Crazy surfer rides enormous glacial wave


	Crazy surfer rides enormous glacial wave

hudgal1

8-20-2007 5:27 PM

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surfing, extreme sports, alaska, glacier

hudgal1 says:

This guy is nuts!

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8-20-2007 6:03 PM

adamc

I won't even go surfing when the water's chilly.

8-20-2007 10:40 PM

skwirlinator

I surf constantly - on the internet

8-20-2007 11:50 PM

djkraz

I'm with skwirli on this one.. I find the colder it gets the more i surf!

8-24-2007 8:17 AM

veebs

Holy MF! And I thought I was an extreme surfer. Darn!

9-12-2007 9:35 PM

FastDart

So where is the picture?

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