Last weekend, 500 people headed to Huntington Beach, California, to participate in what is believed to be the largest-ever gathering of Black surfers Nathan Fluellen has always felt at home in the water. Born and raised in Chicago’s south suburbs, he started swimming in Lake Michigan when he was ten months old. But while he […]
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Brandon Benjamin gets some air while competing in the Great Day in the Stoke surfing event in Huntington Beach on Saturday, June 4, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Nathan Fluellen has always been drawn to the water. He started swimming at 10 months old and as a kid, even though he grew
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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,
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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
