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Following up on the young surfers from 2006's SURFING FAVELA documentary that we featured here earlier this week - they're still going strong and working to improve conditions in the Rocinha favela! http://www.huckmagazine.com/ride/surf/rocinha-surf/

Near the end of the winter season on Oahu's North Shore, a unique surfer from Sierra Leone visited the North Shore, shared his story, and got a true dose of the Aloha spirit. This is one of our Bureh Beach family - Alpha Barrie. #InkwellLifestyle #AfricaSurfInternational https://youtu.be/ns-Ta8Xilrw

A group of young surfers from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro show how the free spirit of surfing finds its true essence in the crammed slums they live in. This genuine lifestyle alternative helps them overcome the reigning marginality, violence and poverty of one of the most dangerous places in South America. SURFING FAVELA was shot with the aid of the communities of Cantagalo and Rocinha; the latter, with its 250,000 inhabitants, is considered the biggest slum in Rio de Janei...ro, Brazil. The documentary richly portrays the daily tasks of a group of surfers that helps the youth of their own community to discover, through surfing, a direct bridge to freedom and nature. They spend their days between the hills and the sea, trying to turn their various projects into a sustained reality. But with so many difficulties and opposing forces, their small actions become truly enormous feats. Directed & Photographed by: Natalia Bacalini & Maximiliano Ezzaoui Produced by: M.Laura Ruggiero & Tomás Crowder Written by: M.Laura Ruggiero Associate Producer: Diego Niembro Assistant Director: Armando Frezze Sound: Alejandro Pereiro Post-Production: Maximiliano Ezzaoui Original Score: Mariano "Gato" Rodriguez & Alejandro Pereiro #InkwellLifestyle https://youtu.be/ATUESue-H24

Congratulations to these young surfers!

Praying for our Sierra Leone family. Africa Surf International Black Girls Surf... #InkwellLifestyle