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Good Morning Tehran

Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009



The Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the news a little lately, basically due to a democratic election which appears to have been a little rigged, allowing the fundamentalist leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stay in power whilst his opponent a more liberal and woman loving type is left to hold signage atop a wooden post, as the army fire and kill innocent citizens for protesting. Quite a gnarly place really, not big on human rights. 

Anyway, we've got a friend in Iran it seems. A viewer who has been checking our site. To you we say, Salam. Leave a comment and let us know your caper. Can you surf in Iran?




A clip showing protestors having a little change of heart about their actions (once their head has been placed on a chopping block).




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Posted by: JJ
19-Aug-2009 08:58 AM 		Should be some surf near the border with Pakistan. Google earth it. UK bodyboarder Stuart Butler scored some in Pakistan. Check http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/2736/news.htm Pretty Hardcore.
Posted by: 3. Your Name
19-Aug-2009 10:11 AM 		Pakistan has powerful summer waves A group of four European surfers, 3 brits, Stuart Butler from Torbay, Cornish duo Ben Clift and Dan Haylock as well as Frenchman Antony Colas, have made a successful expedition in search of summer waves along the inhospitable coastal edge of Pakistan´s Makran Desert. The Europeans are believed to be the first British & French surfers to discover surfable waves at many different locations along that stretch of the Indian Ocean coastline. The group had waves everyday and usually not less than a 4ft swell. Some days the main beaches had good big waves and the swell was reported as more powerful than in France in summer. Sea breezes came up early in the day and blew many of the spots out. 23 virgin surf spots were discovered. Military restrictions, intense heat, large standstorms, blue-bottle jellyfish, were amongst natural hazards encountered combined with a general strike. The trip started from the coastal town of Gwadar, close to the Iranian border, and from there proceeded east to Karachi, crossing the inhospitable Makran Desert, one of Asia´s least-known regions. Rideable waves along the coast are caused by a "depression" that forms off the coast of Somalia from late May until late August producing a near constant southwest swell. A further detailed report will be filed soon. Press - Surfersvillage.

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