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Why swim when you can surf?

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May 26, 2017

As a boy in South Africa, Kwezi Qika wanted to surf so badly that he started surfing three years before he learned to swim. He went on to become South Africa's first black longboarding champion. But despite his success, he hasn't forgotten his roots.

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