The perfect ice - Ice boats on Lake Geneva

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"Before today I thought a "hike" was what a center did when the quarterback yelled the word, or a long walk in the wilderness. But I experienced a HIKE today on an ice boat called Zephyr III with Bob Mereness at the helm. In this case a hike is when the boat edges up on two of the three runners. Ice boats can get up to 100 mph although today I think we were only going about 50, which was plenty fast for this newby!

So I started by walking out on transparent ice, so see-through that I felt like I was walking on water. You could see fish swimming underneath. I was questioning my own sanity for just a second but then remembered I am committed to getting the shot "no matter what" so I charged on about a 1/4 mile into Lake Geneva with my Canon 5D Mark II with 1080p HD video built in. It turned out that a monopod and my 24-105 lens was the perfect combination for the video project.

I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it.

Music by Secrets in Stereo. Used with permission."

Category:

Sports

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• Ice Boats
• Lake Geneva
• 5D Mark II
• Fontana
• Wisconsin
• Matt Mason Photography
• Ice Boat

[JnL471]

AH! JELOUS!!! I go to Lake geneva for vacation in the summer but never in the winter. Now i wanna do this!

[MattMasonPhotography]

Yea this was the first time I ever did it and it was quite the experience. Come visit LG in the Winter, lots of winter sports to enjoy!

[bigsunflower7]

Nice job Matt! Geneva Lake is beautiful year-round and the boats look great out there.

[MattMasonPhotography]

Thanks! I agree it is a blessing to live in Lake Geneva!!!

[jroccosailnfast]

This ice was amazing ,only lasted about 8 days,I was sailing on it every chance I could!!

[MattMasonPhotography]

I agree the ice was crazy smooth. Let me know when the next race is. I want to do a sequel to the video.

[melgeslakegeneva]

Great video Matt! Like your photography, it totally captures the beauty of Lake Geneva! Awesome!

[pepsifan231]

awesome video man! and Lake Geneva is beautiful year round, i've been jet skiing out there before and snowmobiling, i live in Burlington not to far from the lake so i'm out there every weekend and will continue to go every weekend till this winter when i leave for the army

[59HELMET59]

Great boats, great lake, great wind, wow.

Check out my ice boating videos at 59helmet59.

Cheers, GSW

[bass109]

Jesus is coming soon! repent and prepare for the lord

[AiriPsy]

@endgamecoach So it's in the USA, the lake geneva you're sailing at? I live at lake geneva (Lac leman) in west switzerland, the biggest lake of europe

[endgamecoach]

@AiriPsy Ha, you must be thinking of another Lake Geneva. We are in Wisconsin and it always freezes.

[AiriPsy]

@AiriPsy uhh this IS lake geneva??

[AiriPsy]

Wow they're fast...! but lake geneva does not freeze I live there... only on the little lake and on some very rare occasions

[iceandwind07]

Nicely done, man!! Beautiful!

[killedbyslingshot1]

i think i saw you i was on the lake was that last year because i remember it being so clear that i can see the bottom lol my dad so one of those and i explained it to him what it is