Ghana
West African nation located on the Gulf of Guinea, 300 miles north of the equator; full of warm, mostly uncrowded, easy-to-ride surf. German goldsmith-merchant Michael Hemmersam, while working for the Dutch West India Company, visited Ghana in 1640 and noted in passing that parents "tie their children to boards and throw them into the water." While the tying-kids-to-the-board detail is almost ce...
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Fisherman on padua boards; Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana, 1921. Photo: Robert RattraySubscribe to view
Ghanaian surfer Bernard Banner, 2021. Photo: Michael AboyaSubscribe to view
Wave-riding fishermen at Labadi Beach, Ghana, as seen in Endless SummerSubscribe to view
Mike Hynson during Endless Summer shoot in Ghana, 1963. Photo: Bruce BrownSubscribe to view
Empty beachbreak lineup in GhanaSubscribe to view
Ghanian surfer, 1974, paddling out on a bellyboard. Photo: Craig PetersonSubscribe to view
Fisherman on padua boards; Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana, 1921. Photo: Robert Rattray
Ghanaian surfer Bernard Banner, 2021. Photo: Michael Aboya
Wave-riding fishermen at Labadi Beach, Ghana, as seen in Endless Summer
Mike Hynson during Endless Summer shoot in Ghana, 1963. Photo: Bruce Brown
Empty beachbreak lineup in Ghana
Ghanian surfer, 1974, paddling out on a bellyboard. Photo: Craig Peterson