Freestyle 2nd annual "FREEZE YOUR NUTS" colder,smaller, and more shrinkage then ever!!!

[truerider411]

So this past weekend was our second annual "freeze your nuts" ride. It was cold. We had to drive down to estevan saskatchewan to the boundary damn that uses the water from the lake to cool a power plant there so the lake stays open fairly late into the year. Needless to say this year was cold. But worth every bit. We had some really great footage but most of it lies at the bottom of the lake on my gopro. This is what we got so enjoy. Ill try and put a video together with some of the stuff I got.

 

[truerider411]

 

[truerider411]

It was so cold on saturday that we cold only ride for about 5 minutes before our throttle cables froze up. So we would bring them in the trailer to heat up then out again!

 

[tntfawley]

Haha that is some dedication!

 

[subhard]

That's awesome. I feel your pain.

 

[Tyrant1919]

Where'd your cables freeze at? Near the finger throttle?

If I can ever see the water steaming, I think I'll stay inside.

 

[stagesrt4]

well done boys


the rocket looks tiny next to your ski

 

[NiagaraMike]

Now that sounds ... well... soprano. Glad you had a great time. Sorry to hear about your GoPro. We had great winds and some nice waves here on Saturday afternoon but sadly the only ones who showed on the open lake were some hardy kiters who stayed for HOURS. Nice tradition and photos. Thanks!

 

[XJCrawler]

Im so pissed I had to work this weekend

 

[swapmeet]

Wooooooo you cray!!!!!


Shouldn't be much shrinkage cause you gotta have some cajones to ride when its that cold. I mean seriously??? "We had to put our skis in the trailer cause the throttle cables froze" Ugh... thats insane...


Glad ya'll had fun!

 

[CRJ]

nice shots!

and a thought for next time.
http://gopro.com/camera-accessories/floaty-backdoor

 

[woodsrider845]

It ain't cold till you gotta shovel the ramp and cut the ice to get open water!

 

[hink320]

nice shots!

and a thought for next time.
http://gopro.com/camera-accessories/floaty-backdoor

Ryan would still have a GoPro if he had one of those on it. My last back flip I tried on his DVX the ski ripped out of my arms, flew 10 feet in the air, landed upside down and came up with no GoPro on it.

 

[hink320]

It ain't cold till you gotta shovel the ramp and cut the ice to get open water!

It was -20 celsius with the windchill factor. The only reason we didn't have to cut the ice was because there's a power plant on the lake that returns the hot water from the plant to the lake.

 

[N3vrSat1sfied]

looks like you should of been busting out the sleds, not the skis lol

 

[aero92x]

Wow, you guys have my respect!!

 

[OCD Solutions]

^^ Mine too, I used to ride in the winter but I usually waited for a day when the sun was out and the air temp was actually above freezing.

 

[truerider411]

It was pretty neat because with a wetsuit on it didnt feel to bad but when you where riding everything was icing to my tour coat and on the paint of my ski.

 

[OCD Solutions]

How about the first time your head goes under and the cold water hits your forehead...I almost blacked out my first time and had to take a knee in the tray to keep from falling off.

 

[hink320]

The water actually wasn't too bad, I'm lucky the power plants hot water return feeds into the lake and keeps the water fairly warm. The worst part for me was that riding in cold water kicks my ass. I don't know if it was the 5mm thick wetsuit and gloves but I got tired after only about 20 min of riding, whereas normally I can ride for hours in the summer.