Afghanistan News

This year’s ISA World Surfing Games welcome a country nobody would associate with surfing: Afghanistan. Afghanistan has plenty of mountains but no access to the sea. Luckily, that does not keep the Wave Rider Association Afghanistan (WRAA) from sending the Afghan National Champion Afridun Amu… Read More »

Afghanistan doesn’t have a shore, but that doesn’t keep Afghans from surfing! Currently Afghan surfer are preparing for their second championship that will take place in Hossegor at the French Atlantic coast from October 1st – October 10th. The championship is organized by WRAA(Wave Riders… Read More »

The two winners of the first Afghan surf championship are spending a week on the French Atlantic Coast together with surfers from Gaza and Israel to promote surfing as a tool for mutual understanding and peace. Participants of the Surfing 4 Peace Summit 2015. Photo:… Read More »

Ericeira. The young Afghan surf association has determined it’s first Afghan surf champions. The female competition was won by 34 year old Sohal Behmanesh and the male competition by  27 year old Afridun Amu. The contest was held in the famous surf town of Ericeira, near… Read More »

We are WRAA, the Wave Riders Association of Afghanistan. We want to host the first Afghan Surf Championship in May 2015 in Ericeira, Portugal. The winners of the championship will participate in the ISA World Surfing Games in June 2015. During the championship we will present… Read More »

The event is going to take place in Ericeira, Portugal at the end of may, 2015. A number of Afghan surfers who live all over the world will gather in Portugal to compete for the honor of being crowned the first National Surfing Champion of… Read More »