The weather has been terrible lately in Mn, combined w work I haven't been out much. Did get a chance to play around with the swell once. One thing we did try was surfing shallower water. Normally I like 15' or deeper water because when I hit 12' or less I can see the wave gets noticeably smaller. We surfed 10-12' and I didn't notice much of a difference in the wave size. Guessin it's because of the side push of the swell and the lateral displacement instead of relying on the deep V vertical displacement? I do like that because the bay we park in up north isn't very deep so we normally drive across the lake to surf. As far as push, it had enough push to surf myself (6'2" 220lbs and my buddy, 6'2" 250lbs). Lol