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I have surfed Lake Michigan
29 year old Justin Kay surfs Blacks Beach.
Are you a local?
I grew up here, but I live in Chicago now. I’m here visiting my family.
Favorite thing about surfing?
I like the fun of progressing. It’s a technical skill that’s very fun the better you get. It’s very precise and subtle through the differences in technique.
Did it take you a while to master surfing?
It’s weird when you start surfing everyone is like, ‘Just go! Figure it out’. My old boss got me to go to this surf camp with a coach. We would film ourselves and dissect out technique. That was the first time I really thought about how to move my body to do the correct things. Before that I was just like flopping around. I recommend it. In other sports, it’s like, yeah, dude, get a coach but surfing, people are like, figure it out man!
Is it hard being in the Midwest away from the ocean?
Yeah, but I have been surfing on the Great Lakes. I have surfed Lake Michigan. That has been pretty awesome. I mean, it’s not as good, and there are only like five people who do it. Every now and then it is kind of good, and when it is, it’s incredible! I do that in the fall and the winter. I wear a 6mm wetsuit. You get icicles on your face. It’s totally insane.
Advice for newbies?
Find a group of friends that you can suck with. That’s how I did it. We all just went out and ate shit together.
Do you plan on moving back for the surf?
Probably. Either here or San Francisco.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Find a group of friends that you can suck with.
I have surfed Lake Michigan
Find a group of friends that you can suck with.
I have surfed Lake Michigan
29 year old Justin Kay surfs Blacks Beach.
Are you a local?
I grew up here, but I live in Chicago now. I’m here visiting my family.
Favorite thing about surfing?
I like the fun of progressing. It’s a technical skill that’s very fun the better you get. It’s very precise and subtle through the differences in technique.
Did it take you a while to master surfing?
It’s weird when you start surfing everyone is like, ‘Just go! Figure it out’. My old boss got me to go to this surf camp with a coach. We would film ourselves and dissect out technique. That was the first time I really thought about how to move my body to do the correct things. Before that I was just like flopping around. I recommend it. In other sports, it’s like, yeah, dude, get a coach but surfing, people are like, figure it out man!
Is it hard being in the Midwest away from the ocean?
Yeah, but I have been surfing on the Great Lakes. I have surfed Lake Michigan. That has been pretty awesome. I mean, it’s not as good, and there are only like five people who do it. Every now and then it is kind of good, and when it is, it’s incredible! I do that in the fall and the winter. I wear a 6mm wetsuit. You get icicles on your face. It’s totally insane.
Advice for newbies?
Find a group of friends that you can suck with. That’s how I did it. We all just went out and ate shit together.
Do you plan on moving back for the surf?
Probably. Either here or San Francisco.
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