Iran’s Female Surf Pioneers

Iran’s Female Surf Pioneers

Balochistan. The place sounds made up, like something from a terrible Borat sequel. But it’s very real, and it’s very dangerous. All of this sounded good to Irish surfer Easkey Britton. In 2010, she took time off from finishing a PhD in Marine Science (and towing into beasts at Mullaghmore) to surf this moonscape of a coastline. Britton has since made two more trips to the Chabahar area, and last year, with filmmaker Marion Poizeau, she made a longform documentary about the nascent Iranian surf scene. [Full Story and More Photos Here]

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