Name: How Surfers Are Rallying for Black Lives Matter
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T22:10:45.000Z
Duration: 3 min 21 s
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- [Narrator] In the midst of the George Floyd tragedy,

hundreds of surfers in New York's Rockaway

came together in their own way to honor his life

and to protest against racial injustices.

That's why I speak my mind, so you don't always have

to listen, but for you young people, listen.

I'm Lou Harris. I'm the East Coast founder

and we provide free surf lessons, free skateboard lessons

A lot of kids don't have money to save for a board.

We'll do surfing on Saturdays from 8 to 10,

and then we'll do skateboarding from 11 to one Saturday

I got into surfing cause I moved here 15 years ago

and I needed an outlet, I needed something to do.

I walked up to the boardwalk on beach 90th street

You know, I surf big waves, small waves, hurricane waves.

I remember there wasn't too many black surfers.

It was me and maybe a couple of other kids.

These young, you know, African Americans they live here

and they should know what goes on in their own backyard.

You should know the sandbar, you should know the drop offs,

because I want kids to see that the line up doesn't have

It's great to see a Black face here and there,

- [Narrator] Lou's mission uses surfing not only

to empower kids in his community, but also as a tool

Lou organized a paddle out to raise awareness

- A paddle out is most of the time when a surfer dies.

You paddle out into a circle and you throw flowers

because we got to say all the black lives matter.

I thought it was gonna be a hundred people.

This was over 300 and I'm still in shock.

I'm just happy who came and, like again, I'm blown away,

They're the one saying no justice, no peace.

- When people see me, you know, they don't see a surfer.

Today was probably the most successful day

of my life being an African American man.

I mean, my little voice started a 300 person movement today.

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How Surfers Are Rallying for Black Lives Matter

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