Despite the good work being done here, the establishment of the Tofo Surf Club was not immediately embraced by Tofo’s small and predominantly white ex-pat surf community, who had enjoyed a monopoly on the area’s waves for the last 30 years.
“It was very divided,” recalls Mini. “Some were very supportive, and a bunch were very against it. Some who were against it had come here and found this little piece of Mozambican surf paradise, and wanted to keep it for themselves. They didn’t want to grow it among the locals. They didn’t want more people