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et,b, L ,:a crvt v Z Surfside is a privately owned public seaplane base, located on Rice Lake, 6980 Lake Drive, Lino Lakes. They have been in business there since the mid 40's. The seaplane base is licensed by the State of MN and inspected yearly. They consider the weeds in Rice Lake a problem. They've had complaints. The problem weed is called "Coontail." Surfside has 40 to 45 privately owned aircraft based there and we have three aircraft maintenance mechanics who work year around. We also do flight training during the summer months There were approximately 75 Students in the past year, including Students from all over the United States as well as students from Germany, France, Spain, China and Switzerland. One of the U.S. Students was a Space Shuttle Pilot. Another was the President of Sun Country Airlines as well as several Polaris Executives. They all stay at local Hotels, eat at local restaurants and shop at local stores. They're all here for several days at a time. Surfside: * Supports charities with air rides *Sponsors Blue Heron Days Ambassador Candidates. *Inter City kids come out once a year for bow carp hunting. *Aided Police Dept. with aircraft to locate missing person. A Pioneer Press video regarding Surfside Seaplane Base is on Utube. Just Google "A Seaplane Utopia"