Stay updated with breaking news from Martina duran. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Textured Waves x Vans Collab Is Inspired by Nature & Rooted In Social Change kicksonfire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kicksonfire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One year ago, surfer Gigi Lucas stood for the first time in the soft, warm sands of NaNa Dune outside of Jacksonville and experienced a rare feeling: a sense of privilege as a dark-skinned Black woman. Lucas, an athletic beauty with an enviable crown of dreadlocks, is acutely aware that the surfing lifestyle she adopted as an African-American woman wouldn t have been possible only a few decades prior. Overwhelming gratitude swept over her on American Beach, which contains a history lost to the larger world and even to some in her own community. The 33-acre stretch of shoreline was purchased by Florida s first Black millionaire, A.L. Lewis, in 1935 to provide beach access to Black residents at a time when many beaches were deemed white-only. He advertised it as recreation without humiliation. ....