00:00Reclaiming the waves.
00:02Senegal's beaches have long drawn surfers from across the world,
00:05but local surfers are still a rare sight.
00:08Ibra Sam grew up watching foreigners catching waves.
00:10Now he wants to make the sport more accessible for locals.
00:29Ibra runs a surf school on the outskirts of Dakar, teaching kids like Katie.
00:34I feel free. I don't have to cry or cry or do something else. I'm only confident.
00:41The motivation for me is the smile that the kids have,
00:45and the freedom they see in the sea and take waves.
00:50There are still many barriers, including expensive equipment.
00:54But surfing has been included as an engagement sport for the Dakar Youth Olympics,
00:58which has put Senegal's waves on the world stage.
01:01Ibra wants to use that momentum to grow the sport.
01:04He dreams of seeing Senegalese surfers join the professional ranks.
01:08My dream today is to wake up and see that these kids have progressed with me
01:15until Ibra is qualified in the world circuit.
