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Nathan Fluellen, center, founder of “A Great Day in the Stoke,” high-fives surfers posing for group photos during the event near the Huntington Beach pier on Saturday. – By Myah Taylor, Photography by Allen J. Schaben. Once he’s enveloped in the barrels of the Pacific’s blue-gray waves, Nathan Fluellen feels one with God. The chilled water, while untamed, […]

Nathan Fluellen has founded the event “A Great Day in the Stoke,” in an effort to highlight Black surfers and Black surfing history. Courtesy Nathan Fluellen CNN — The stereotype that Black people don’t swim is one oft repeated, but for Nathan Fluellen, it wasn’t one that was true. Fluellen grew up in a Black middle class neighborhood