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Surfing the Great Lakes

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When Erik Wilkie tosses his surfboard on the roof rack of his Volkswagen bus, he knows he’s on his way to ride the best landlocked waves in the United States. A Surfer’s Search, from filmmaker Kevin Steen, features Wilkie riding the nearly frozen waters of Lake Superior during Winter Storm Wesley in 2019.

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