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Bungee cord plus a surf board equals adrenaline rush (VIDEO)

'If I can go in the cold, I would go for the next six months or whatever and I plan on going still before winter hits' 
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Marty Simard in his wetsuit at Marathon Beach Sunday after a successful afternoon of bungee surfing. Photo submitted.

November is a very good time of year to be surfing in California or the Caribbean.  

But for Marty Simard, surfing is just fine on Lake Nipissing even with the temperatures just sliding above zero. 

The 34-year-old property manager put on his wetsuit and went out onto Lake Nipissing to get his adrenaline rush by bungee surfing Sunday afternoon.  

Simard does his thing using bungee cords, a surfboard and of course, a wetsuit.   

“I don’t think it is very common that is for sure,” admitted Simard as he believes he’s the only bungee surfer in the city.  

“Even the kiting (kite surfing), there’s a lot more people that do that but doing it this time of year is very cold you have to make with what you have you know. If I can go in the cold, I would go for the next six months or whatever and I plan on going still before winter hits.” 

Simard likes the sport because he can bungee surf in almost any condition and doesn’t rely on the winds to choose how fast he can go.   

“Bungee surfing basically gives me an option when there is no wind for kite surfing and there are definitely no waves for actual surfing so just sort of gives you an option if you don’t have a boat or Sea-Doo you can still get some board sports on the lake.”

Simard believes the government dock is an ideal spot for bungee surfing and set up only takes a few minutes. 

“I tie that (bungee) to the government dock at the marina and then I pull is back so it is just man-powered,” he explains.  

“It is quite hard to pull it but then once you get to your board and you have a launch ramp, the plastic, the board sits on that and then I set myself up on the board and then stretch out my body and release the tension off of the bungee and I have a handle to hold onto and it just chucks me back towards the dock and then from there you can do different board sports; tricks and surface spins.”  

Simard will continue to bungee surf as long as he possibly can and once the winter hits, he plans to kitesurf again on the lake in skis and if that doesn’t work out he may take his kitesurfing gear down to the Caribbean where a warm wetsuit will not be necessary.  


Chris Dawson

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