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RIDE
THE WILD SURF
OFDIEGO
GARCIA!
Yes, our wonderful Peoples' DEMREP has the perfect
weather for the world's most popular water sport! And somewhere on
the island, the wild cry of "Surf's Up!" can be heard 24-hours a day...
Sadly, the occupying powers don't permit surfing ocean-side, and although
wind surfing is popular in the lagoon, somehow, it's just not the same
as Bruce Brown's favorite sport. Of course, the outside is off limits
for good reason - sharks, reefs, undertows (men have died defying the rules).
But there's always a rebel or two floating around waiting for the perfect
wave, and where would America be without one or two of these defiant ones
pushing the envelope once in a while?
Were you one of these foolish scoff-laws? If
you were, we bet you rode bicycles without a helmet too (another illegal
activity on our favorite, safe, island)! At any rate, send
your story of Surfing Diego Garcia, and send a picture if you've got
it!
Here's ABHAN Daniel Vaughan, from Virginia, a long-boarder
in 1972... with a board he made himself on the island! Shaka Bra'!
By the way, the best regular surf is due west of the threshold
of Runway 31, and they don't patrol that beach very much... Lots of long
tubes.
Special Report from Mike Kew,
Journalist of Surfing!
From Surfer Magazine, 1981...
Mike Perry's Story of Tom Cress
- UCDG, dude, 1975
By the way, Mike wants your surfing
stories for a story he's working on!
Contact him at mhkew1@earthlink.net
From the Surf's Up Ministry, December 2004
Subject: You never know what
you got till it's gone!!!
Date:
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:21:13 -0600
From: "Scott
Brown" <josephscott13@msn.com>
What happen to the rock ? Tidal waves had to have
hit it. I wish I could have been there!!!
ABH3 Brown Crash Crew 80-81
July 2006 - More Photos Received from Scott Brown!
There is a supposed article in Surfer Magazine on Line
at http://www.surfermag.com/photos/travel/diegogarcia06-indies/
It CLAIMS to contain photos of Diego Garcia surfing
in 2006, but the island where they filmed has NATIVES, VILLIAGES, etc.,
and can't possibly be in the Chagos.
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