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Posted By idyll 11 months, 1 week ago in Sports
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Surfing in a snowstorm may sound like a direct route toward hypothermia or certain death. But on Lake Superior, where surfers ride all months of the year, thick wet suits, gloves, hoods, booties and petroleum jelly smudged on exposed skin all form a protective shell against the crushing cold encountered by wave catchers in what is one of the world’s most unlikely surfing scenes.

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    Ciera-Marie11 months, 1 week ago

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    I submitted a couple weeks ago an article about surfing on Lake Superior in Duluth MN in winter.

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      hibridge11 months, 1 week ago

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      It seems to be difficult to 'hang loose' under these conditions ... more like 'hang frozen stiff'. Cowabunga, brrr, dude.

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