Poverty no barrier for team of South African groms

I found this story about a team of determined groms from a South African township more than a little inspiring.

THEY may ride battered old surfboards and have little contest savvy, but this has not stopped a talented group of young Port St. Johns surfers from making waves at the South African Grommit Games in Port Elizabeth at the weekend.

With hardly enough money to fix surfboard dings – let alone buy the latest surf fashions or travel hundreds of kilometres around the coast to compete – five of the youngsters from the Surf Clinic got through to the semi-finals after surfing just a handful of contests.

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