Community Development – The Light by the Sea

23 July 202125 August 2021

The Great Surf Hardware Supply Challenge

HT’s (Lances Right circa early 2000’s) with recycled surf hardware.

These two young surfers are part of the 1st generation of surfers at HT’s in the remote island chain, the Mentawai islands, Indonesia way back in the early 2000’s. All of their surfing hardware had been sourced via the surfers on boat charters. Except for perhaps their shorts?!

21 July 202125 August 2021

The Language of Surfing.

*1st Generation Indigenous Mentawai Surfers. One of 3 communities we connected with*. (circa early 2000’s).
*Notice the surf art on the wall and DIY board racks*. If this picture had audio you would be hearing Jack Johnson.

Our local ferry trip to the Mentawai islands at the turn of the century, was not the usual choice taken by surfers of that time. With malaria rampant through the islands, most surfers chose surf charter boats, then risk staying in any kind of local accommodation with the mosquitos.

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