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In case you missed Brendon Bosworth’s article about a 6,800-mile trek from South Africa to Angola  in the February 2010 issue of Surfer, you can get a feel for that epic surf mission from this video, posted on the venerable South African surf magazine ZigZag.

Angola – Empty lefts! from Zag Tv on Vimeo.

What was notable about Bosworth’s piece in Surfer was the writer’s awareness of history and social issues. Usually, these ugly facts are ignored by travel magazines. So it was surprising to read Bosworth’s explanation of the profit motive in war: “Generals on both side benefitted from selling diamonds on the black market, whilst the bullish trade in arms provided major kickbacks for all involved.”

Kudos to Bosworth and Surfer for running the story and to photographer Alan Van Gysen’s lucid documentation of the same.