HOW SURFING IS CHANGING LIVES AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN COLOMBIA

For their eco-ride series “The Green Wave,” Carine Camboulives and Manu Bouvet ventured to the Pacific Coast of Colombia to document a brand new initiative alongside their two daughters. Here, in the Chocó region, surfing has become a form of therapy, a means to heal young kids’ traumas from often violent pasts while helping to shape a new image and future for this region of Colombia: one with considerably less plastic waste.

Words : Manu Bouvet

Nick Reeves can’t go far on the sandy streets of Termales, Colombia, before engaging with the local kids. Over the beats of Reggaeton blasting from the stereo, you can hear the familiarity in their fragmented conversations.‘‘Camilo, how are you? You got back from school? How did the river crossing go with this high tide?’’ ‘‘Hernan, tell your brother we are expecting him tomorrow at 3 pm for the surf lesson,’’ and,‘‘Hey Nick, can you lend me a board for tomorrow’s class? Last week I only rode one wave.’’ This exchange ends with a dab from Nick, immediately reciprocated by his young friend. Nick works as a high school principal in Medellin but is originally from South Africa, where he developed his love of surfing, a passion he now shares with the…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, SUP World magazine 2019

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