Door County 2009 Visitor Guide - (Page 45) Paint your own ceramics, glassware & wood. Make a mosaic. Experiment with fused glass, lampworking and glass blowing. Create a sculpture in our Metal Studio Buffet. Design your own Jewelry with precious metal clay. Visit our animals on the Art Farm. Stay the day! So Much to Do! Ask About Our Summer Camp for Kids! While Fridays are meant for ADULTS e adults are th Rock having fun at , we ONLY from 6:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. ht ‘n Roll Art Nig care you can make your own art ve child will ha s and art projecte and have fun! Beer available. (must be 21 years & older) ailable for th av kids! Rock ‘n Roll Art Nights Fri - June - Oct. Band schedules available on-line. 1 3/ 4 mi. East of Hwy 42 on Peninsula Players Rd. Windsurfing and kite-boarding carve niche in Door County Myles Dannhausen, Jr. Surfing the Wind Will Marks peers out his restaurant windows each day in hopes of seeing the south wind pick up. When it does, he and his crew at Restaurant Saveur in Baileys Harbor pick up the pace prepping for evening service and head to Anclam Beach in hopes of getting some kite boarding in before customers arrive for dinner. “When the wind comes in we’re gonna find a place,” Marks says. “When it’s good wind, Baileys Harbor is a great spot. It’s big water.” Marks is one of a growing and tight-knit group of wind sport enthusiasts drawing a crowd in Baileys Harbor and throughout Door County. Kite-boarding and windsurfing were introduced in 2000 by Stein Gabrielson, owner of Door County Surf and Kite Club. “Baileys Harbor is one of the best places in the Midwest for kite-boarding,” he says, adding that Door County has more than 20 good places up and down its shores to get up. “Anclam Beach in Baileys Harbor is perfect for beginners with a south wind, but you get further out in the harbor or catch a west or north wind and you better be experienced.” The annual July windsurfing regatta draws enthusiasts from throughout the Midwest, lured not only by the wind but by the friendly and enthusiastic local community of wind-surfers. Baileys Harbor has become a Midwest mecca for kite boarders, where on a windy weekend hundreds of cars can see the kites rise above the shore off Anclam Beach as they enter the village, enticing them to stop and check it out with cameras in hand. Gabrielsen says the major reason the two sports have boomed in popularity is the lowering level of risk involved for the novice. “The equipment has finally evolved to the point where it’s a lot safer to learn and do,” he says. In short, “it’s gone from a fringe, wild sport to a mainstream, safe sport.” And a new Door County staple. See it: Can’t picture Door County and surf together? Don’t take our word for it, check it out online – videos aplenty of the surf around the peninsula can be seen at: www.doorcountykiteboarding.com. WINDSURFING IN EPHR AIM © ROBERT SOJK A D o o r C o u n t y. c o m 45 RECREATION Open We Yea Rounr d Make Art Fun http://www.handsonartstudio.com http://www.handsonartstudio.com http://www.doorcountykiteboarding.com http://www.DoorCounty.com
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