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Surf Girls Jamaica focuses on Imani Wilmot, an inspirational Jamaican surfer who uses the sport as a means of transforming the tough lives of the women around her, in Kingston and surrounding areas.
Imani has harnessed the power of surfing to empower these women through training camps which bring women together to learn the mindful art of riding waves. This develops self-motivation, entrepreneurial spirit, respect for the environment and a deep sense of community.
Globally, Imani has taken it as her personal responsibility to empower women of colour to have access to surfing and see a place for themselves within the global surf industry.
A closer look at the surf world’s newest waves
Is there anything more exciting in surfing than the discovery of a new wave? Locking eyeballs on a never-been-seen-before break gives surfers a deep, visceral thrill. Sure, we may never get to travel to deepest, dark Africa and surf The Snake or rock up to an isolated Indian Ocean archipelago and name a wave ourselves, but a discovery proves that the surfing universe is still expanding. There are still world-class waves breaking right now that haven’t been touched by human hands. The following waves were in that category up until recently. Some were well-kept secrets, some out and out discoveries and a couple were hiding in plain sight. They all, however, only entered the wider surfing consciousness in the 21st century … More