Dan Schetter called on a stormy Thursday night. “Ella, you guys gotta get up here!”

The legend had a new, fancy set of cameras on him for the weekend swell in Marquette, and needed a positive partner to paddle out with. Enter Ella. Thinking it’d be a fun opportunity, we jumped into the Ice Beard show, even though Ella lacks a full beard. Vice dropped the ball and didn’t include our names (or Allen: @tongan_icebeard) in the piece, but we got a super fun session and a trip to Lake Superior to hang with Dan and Allen, the most full-of-life, hilarious pair in the North Woods and hella great surf companions too. Thanks for having us along, legends!