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Soillse: Series 5: Episode 11: Surfadh ann an Cùba/Surfing with the Enemy

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Episode 11: Surfadh ann an Cùba/Surfing with the Enemy

Series 5

Surfadh ann an Cùba/Surfing with the Enemy

BBC ALBA - Soillse, Series 5, Surfadh ann an Cùba/Surfing with the Enemy

A look at why there are so few surfers in Cuba, despite its thriving sports culture.

Documentary examining the reasons why there are so few surfers in Cuba, despite its extensive coastline and thriving sports culture.

Air eilean Ciùba, tha còrr is aon-deug millean neach, mìltean de mhìltean de chladach, agus cultar spòrsa soirbheachail. Ach chan eil ach timcheall air dà cheud surfair san dùthaich - tha sin timcheall air an àireamh a bhios a' surfadh air cladach ann an California air latha àbhaisteach sam bith. Carson?

A dh'aindeoin cho faisg 's a tha e air Aimearagaidh, agus a dh'aindeoin a' bhochdainn ann, gu h-oifigeil tha Ciùba agus na Stàitean Aonaichte nan naimhdean. 'S e dùthaich Comunach a th' ann an Ciùba - an dùthaich mu dheireadh san Iar.

Air sgàth an embàrgo bho na Stàitean, agus an riaghaltais ghrabaich ann an Ciùba, chan eil e comasach bòrd-surfadh a cheannach ann an Ciùba - agus cuideachd, dh'fhaodadh neach am prìosan fhaighinn airson a dhol nas fhaide na caogad troigh bhon chladach.

The island of Cuba has more than 11 million residents, thousands of miles of spectacular coastline and a thriving sports culture. However, the country counts only about 200 hundred surfers, roughly the same number that paddle out at your average break in southern California on any given afternoon.

The reason is that despite its proximity and its poverty, Cuba is still officially an enemy of the United States, and is the last western nation under Communist rule. Thanks to the US trade embargo and the restrictive Cuban government, you can't buy a surfboard in Cuba, and just going more than 50 feet from shore is an imprisonable offense.

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