It’s all about riding waves, even in places like Gaza... The movie "God Went Surfing With The Devil" shows the difficulties and dangers for Israeli surfers, who are trying to get their Palestinian neighbours into surfing.

Photo: godwentsurfing.com

Because of the Israelian blockade even the import of food and medicine is not easy. Therefore to import surfboards seems like a mission impossible. But a group of Israeli surfers had a go on it, they collected boards for their Palestinian brothers to provide basic equip ment for riding the waves of the Mediterranean Sea.

Director Alexander Klein made a breathtaking documentary, telling the story of the surfers in the Middle East conflict.

TRAILER

God Went Surfing With The Devil
Director: Alexander Klein
Surfer: Matthew Olson, Arthur Rashkovan Gil Keren, Mofeed Jabar
Language: English
Length: 84 Minutes
DVD Release: May 24th 2011 (available at amazon.com and others)
Official Website: godwentsurfing.com

By the way, "1980 Éditions" lately released an illustrated book called "Surfin' Gaza". These impressive photos were made while making the movie "God Went Surfing With The Devil".

Interesting links:
Surfing4Peace.org
GazaSurfRelief.com
GazaSurfClub.com