Sunday, February 6, 2011

The birth of..... the Kiribati Surfing Association!

I have been helping out with starting up a Surfing Association here in Kiribati.

There are lots of waves and lots of kids who would love to ride them.... but no surfboards. Usually they just grab a piece of wood or whatever they can find and get out there.



I even saw a young boy riding what looked like a piece of the bathroom wall from his parent's house (some wood with insulation on one side and bathroom tiles on the other!).

Hopefully the Association can bring in some equipment and get all the locals up and riding... there is a whole ocean of waves right on their doorstep just waiting for them.

There is a new website for it starting up here: http://kiribatisurfing.webnode.com/