Massachusetts has gotten its share of winter weather this year. With record snowstorms and low temperatures, ice floes formed along the Northern Atlantic and flowed down to New England.
That spelled opportunity for Florida-based athlete and pioneer wakeskater Brian Grubb. He decided to head to the small Massachusetts town of Wellfleet in Cape Cod to shred the icy landscape.
Wakeskating combines of waterskiing, snowboarding and surfing techniques. A wakeboard rides over the water, ice and snow, much like skateboarding with no bindings to hold down your feet.
Tackling the ice floes of Cape Cod required a significant amount of prep work. The line had to be groomed and a winch-pull system set up. Since skating over water required more speed than skating over snow, the team had to make a number of test runs. But once they got the timing right, Grubb was able to negotiate the car-sized mounds of ice that covered the landscape.
Grubb, who lives in Orlando, told Fox News it was cold in Cape Cod. "We didn't get an exact temperature, but, yeah, it was probably in the 30s or low 40s or something," Grubb said. "With all that ice in there, it was definitely cold. It was pretty windy that day, so the wind chill was definitely cutting through (my wetsuit)."
Red Bull Media House captured the moment in this lively wakeskating video. Gubb said of his wakeskating collaboration with Red Bull, "We ultimately just want to inspire people to think outside the box and maybe take a sport you would only see in the summertime into the winter and the snow."