Surfing Lake Michigan
About this episode
Dustin Dwyer explores the experience of surfing on Lake Michigan and the impact of climate change on surfable waves.
Michigan Public's Dustin Dwyer dons a wet suit, borrows a surfboard, straps on a GoPro, and heads into the waves of Lake Michigan. In November. All in the name of finding out: How does anyone have fun surfing in Lake Michigan? Waves on Lake Michigan can be fickle creatures, surfers told him. For non-surfers, it’s a bit of a wonder how there are waves at all. In the second episode of Beyond the Shore, we uncover why Lake Michigan, and most of the Great Lakes, really, produce surfable waves and whether or not these surfers are experiencing less of them as our climate changes. Support for the production of this podcast was made possible by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, as part of its Great Lakes News Collaborative. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. More at michiganpublic.org/bts
People in this episode
Host: Dustin Dwyer
Topics covered
- surfing
- Lake Michigan
- climate change
- Great Lakes
- outdoor activities
Sponsors
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Michigan Public
Places: Lake Michigan, Great Lakes
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- The hidden shipwrecks of Lake Huron
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