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By Ngouda Dione

INSANE: Senegalese entrepreneur creates first locally made surfboards - The Real Truth

Pape Diouf, 27, repairs a damaged surfboard in his workshop named Sunugal surfboard repair in Yoff beach, Dakar, Senegal, April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione

In a small beachside shack in Senegal's capital Dakar, Pape Diouf spends hours on each surfboard he makes, shaping its foam surface with an electric planer to create the perfect curve.

Diouf, 27, is the first surfboard maker in the West African country, which has attracted surfers from around the world for decades due to Dakar's position on a spit of land that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, creating world-class waves.

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