CROSSING BORDERS - Kepa Acero
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- CROSSING BORDERS
3 mates : Kepa Acero, Natxo Gonzalez, Aritz Aranburu
1 goal : discover and surf a brand new wave
How ? By crossing a border between Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Kepa Acero is a pioneer and one of the key figures of the adventure surfing scene. The Basque surfer is an expert in finding virgin waves with the help of Google Earth and has built a lifestyle around it. For this new trip, Kepa set off with his mates Natxo and Aritz to Liberia, in West Africa. The goal was simple: to surf a new wave with friends. However, achieving it proved more complicated than they expected. They needed to cross the border between Liberia and Sierra Leone. Directed by Jon Aspuru, the short film “Crossing Borders” narrates this adventure.
I am not a surfer, and I don't know how I came across this video or why I watched it, but the thing I will remember most are the images of the locals surfing on the donated boards. Right at the moment it was becoming awkward to watch the main characters surfing the waves near such an impoverished village, they showed footage of local surfers on the donated boards and explained the universal human need for stress relieving activities like surfing. I was unaware of surfing being popular in Africa, especially among impoverished people, and was also unaware of the program 'Provide the Slide' that donates boards to people who cannot normally afford them. It changed my mind about surfing, in a positive way, to be honest. To me it seems like the failure of the trip turned into an unexpected success. Well done!
Thank you for going to check because so many of us cannot. I have a folder filled with Google screen grabs of sand points at river mouths and estuaries. There are so many possibilities out there!
Was only me, or the music transition after the initial credits remembered Star Wars?
that was the reference I tried to use 🖤
@@jonbakio1 Buenissimo, bro! te salio increible. Esta muy bueno el video! congrats
Estos tres ya son hall of Fame, por todo lo que muestran y lo que hacen💙
Really diggin' the background 🎶music🎶 y'all‼️. Sounds like🤔... an old Clint Eastwood, Spaghetti Western🤠. Friends, setting out on an amazing, yet dangerous adventure together... ✈️🛬 In search 🕵️🚗🚐🚣of... THE WAVE 🌊 BUT THEN...... the adventures ARE the wave 😁My inner child, has been playing with my phone again.... and I love it 😁
So was there never breaks there ever? Like was it a mis-read image that can happen on Google Earth? Or was it just the season, weather and tides when they were there? Bc the images in the article I linked here from look like sets of big swells.
Esta es vida chicos! Nunca parar de soñar!!!
Zorionak. Al final como dice Kepa, lo importante es el camino.
Video de puta madre, gracias👏🙏🤙
Absolute legends on the go! Love it 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 nice to see some surf movies with a proper narrative :)
Jesus can change yr life 🔥
The Google Earth images show its potential so how do they know it wont break another day?