Surfing Possibility

Stories of India and Bangladesh's First Female Surf Communities!

Surfing Possibility is a project involving the creation of two short-form documentary profiles, blogs and photographs on South Asia’s first female surf communities.  The project was co-produced and co-authored by Farhana Huq, Founder of brown girl surf  and Storytellers for Good, Founded by Cara Jones. The Surfing Possibility shorts debuted at Patagonia, San Francisco on October 8, 2013 in honor of International Day of the Girl. In 2015 Surfing Possibility: The Surfer Girls of India, went viral to over 4 million people worldwide, establishing brown girl surf as an influential force in shifting the narratives in surf and ocean culture. 

Surfing Possibility: The Surfer Girls of India from Brown Girl Surf on Vimeo.

​Surfing Possibility India - Official Selection:

• ​2016 Ocean Film Festival World Tour
• 2015 Women’s Education Project Film Festival, NYC
• 2014 City Possible Film Festival, Singapore
• 2014 Honolulu Surf Film Festival
• 2013 3rd i's San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival
• 2012 Silicon Valley Awards in Media & Films

Surfing Possibility: The Surfer Girls of Bangladesh from Brown Girl Surf on Vimeo.

Surfing Possibility Bangladesh - Official Selection:

• 2018 New York Women's Surf Film Festival

Surfing Possibility Writings:

• Small Waves, Big Lessons: Why I Will Learn to Surf in India
• Small Waves, Big Lessons: What I Learned from Getting Surfed in India
• ​Small Waves, Big Lessons Part 3: What I Learned Surfing with Street Kids in Bangladesh. 
• Bangladesh You Broke Me
• The Story of Brown Girl Surf
• Surfeminism, Critical Regionalism, Public Scholarship

Note: The original Surfing Possibility blog writings authored by Farhana Huq and original film trailer are in the process of being restored and will reappear on our blog again soon!