Cimaja’s Local Hero

A documentary about a surfer from Pelabuhan Ratu won awards at the X-Dance Film Festival 2009 in Utah, USA.

May 12, 2009

HIS dark skin glistened as the sun illuminated his wet body. He seemed proficient in riding his surfboard on the massive waves off the South Coast. He finished his moves with a 360 degree flip and landed smoothly on the broken waves. The man’s name is Dede Suryana. He is currently known as a highly talented young surfer.

Cimaja is a fishing village on the coast of Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java. The village, in which most of the residents are tradi

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