Frigid Water, Gray Skies Don't Stop Surfers in Lake Michigan

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January 22, 2008

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More than 2,000 miles from Southern California, the sun doesn't shine through the gray sky. Ice coats the water's edge. Not a single person walks the beach. Sand grass and leafless trees bend south as a bitter wind blows more than 25 mph.

It's a near-perfect day to go surfing.

Burton Hathaway, 31, a transplanted Californian, and two wetsuit-clad friends didn't flinch Thursday as they ran through a snowstorm into Lake Michigan, paddling out 30 yards to wait for the wickedest waves before riding them to shore.

Read the full story at SunTimes.com.

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