Black Surfers have Memorial Paddle Out
August 25, 2009 | Santa Monica, California | Vetting explained
On Sunday, the Black Surfing Association, conducted a memorial paddle out in honor of Monte Valentin, a body surfer who was killed riding the waves at the wedge in Newport Beach. The paddle out was held at the Inkwell a formerly segregated portion of Santa Monica Beach, California.
© Photographs by Paula Lauren Gibson
Video of ceremony on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvEe7DkmbW4
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