Sal Masekela's Disgusting Encounter on First Surf in Post-Apartheid South Africa - The Inertia

"It was the most humiliating, incomprehensible experience with racism I had yet had to date in my life." - Sal Masekela
Sal Masekela's first surf in post-apartheid South Africa nearly became an international incident. Luckily for everyone, it didn’t.
This is an outtake for our upcoming release Boycott the Gunston 500, which details Tom Carroll's decision to boycott professional surfing to protest apartheid in South Africa at the height of his career in 1985.
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[@MrF4tty]

I was going to say, South Africa was still like this in 1991... Me living just outside of Minneapolis in 2020....

[@albertoestrada820]

talent always shuts down a critic.

[@cut-the-crap]

WHAT "talent"?

[@borhksalduero9259]

so sorry for this mate.

[@radjared]

Fucking sad that this happens

[@harrisoncannon9132]

Powerful stuff from one of surfing's greats

[@JSharp-gu7lv]

I dont think I could call him “one of surfings greats” because he’s just an average surfer. I would say that he’s a great person within the world of surfing.

[@cut-the-crap]

You're delusional.

[@borntwice4724]

Powerful stuff, God willing that stuff will end soon.

[@Billtron220]

That’s real

[@cut-the-crap]

'Victimhood' is currency to people like Masekela.

[@herbetrumbidzomarembo1360]

So what are you saying? That he should just bottle it up and not share his experiences?

[@cut-the-crap]

I'm saying, @@herbetrumbidzomarembo1360, he's clearly NOT a 'victim', but he fraudulently trades off being one.

[@spencerx3]

@cut the crap ....you're obviously a victim of your own Internet Masculinity *Simmer down, Boy.

[@julieann4616]

@@cut-the-crap you’re not allowed to use critical thinking with these morons…

[@berryseinfeld6772]

Huh??!