In The News – Surfing Storm Waves at 6,225’
January 20, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 01/20/2025, Written by Anna Kristina Moseidjord
During the last storm of 2024, a small but dedicated group of Tahoe surfers spent the day surfing frigid waves near Incline Village. The group, mostly born and raised in North Lake Tahoe, are some of only a few surfers who surf storm-generated waves on the lake.
“There’s very few people who want to be out there,” says Westan Lubin, one of several Truckee locals who was out a couple weeks ago. “It’s an awesome experience whenever you can surf the lake because everyone that’s out there is just super excited — and you have to be excited, like be super amped, or else you’re freezing.”
The conditions for surfing the lake are rare, and are an inherently intense time to be out on the lake.
Photo Credit: Martin Gollery Tahoe Surfing