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Update. August 10th 2009. Two years and running. We still have not been able to deliver all of the boards into Gaza. Field Director Matt Olsen of Explore Corps has been hard at work traveling back and forth between DC and Gaza. There is a lot of red tape that we’ve had to deal with throughout this project, however, we are actually the closest that we’ve ever been to delivering the boards. In addition, God Went Surfing with the Devil is in post production work now for submission to various international film festivals. We will try to keep you posted with photos, news, and updates, as often as we can.





Be sure to check out the latest photos added to the gallery. On August 19th, 2008, we delivered everything except the surfboards and are working on that as we speak. Be on the lookout for the God Went Surfing with the Devil documentary and special on ABC Nightline.


Click here to see the ABC Special.



























left to right, top row:  Taha Bakir, Mahmoud El Reyashi, Mahmoud Abo Ghanem, Mahmoud Al Dous, Ahmed Abu HaSiera, Mohammed Abu Jayab, Nasser Al Daia, Taha Al Haik, Al Hindi Ashoor

left to right, bottom row:  Tareg Naem, Yousef Abo Ghanem, Abdel Rahmal Al Haik (also with his board below), Amer AlDous

























On May 8th, 2008, we are proud to announce that all of our efforts have been delivered to our team and co-partners in Israel. Our next phase is to organize the logistics for entry into Gaza, however, with the current state of the peace process running into some speed bumps, we expect the border to open up sometime this summer in June or July.




We would also like to let everyone know that the Gaza Surf Club is starting back up and they will have a website up and running soon, bookmark http://www.gazasurfclub.com.  Also don’t forget to join the MySpace page for the club at http://www.myspace.com/gazasurfclub.  Special thanks to Explore Corps and Surfing for Peace, our partners in peace efforts.



















To stay up to date with a great photo gallery of “notes from the field,” go to http://www.godwentsurfingwiththedevil.com, click to enter and scroll through to see what’s been going on in Israel.

 

Leaving Los Angeles.

Arrived in Tel Aviv.

Working for peace is a hard job. Many are called, but few accept the challenge.