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Surfadh ann an C霉ba/Surfing with the Enemy

Documentary examining the reasons why there are so few surfers in Cuba, despite its extensive coastline and thriving sports culture.

Air eilean Ci霉ba, tha c貌rr is aon-deug millean neach, m矛ltean de mh矛ltean de chladach, agus cultar sp貌rsa soirbheachail. Ach chan eil ach timcheall air d脿 cheud surfair san d霉thaich - tha sin timcheall air an 脿ireamh a bhios a' surfadh air cladach ann an California air latha 脿bhaisteach sam bith. Carson?

A dh'aindeoin cho faisg 's a tha e air Aimearagaidh, agus a dh'aindeoin a' bhochdainn ann, gu h-oifigeil tha Ci霉ba agus na St脿itean Aonaichte nan naimhdean. 'S e d霉thaich Comunach a th' ann an Ci霉ba - an d霉thaich mu dheireadh san Iar.

Air sg脿th an emb脿rgo bho na St脿itean, agus an riaghaltais ghrabaich ann an Ci霉ba, chan eil e comasach b貌rd-surfadh a cheannach ann an Ci霉ba - agus cuideachd, dh'fhaodadh neach am pr矛osan fhaighinn airson a dhol nas fhaide na caogad troigh bhon chladach.

The island of Cuba has more than 11 million residents, thousands of miles of spectacular coastline and a thriving sports culture. However, the country counts only about 200 hundred surfers, roughly the same number that paddle out at your average break in southern California on any given afternoon.

The reason is that despite its proximity and its poverty, Cuba is still officially an enemy of the United States, and is the last western nation under Communist rule. Thanks to the US trade embargo and the restrictive Cuban government, you can't buy a surfboard in Cuba, and just going more than 50 feet from shore is an imprisonable offense.

52 minutes

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