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
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