Ripple Effect (Via the Surfer's Journal)

By Jake Howard

It's too easy to get consumed with our own surfing lives. Chasing swell, dialing boards in, and all that. But lest we forget, there's a pure and simple joy in standing up on a lump of water and rushing shoreward. And that's an easy, possibly life changing thing to share. Enter the "Ripple Effect."

For anybody that's spent some time in the San Francisco Bay Area, you maybe be familiar with the handiwork of Tim Gras. He operates Gras Surfboards while moonlighting as a community organizer in underprivileged areas around the city. Partnering up with Ian Glover, owner of the Big Dog Surf Camp, the two have begun arranging surf missions for kids from Sunnydale, the low income neighborhood near the Cow Palace. Getting word of the project, filmmaker Adam Warmington got involved and began documenting Gras and Glover's conversations with young, inner-city kids about their struggles. The area's rife with drugs, murders, and hardscrabble pressures. As one kid explains, “It makes you feel like your head’s gonna explode.”

"We can't pretend to fix all of the problems inner city kids face. What we can do is give them a fun day out," notes Gras.

Should you feel compelled, get involved at Rally.org/rippleeffect.

I think Jake Howard reminds us all that we all just ant a fun day out. Race should have nothing to do with it, but for many years race was and in some places, still is an issue. The documentary "White Wash" tells us the story of the black surfers in California and other coastal areas that paved the way for todays surfers (black /white/ tan / not so tan/ odd man out). You can see it on Netflix like I did or start searching for it out there on the internet, I'm sure you'll dig it.

White Wash - OFFICIAL TRAILER - SURF

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Published on Dec 20, 2012

White Wash, the documentary, is a film exploring the complexity of race in America through the eyes of the ocean. Examining the history of "black consciousness" as it triumphs and evolves into the minds of black surfers, we learn the power of transcending race as a constructive phenomenon. The story is narrated by the legendary, Grammy Award winner Ben Harper (Fistful of Mercy, Relentless 7, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals) along with Tariq "Blackthought" Trotter of the Grammy Award winning hip hop group, The Roots whom also originally scored the film.

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