Winter Surfing News Today

Ice cream headache or brain freeze is a temporary pain due to eating or drinking a cold substance or when exposed to cold air. The shooting pain lasts for a few seconds and does not require treatment.

Winter outdoors activities require insulation, and puffer jackets provide lightweight warmth and a bit of style, too. Here are our top picks.

Ice cream headache or brain freeze is a temporary pain due to eating or drinking a cold substance or when exposed to cold air. The shooting pain lasts for a few seconds and does not require treatment.

Wisconsin has miles of wonderfully sandy lakeshore. Read on for our picks for the best beaches for families, city dwellers, surfers and more.

New England’s coast has its own allure among surfers who brave the region’s coldest weather to catch a wave.

Winter surfing in Hampton is more accessible than you might think. NHPR Morning Edition host Rick Ganley learned how to catch some waves.

The vicious winter storm brought blizzard conditions to many areas on Saturday, and wind chills were still below zero on Sunday.

Staff “Surfing in Brittany, France, we’re quite far from the standard surf cliché of the blonde, sun-tanned guy in board shorts with a sunny climate,” says Ian Fontaine, pro surfer and twice a French national surfing champion. “It’s more about 5/4/3 hooded wetsuits and hard-to-access surf-spots.” If Ian wanted easy, he’d be surfing in Hawaii or Indonesia – he’s definitely got the chops for it. But to Ian, the challenge of the wet, cold days is part of why he loves s...

PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE / WXXI NEWS Aurelien Bouche Pillon surfs Lake Ontario in the dead of winter. When Aurelien Bouche Pillon stands on the shore at Sea Breeze Pier, he is constantly scanning the water. Pillon is checking to see if the conditions are right for surfing. Even in the dead of winter, he can sometimes be spotted just off shore, surfing Lake Ontario. �...

Sure, winter-time surfing has its drawbacks, but almost any thick-skinned, warm-blooded surfer will take it over the crowds of summer and its equally torturous flat-spells.