Out Of Place | A Portrait Of Surfing In Cleveland, OH

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For any of us who think we have it rough being Jersey Surfers, try getting any respect from the surfing community when you surf on a lake in Cleveland, OH. I've heard the argument that they get a break because no one even expects them to be surfing, kind of like the guys in Germany surfing the river downtown, but I still think you have to REALLY want it.

They surf Lake Erie, and the conditions have to get pretty extreme before they can even attempt to surf. Talk about not having a large surfing community.

©2008 Robby Staebler

This is a photo taken by Robby Staebler, a friend of the film. I think he's still shooting film with a medium format camera. Old school.