Irondequoit, N.Y. —Scott Johns was born in Hawaii and grew up in Florida. He started learning to surf at the age of 4.
Then life brought him to Rochester several years ago.

“It really killed me, being away from the ocean,” Johns recalled.

Then, just last summer, he saw a guy on the beach in Irondequoit’s Sea Breeze area with what looked like a surfboard.

“I didn’t know it (surfing) was possible on the lake,” Johns said. He says now that it was fate.

Johns learned that surfing the lake was not only possible, but also that it can be done year-round and that there’s even a Rochester Surf Club.

One of the most popular spots, locally, for surfing is near the pier in the Sea Breeze area of Irondequoit.
“We’re safe about it and try not to trespass,” Johns said.