A Ngor surf school saves Sunday sessions for neighborhood children
Africanews reported that Anda Surf, in a fishing village on Dakar's northern coast, offers free lessons for local children alongside paid classes. Boards are shared.
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On the beach at Ngor, a Lebou fishing village on Dakar's northern coast, local volunteers are teaching neighborhood children to stand up on surfboards. Africanews reported on November 9, 2026, that Anda Surf runs paid lessons and also keeps Sunday sessions free for children who live nearby. The report said boards are often shared, and that many of the young surfers still lack the clothing they would need to compete away from home. Equipment and travel costs remain the hard part, even as surfing spreads along Senegal's coast.
The free lessons sit beside a larger sporting moment. Senegal is hosting the Youth Olympic Games, described as the first Olympic sports event on African soil. Surfing is one of ten sports offered there for young people to take part in, without medals attached. The news is the Sunday sessions in Ngor and the fact that the village school is open to children who cannot pay. It does not say how many children have learned to stand, or that any of them are on a path to a Games team.
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Africanews reported on November 9, 2026, that children in Ngor, a fishing village on the north side of Dakar, Senegal, can learn to surf for free on Sundays. The lessons are at Anda Surf. Local volunteers help the children stand up on boards and get used to the Atlantic waves. Paid lessons happen too, but Sunday is set aside for neighborhood kids. Boards are often shared, and many of the young surfers do not have the clothes they would need to compete far from home. Senegal is hosting the Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic sports event on African soil. Surfing is one of the sports people can try there, even though it is not a medal event.
- Why would sharing one board still be a real way to learn a sport?
- What is a free activity your town could offer one day a week?
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