Izindawo ezihamba phambili zokungena kwi-Great Lakes

Lapho abantu abaningi becabanga ngokushisa e-US, izindawo ezinjengeCalifornia, eHawaii, naseFlorida ziyafika engqondweni. Kodwa kukhona enye indawo engalindelekile ehlinzeka ngamagagasi amakhulu amanga futhi. I-colloquially eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Third Coast" futhi itholakala eduze kwenhliziyo yaseMelika.

I-Great Lakes ingase inganikezeli isipiliyoni esifanayo namanye alawo mazwe athandwayo, kepha abagibeli abahamba phambili bazobe bethola amagagasi angu-20 + amagagasi nokuntuleka okuphelele kwezixuku. Bayophinde bathole kancane kakhulu endleleni yokuphila kolwandle (funda: akukho oshaka!) Namanxiwa awanakho kakhulu. Ngamafuphi, ukufakela lezi zidumbu zamanzi akufani nanoma yini enye ezungeze futhi kuvuzisa kakhulu.

Lapho usuka kwiLwandle Olukhulu, kubalulekile ukuba ugqoke ngendlela efanele (lokho kusho ukuthi i-wetsuit noma i-drysuit), unobhodi oluhle (olukhudlwana lokushisa amanzi amanzi), futhi ulungele izimo ezingalindelekile. Amanzi angaba nzima futhi imimoya ephakeme ingeza inselelo yokuhlala ebhodini lakho.

Ngalokho engqondweni, nasi ukukhetha kwethu amabala amahle ukuvula phezu kwalezi zidumbu zamanzi ezimangalisayo.

• 01 ka 05

  Sheboygan, WI

  I-Wisconsin ayiyona ndawo lapho ungalindela ukuthola ukushisa okukhulu, kodwa kwakuyikhaya le-Dairyland Surf Classic iminyaka eminingi. Lesi sigameko sabanjwa iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili emagqumeni asentshonalanga yeLake Michigan edolobheni laseSheboygan, lapho isiko lesikhulu se-surf esiye savela khona eminyakeni eminingi. Ukushona okuhle kunazo zonke kwenzeka khona kusukela ngo-Agasti kuya ku-Ephreli, okusho ukupakisha i-drysuit futhi ulungiselele izimo ezibandayo phakathi nonyaka.

  Idolobha linikezela ngamakhilomitha amahlanu ngamabhishi amahle ngokumangalisayo kanye nama-breaks angu-22 okugibela. Konke lokhu kungaphakathi kwemingcele yomuzi, okwenza kube lula kunanini ngaphambili ukuthi uthathe ibhodi futhi uphume emanzini. Akukhipathi isikhathi eside emanzini ukuthola ukuthi kungani uSheboygan ibizwe ngokuthi "iMalibu eMidwest."

• 02 ka 05

  I-Whiting, IN

  Kutholakala ogwini lolwandle lwaseLake Michigan, i-Whiting, e-Indiana enye indawo enhle kwabangena kwi-surfers, uma bengenandaba nesimo sezulu esibanda. Isikhathi esihle sokushaya amanzi e-Whiting ngukubusika nasekuseni kwentwasahlobo, lapho iziphepho ezinamandla zakha imimoya ephezulu enamandla ngokwanele yokwenza amagagasi amakhulu kakhulu.

  Ngenxa yokusondela kwayo ku-Chicago, i-Whiting idolobha elilula ukufinyelela. Ukushaya amanzi kukhona into elula ngoba ukufinyelela kungatholakala ngaphakathi kwemingcele yedolobha. Ukucwenga okudala kuhlala ogwini, kubusa indawo lapho ama-surfers ejabulela ukuvuvukala okukhulu, okuyinto ngezinye izikhathi kungabhekana nalabo abatholakala emadolobheni angaphezu kwendabuko e-US

• 03 ka 05

  Ukulala Emigodini YeThabhu iNational Lakeshore

  Izigxobo zokulala zaseMichigan National Lakeshore yizwe elihle kakhulu elinikezela izivakashi umbono weLake Michigan kusukela ngaphansi kwe-sandwall esinezintaba ezingamamitha angu-450, kuyilapho isiqhwa seziqhingi esiseduze elangeni eliseduze. Ngezinyanga zasehlobo, kuyindawo eyaziwa kakhulu kunoma ubani ovakashela leyo ndawo, kodwa ebusika nayo idonsela iqembu elizinikezele labadlali be-surfers abaqinile.

  Ezinyangeni ezinzima kakhulu zonyaka, i-Lakeshore ivame ukushiya kakhulu, iveza umuzwa wokududuza nokuthula okulukhuni ukuthola ezindaweni eziningi ze-surf. Amadonsa amakhulu enza indawo yangemuva emangalisa, njengoba amagagasi angaphezu kwamamitha angu-20 ukuphakama enza ukuqhuma okumangalisayo ukugibela. Uma kwakungekho ezimweni ezibandayo, ungase ukhohlwe ukuthi empeleni ugibela echibini kunasePacific noma e-Atlantic Ocean.

• 04 ka 05

  Duluth, MN

  Izakhamuzi zaseDuluth, eMinnesota zingabonisa ukuqhuma okuvelele okutholakala kumaGreat Great, njengoba idolobha linendawo engaba yindawo ehloniphekile yokushaya amanzi eduze.

  Okuhle kakhulu kulabo kutholakala endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iStony Point, lapho amanzi ajulile nemimoya engapheliyo enza amaza amakhulu kunawo wonke endaweni. Abaqalayo kufanele bahambe baye ePark Point, lapho ogwini lisiza khona ukudala umoya obumnandi kulabo abaqala ukuqala. Sitshelwa ukuthi umlomo weNtshonalanga yeLester wenza ukuphumula kwephuzu eliqinile lapho kuqhutshwa khona izimo.

  Njengazo zonke izindawo eziningi kulolu hlu, ubusika yisikhathi esihle sokungena ku-Duluth. Ngomoya ovame kakhulu ovela enyakatho nasenyakatho-ntshonalanga-kanye nomoya obandayo ophezulu obandayo ogeleza - amagagasi amakhulu ajwayelekile kakhulu phakathi naleso sikhathi sonyaka.

• 05 ka 05

  Muskegon, MI

  I-Pere Marquette Beach, ephakathi komuzi waseMuskegon, eMichigan, ingenye indawo yokuya ezindaweni ezihamba phambili zokufuna abadlali beMidwest abafisa ukufaka uhlu lwabo. Idolobha ngokuvamile libona imimoya eqinile ngaphesheya kweLake Michigan ngoNovemba, ihambisa amagagasi aqinile kanye nayo. Kuyinto engavamile ukuthola amagagasi angu-9 ebhishi ngokwayo, ngisho nokuvuvukala okukhudlwana kuqhutshwa phambili ukusuka ogwini.

  I-Muskegon State Park eseduze nayo inikeza amathuba amnandi okubamba umvuthwandaba lapho izimo zilungile. Okwamanje, le ndawo ehlala kuyo ihlala i-radar, ngisho ne-Great Lakes Surfers, kanti futhi inikeza amagagasi amahle kakhulu phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika.