Why there are very few success stories of black surfers

Black people can't swim or surf? Lies! Many just didn't have the option to

30 June 2019 - 00:09 By and haji mohamed dawjee

My interschool athletics days went like this: Arrive at the sports ground completely
under-prepared for the heat with no water frozen in a 2l bottle from the night before like the other kids, or any snacks...

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