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NICK AND NIQUE! BLACK SURFING HISTORY! • In the 1940s, amidst Jim Crow-era segregation, white and black beachgoers were separated on the sand in Santa Monica. “Inkwell Beach” — as it was known at the time — was a roped-off, 200-foot zone designated for the black community. And it was there, on that tiny sliver of beach, that Nick Gabaldon taught himself to surf on a borrowed lifeguard’s paddleboard, thus becoming the first documented African American surfer. Probably the most recognizable Black