Enter the battleground, photo by adonyvan.

While the high windsof the last couple of weeks have wrought damage, there’s one group that welcomes the weather, Michigan’s cold water surfers.

Check out absolutemichigan.com/Surf  for all kinds of Michigan surfing links and features including this one with a great surfing video.

Check this out on black and in Jiqing Fan’s Houghton & UP MI slideshow.