Hope you brought your boards for this deep dive into the world of surfing. In the Atlas Obscura archives, we found the Hawaiian princess who saved the sport from extinction, the man who made California’s beaches a more inclusive place, and an intrepid community that turned surfing the Great Lakes in winter into an actual thing. These Intrepid Surfers Chill Out Riding the Great Lakes’ Wintry Waves by Eden Arielle Gordon Icy wind rolls off the shores of Lake Ontario, blowing past rows of pines and naked birches and reeling…
