Video Surfing – Surfing Across Canada Preview – It is possible to surf in Every Province In Canada: at least, that’s what Alberta filmmaker Paul Boyd and his crew set out to prove in this exciting film that will change what you think you know
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When you think of Gaza, surfing probably isn’t the first thing that springs to mind. But there are, it turns out, surfers in Gaza, young Palestinians sharing waves and battered boards that they managed to get into the country before Israel shut down the borders in 2006 after the election of Hamas.
This unlikely situation inspired Alexander Klein, 27, to make God Went Surfing with the Devil, a film premiering this summer about trying to bring 23 donated surfboards into Gaza.
Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Klein from Surfer Magazine… Details
Can Bobby Vaughn, a Californian with a shady past, turn Rockaway locals into professional surfers?
n the Saturday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend, FTW, a bright, high-ceilinged surf shop on Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, is overrun by kids: preadolescents sprawled across black vinyl couches watching a surf video; skateboarders attempting kick-flips on the sidewalk out front; pretty girls wearing purple velour sweats standing around, their boyfriends clinging to them from behind and telling war stories about last night’s party. Two months since the store opened, it has already become the default hangout for local teens who have grown up surfing the waters off Beach 90th Street and Breezy Point.
An older Rockaway surfer with shoulder-length hair is regaling a few kids with a story about a wave he caught in Costa Rica—“I’ve never been … Details