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Birth of a Surf Shop Nowhere Near the Ocean

Birth of a Surf Shop Nowhere Near the Ocean

It was 2001 when Mike Sandusky learned to surf in Hawaii. Mike grew up on a pig farm near London, Ontario and played team sports before suddenly deciding to get lost in Hawaii over the winter to learn to surf. The following summer of 2002, Mike started teaching people how to surf on the great lakes and convinced his friends, family and anyone who would believe him that YES! they too could surf on the lakes - Surf Ontario was born. Over the next 5 years Mike travelled and surfed extensively during the winters and taught surfing on Lake Erie...

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