09/02/2026
Trunks on Erie. It’s still summertime in the lakes. Enjoy the last drops before we’re all suiting up for crisp fall swells!
Photos by Casey Koch of Matt and Robert Braden Bacha.
Five Lakes Surf Club
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Documenting and preserving the culture of surfing on all five of the Great Lakes.
09/02/2026
08/27/2026
We love our American surfers in Rochester, and Buffalo and Sackets Harbor, BUT
We affirm those in Toronto, Wellington, Kingston, and beyond a tad more today.
And this doesn’t even begin to touch on the implications of the origin of the name “Ontario” which we are unqualified to speak on.
Five Lakes will continue to refer to the lake as Ontario. It’s “HOMES,” not “SHAME.”
08/26/2026
Yeah, probably gonna hit the pier jump on this paddle out.
Photo: Ian Brewster
08/25/2026
Read the full story in the link on Devin profile
08/19/2026
Live like Larry.
Larry Larsen is a core lake surfer. He surfed the day the Edmund Fitz went down 51 years ago. He is now in his 70s, still surfing.
If you missed him at the Great Lakes Surf Festival, be sure to catch him next year. He’s humble and full of stoke.
Photo: Liz Gill
08/17/2026
A comprehensive lake surfing guide from Five Lakes
08/16/2026
Any guesses on the next surf town?
Wrong answers only.
07/31/2026
Bumpy, lakey rides on Erie. I think this is what people imagine when they think of lake surfing, just maybe a little smaller. Or completely flat.
These conditions are typically heavier onshore winds at mostly unprotected zones. It takes quite a lot of wave reading skill to find a wave in the mess.
Video by Craig Mazelis
Surfers: Nate Mance, Caleb Skelton Nicholas Elersich
07/28/2026
Absolute non-stop summer wave action on the lakes
Photos: Jacob
07/27/2026
Archival Great Lakes surf shots courtesy of Mike Calabro
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