Buseater Stakeout and Northern Quebec's Hidden Gems Episode 1

Mar going Ginormous at Minibus
photo by Tanya Shuman

Taking the rope in.
photo by Pat Camblin

Well, weeks into our buseater stakeout minibus FINALLY decided to give us a few days of pure surfing bliss... buseater days are some of the most fun and most taxing of the year; basically, you are getting up at 6am or so (definitely not the norm) and surfing for as long as your arms/back will hold up... then straight to bed and if your lucky you get another day or two of the same... both buseater waves are completely unforgiving... even if you are on the top of your game it will often pitch, crash, or bubble unexpectedly? leaving you window-shaded, worked, or heading down the infamous toilet bowl for long, cold, and dark downtime? all this aside, or possibly because of this, it is one of the best surfs in the world ? super fast and unrelentingly dynamic. The vision is so much fun here, it just rips across the wave, often bringing you out of the ?toilet bowl? section just when you thought you were doomed, and onto the sweet section of wave (not an easy transition!), it also launches better than any other boat I?ve tried, jumping up and away from the green with ease?


Pat going very large on Minibus
photo by Laura Nash


Hal going very deep at Minibus
photo by Pat Camblin


Good god that is huge
photo by Laura Nash


Pretty Clean Blunt at Bussy
photo by Marlow Long

Tired and happy after 3 great days on minibus we awoke to find the level dropping and minibus becoming more and more of a huge hole? so? we packed up and headed east then north, into the vast waterways that await those willing to make the long drive up to northern Quebec. Along the way there are plenty of roadside attractions, lots of fun rapids, waterfalls and slides always conveniently marked with a big sign indicating that indeed a rapid of some description is near.

Pat running some ridiculous slide in Quebec.
photo by Laura Nash

We?ve found another one folks? ?Black Mass? - appropriately named by some lucky paddlers who ventured upon this wave before us? it lies in the middle of a long, huge water rapid, it is only in during flood, it doesn?t have an eddy, and the walk back up is long and rocky? that all said this is the fastest, most dynamic wave I?ve ever surfed and easily worth the effort once your there? we only got one rainy day on this beauty, but we?ll be back for sure.
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Going large on the new wave. "The Black Mass"
photo by Laura Nash


Black Mass Carving
photo by Marlow Long


Big Ollie by Marlow on the Black Mass
photo by Pat Camblin

Back home now - the Ottawa has dropped down to 4 (pretty unusual for this time of year), Marlow has headed to the teva mountain games, and I?m back here hoping that northern Ontario will get dumped on and somehow the Ottawa will get back up to 16!!

Later. Pat and Mar

What a stud.
photo by Tanya Shuman


Martan isn't it cute how he sucks her blood.
photo by Pat Camblin

Catch all the best Buseater and Black Mass action in YGP?s upcoming release ?DYNASTY?
More photos and video about Bus Eater on the way.
Later