Slushie Surf and ‘20ft Waves’ Slam the Great Lakes (Video)

By the looks of it, the Great Lakes saw a hefty (and icy) pulse of swell recently. Above, see the Skelton Bros – a dread-headed duo of “two brothers stoked on life” – as they surf the Lake Erie coast off Ohio. And yes, conditions are within the subzero realm.

“This looks really good,” one of the brothers claims while checking the waves, snow on the shores. “We’ve got some slush in the water. Surfing some clean slushies.”

The boys battle Coca-Cola Slurpee waters, dodging the occasional iceberg, while scoring rare surf in Ohio. By the end of the session, they emerge from the water covered in ice.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the Great Lakes, large surf was recently spotted battering an ice-covered lighthouse on Lake Michigan. CBS went so far as to claim 20-footers:

“Massive 20-foot waves battered a completely frozen lighthouse on Lake Michigan,” they described in a video. “‘Monster waves were hammering the St. Joseph Lighthouse this morning—Lake Michigan was on a rampage,’ Brandon Clair, who took the drone footage, wrote.”

20-foot might be a stretch. Perhaps the recoil from the wave hitting the pier. But hey, this is the Midwest – let’s cut them some slack. As for the forecast, wind and weather are kicking up more surf, per the National Weather Service, which is calling for “waves 9 to 12 feet” in the coming days. Stay tuned for potentially more frosty surf from the Great Lakes.