When you picture a surfer out on the waves, who comes to mind? If the image was anything but a Black person, you wouldn’t be alone. But the face of surfing is changing, and Eromomen Esoimeme and Arielle Saturné , the pioneers and founders of the novel sport collective Adventure Crew , are hoping to change that. “We're trying to reclaim spaces and things that, historically, we've been locked out of,” Eromomen says. “So you know, that idea of ‘Oh, that's for white people.’ We're taking all that back.” Growing up in Oakland, California, Eromomen never really found spaces where she saw Black people openly participating in novel sports like mountain climbing or surfing. “I grew up going to festivals, but not really surfing,” she says. “I didn't have examples of Black people surfing. So when I would see surfing, it looked cool, but [there was this idea] that was only for white people.” Arielle agrees. “I'm from LA, born and raised. And I would go to the beach but never surf. So to have...
