Hoffman Estates teacher worked at paddleboard place for years. Now she owns it.

Formerly an employee at The Board House, 24-year-old McKenna Dunn now is co-owner of the paddleboard rental and lessons business at Three Oaks Recreation Area, 5517 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Courtesy of Cynthia Wolf

A Hoffman Estates middle school teacher and former employee of Three Oaks Recreation Area’s Board House, where people go to paddleboard, is the new co-owner of the Crystal Lake business in what she describes as her dream job.

Crystal Lake Central High School graduate McKenna Dunn officially opened The Board House, 5517 Northwest Hwy., over Memorial Day weekend. She has been working summers there, providing lessons and booking rentals, since 2016, and also helped out when it first opened in 2013, she said.

The TAO Fit SIC stand-up paddleboards available to rent at The Board Ho