Riding a wave: surfing at Robertsport in Liberia – in pictures
Surfing in the fishing town of Robertsport in Liberia has taken off in the last few years, attracting Liberian youths and a few tourists. The Robertsport surf club, with the aid of an NGO, Provide the Slide, has managed to equip young people with surfboards and in some cases help send children to school. Senior surfers provide courses for young people, teaching them about the ocean, how to swim and how to surf
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A young surfer enters the water with a broken surfboard in Robertsport
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Women wait to buy fish from a pirogue, a type of open wooden fishing canoe
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A young surfer looks on while holding his surfboard
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Samuel runs to help a fishing pirogue come into the beach
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A surfer carries his board
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Samuel carries his surfboard past a pirogue on his way to help pull a fishing net in and then surf
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Surfers wash themselves in a fresh water river after a surf session
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A young surfer carries his surfboard
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Samuel performs a turn while surfing
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A man walks up to a church to see the waves coming into the bay
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Oscar teaches a young girl how to paddle during a surfing lesson along the beach
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Surfers help sort a fishing net in Robertsport
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Fishermen and surfers pull in a fishing net
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Surfers enter the water
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A surfer with a broken board enters the water next to a pirogue
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Surfers gather at a surf spot
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Surfers gather at a surf spot
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A surfer performs a turn
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