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Toro de Oro: last chance for El Salvador to develop a sustainable surf spot

Surfing at Toro de Oro, in El Salvador, has indeed been a surreal experience. Since the first time I surfed there, back in 2015 and until the present, I have surfed it alone. Not many times because the wave only breaks good from April to October and requires a big swell to work properly.

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San Luis Talpa: from pesticide-contaminated town to inclusive surf city

In the 1960s, El Salvador began to import chemical pesticides and fertilizers heavily in order to increase agricultural yield. In practice that meant El Salvador became the dumpster for many of the chemical pesticides that were banned in the United States and Europe. Chemicals, such as Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War, found their […]

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