May 14, 2009
UPDATE: LEGALIZE SURFING IN CHICAGO!
* Two local surfers on NBC5 and ABC 7 Tonight!
Third Coast Surf Shop Owner, Ryan Gerard and Chicago surfer “Captain” Jack Flynn will be featured on ABC 7 Chicago at 6 (CT), and NBC 5 at 4:30 (CT). Members from the Lake Michigan chapter of the Surfrider Foundation met with Chicago Parks District authorities yesterday to finalize a plan to legalize surfing in Chicago on a trial basis. Osterman, Montrose, Rainbow, and 57th st beaches will be open to surfers from Labor Day to Memorial Day under these new guidelines. Representatives are also working on a plan to allow surfing on a trial basis during the summer at a yet to be determined city beach.
Stay tuned for more details as they become available!
Also, be sure to see today’s front page story in the Chicago Sun Times on the legalization of surfing in Chicago.
Chicago Sun Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/1573787,CST-NWS-surf14.article
ABC 7 Chicago:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6812983
NBC 5 Chicago:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/station/as_seen_on/Surf_s_Up____Chicago.html
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