Ho! Ho! HOLY that's cold! Montreal boogie boarder in Santa suit hits St. Lawrence waters

The sun was shining but it was cold on the St. Lawrence River when Carlos Hebert Plante took to the water on his boogie board. (Bernard Brault / The Canadian Press)

Boogie boarder Carlos Hebert-Plante has never let the cold stop him from jumping in the St-Lawrence River.

On Christmas Day this year in Montreal, Hebert-Plante donned a Santa Claus suit and jumped into the cold water as temperatures skirted around -15 degrees Celsius in the Lachine borough.

"I surfed all year, every day," Hebert-Plante told CTV News. "Conditions cold or hot, I surf all kinds. [It was] fun today."

Canadian Press photographer Bernard Brault captured some eye-catching images on the day.

"I go for the fog and sunrise often with drone and my friend Bernard, we get there early," said Hebert-Plante, who wears an arctic wet suit when he surfs.

The standing wave on the St-Lawrence River is close to downtown Montreal and it’s a popular spot for surfers. Hebert-Plante said he's comfortable all year long.

"Cold gives me smiles that hot does not, and snowy waters make a snow parc fun," he admitted

With files from The Canadian Press.