An aerial photo taken on February 28, 2021 shows an ice surfer skating across the frozen Baltic Sea off the coast of Helsinki. What to do if you are a windsurfing enthusiast in a country where the sea freezes over for months of the year? For a group of Finns, the answer is to kit out sailboards with skates and take to the ice, reaching speeds of up to 100km/h (62mph) in a burgeoning sport that can only be practised in a handful of places around the world. (Photo by Sam Kingsley/AFP Photo)
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