point

Full Name 5 years ago

Oddly enough the water would be the warm part by far.

1point

LoneWolfie 5 years ago

I love the beard

1point

Susan Forbes 5 years ago

What's up with the trident?

1point

Parmeisan 5 years ago

Right!? In the first image where you can only see the top of it, I was like, "...Is that a trident?" I was surprised to discover I'd been right! My guess though is that he thought it would look cool in the photos. God of the sea and whatnot.

0points

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iluvanimals 5 years ago

I am from Minnesota and I feel like a southern Californian compared to these guys!

1point

Dara 5 years ago

Nope... that's a hard nope from me. I'm a Brazilian from one of the hottest places in Brazil, so I don't do well in the cold. hahahahahaha

1point

Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago

Professor Dumbledore hasn't changed much although Harry is a grown man with a big beard

1point

2WheelTravlr 5 years ago

These photos are absolutely epic, and you guys are completely crazy.

1point

Θηρεσία 5 years ago

but... WHY?

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

Agrid's grandpa

1point

Hisseefit 5 years ago

Maybe Hagrid's brother - keeper of keys to Neptune's castle.

5points

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diane a 5 years ago (edited)

What a social comment. Poor people trying not to die of hypothermia on the streets - People with warm homes doing this for FUN!!

1point

Pored Banda 5 years ago

??? What does their income have to do with anything??

6points

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Notsoswift 5 years ago

how do you know they are rich? Class warfare is FUN!!!!!!

4points

ZombieGirl5591 5 years ago

All I could think the whole time looking at these photos was "Hmm..people have legit died during this Polar Vortex because of homelessness and its so sad"

-2points

Aunt Messy 5 years ago

How stupid do you have to be to do this? It's the equivalent of idiots who kill themselves after saying, "Hold my beer..."

1point

ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

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Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

This is the kind of thing I'd do, lmao ^ ^

0points

Vilkas 5 years ago

Did his beard crack off?

0points

Madonna Rose 5 years ago

Brain freeze

0points

Tracy Baparam 5 years ago

Why, though?

0points

Emily Busch 5 years ago

These guys do it every winter, it is nothing new and has been documented by numerous photographers and newspaper articles.

0points

Marnee DeRider 5 years ago

Idiots

0points

Eddie77 5 years ago

Just seeing it makes me cold!

0points

Gracie Mae 5 years ago

part of me is screaming "WHY???" and part of me is thinking they're living life to the fullest!

0points

Aarushi Sharma 5 years ago

The real Aquaman when he's older and retired

0points

Wistre Vist 5 years ago

triton x elsa...

0points

bubamara 5 years ago

Jason Momoa, Aquaman, is that you!?

0points

UncleBu 5 years ago

Brain freeze

0points

diane a 5 years ago

These guys just remind me of this homeless-5...22984c.jpg

0points

Ben Dover 5 years ago

your insistence in posting about homeless people in a thread about something else is noted

3points

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HANS 5 years ago

The Iceman Cometh!

-1point

Meeow 5 years ago

So many homeless people suffer with this crazy weather, even the stray too! These 2 idiots want to show the world how much fun they have. Well your 15 mins are counting down...

-2points

Notsoswift 5 years ago

your 15 minutes never started

-1point

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RU Sirius 5 years ago

Upvote. You can only do this when you know you can thaw your beard and hair in a heated hi-tech trailer. You'll try to avoid this when you have nowhere to hide from cold.

-2points

diane a 5 years ago

I said something similar and got downvoted. People with choices can do whatever stupid things they want. Some people dont have choices

-2points

Poppy Sue Mac 5 years ago

Neandrothols lmao

-3points

Roger Haywood 5 years ago

These dudes are crazy! Takes all sorts I suppose.

-3points

diane a 5 years ago (edited)

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Lou Wow 5 years ago

Awesome beardicles! 😜

15points

N G 5 years ago

frozen test.. icicles

14points

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diane a 5 years ago

How to lose an ear from frostbite

10points

queens, bitch 5 years ago

Gandalf? Is that you?

8points

ptm45 5 years ago

LOL!

1point

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N G 5 years ago

Chill Surfer Dudes

7points

FortnitePlayerGirl 5 years ago

wow. even his eyebrows are frozen!

7points

hobbitly 5 years ago

Cool pictures, can only imagine how cold it must have been :O

7points

Jo Bertels 5 years ago

Neopreen will rule the world :-)

7points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

shrinkage...

6points

Tanja Joensen 5 years ago

They most really love surfing ;)

6points

Anders 5 years ago

Hahahaha! That's awesome!!

5points

Liz Karsa 5 years ago

These guys are amazing.

5points

FatBaby 5 years ago

His frosted hair looks sooo beautiful but just imagine how cold it is for his beard to turn to icicles *shiver*

5points

Andres Tejeda 5 years ago

When you are the god of the sea and don't care about the cold.

5points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

You don't have to surf to get this. I saw some spectacular beardcicles while volunteering for a nordic ski loppet a few years ago.

4points

SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

...why tho...

3points

Wyndmere 5 years ago

Dum, d dum, dum, DUM!

2points

iluvanimals 5 years ago

I live in Minnesota and I feel like a Southern Californian compared to these guys!

2points

Dian Parama Kosala 5 years ago

better than Aquaman movie.. "Aquaman Cousin : let it go"

2points

Mare Freed 5 years ago

As I scrolled and scrolled, I fully expected him to be dead in the final photo.

1point

Full Name 5 years ago

Oddly enough the water would be the warm part by far.

1point

LoneWolfie 5 years ago

I love the beard

1point

Susan Forbes 5 years ago

What's up with the trident?

1point

Parmeisan 5 years ago

Right!? In the first image where you can only see the top of it, I was like, "...Is that a trident?" I was surprised to discover I'd been right! My guess though is that he thought it would look cool in the photos. God of the sea and whatnot.

0points

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iluvanimals 5 years ago

I am from Minnesota and I feel like a southern Californian compared to these guys!

1point

Dara 5 years ago

Nope... that's a hard nope from me. I'm a Brazilian from one of the hottest places in Brazil, so I don't do well in the cold. hahahahahaha

1point

Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago

Professor Dumbledore hasn't changed much although Harry is a grown man with a big beard

1point

2WheelTravlr 5 years ago

These photos are absolutely epic, and you guys are completely crazy.

1point

Θηρεσία 5 years ago

but... WHY?

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

Agrid's grandpa

1point

Hisseefit 5 years ago

Maybe Hagrid's brother - keeper of keys to Neptune's castle.

5points

Load More Replies...

diane a 5 years ago (edited)

What a social comment. Poor people trying not to die of hypothermia on the streets - People with warm homes doing this for FUN!!

1point

Pored Banda 5 years ago

??? What does their income have to do with anything??

6points

Load More Replies...

Notsoswift 5 years ago

how do you know they are rich? Class warfare is FUN!!!!!!

4points

ZombieGirl5591 5 years ago

All I could think the whole time looking at these photos was "Hmm..people have legit died during this Polar Vortex because of homelessness and its so sad"

-2points

Aunt Messy 5 years ago

How stupid do you have to be to do this? It's the equivalent of idiots who kill themselves after saying, "Hold my beer..."

1point

ADHORTATOR 5 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Load More Replies...

Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

This is the kind of thing I'd do, lmao ^ ^

0points

Vilkas 5 years ago

Did his beard crack off?

0points

Madonna Rose 5 years ago

Brain freeze

0points

Tracy Baparam 5 years ago

Why, though?

0points

Emily Busch 5 years ago

These guys do it every winter, it is nothing new and has been documented by numerous photographers and newspaper articles.

0points

Marnee DeRider 5 years ago

Idiots

0points

Eddie77 5 years ago

Just seeing it makes me cold!

0points

Gracie Mae 5 years ago

part of me is screaming "WHY???" and part of me is thinking they're living life to the fullest!

0points

Aarushi Sharma 5 years ago

The real Aquaman when he's older and retired

0points

Wistre Vist 5 years ago

triton x elsa...

0points

bubamara 5 years ago

Jason Momoa, Aquaman, is that you!?

0points

UncleBu 5 years ago

Brain freeze

0points

diane a 5 years ago

These guys just remind me of this homeless-5...22984c.jpg

0points

Ben Dover 5 years ago

your insistence in posting about homeless people in a thread about something else is noted

3points

Load More Replies...

HANS 5 years ago

The Iceman Cometh!

-1point

Meeow 5 years ago

So many homeless people suffer with this crazy weather, even the stray too! These 2 idiots want to show the world how much fun they have. Well your 15 mins are counting down...

-2points

Notsoswift 5 years ago

your 15 minutes never started

-1point

Load More Replies...

RU Sirius 5 years ago

Upvote. You can only do this when you know you can thaw your beard and hair in a heated hi-tech trailer. You'll try to avoid this when you have nowhere to hide from cold.

-2points

diane a 5 years ago

I said something similar and got downvoted. People with choices can do whatever stupid things they want. Some people dont have choices

-2points

Poppy Sue Mac 5 years ago

Neandrothols lmao

-3points

Roger Haywood 5 years ago

These dudes are crazy! Takes all sorts I suppose.

-3points

diane a 5 years ago (edited)

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