While most of us get excited for summer's warm water, bronzing beauties, long days, and south swells, those hardcore Great Lakes surfers just aren't into it...

Thanks to Mike Killion from www.greatlakessurfer.com for the photo. Pray for the ice to thaw!

The south end of Lake Michigan—Hammond, Indiana to be exact—thaws out just long enough for a local crew to score a fun and super glassy surf. All photos: Mike Killion/Great Lakes Surfer Magazine

“It’s warmer in the water,” said Markus Barsch, 21, a tree trimmer from Ashland, Wis., and one of a dozen surfers who had shown up to shred on a 20-degree day...

December 15, 2008 saw epic conditions on the North Shore. Not that North Shore—the North Shore of Lake Superior, just north of Duluth, Minnesota. Photos, video, and interview...

High winds kicked up the waves on Lake Superior over the weekend, calling diehard surfers to make the trek to Duluth.