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As we spoke about the surf, another pack of kids appeared from behind the cliffs, paddling through the channel on some very special boards. Their boards looked very flat and thin. As they get closer I understand that what they’re riding is actually a local version of a bodyboard made of wood. “Corre barra! Corre barra!” the kids around me started to shout. I asked what it meant. They explain it to me by pointing at the young surfers in the water. As we keep on watching the scene, we see this bunch of young kids dropping in on every wave with their rudimentary boards. It was a depiction of surfing in its very infancy, I thought. The surf scene on remote São Tomé is as extraordinary as its setting is exotic.
