Dorian Paskowitz, the Californian surfer who is known for taking his family on a 25-year surfing voyage, entered the Gaza strip back in 2007 to handout some surfboards, planting the seeds for a growing surf community. Today, despite even of gunfire from Israeli boats, the Gazan surf community has already seen some growth, from 2 lone lifeguards to about 20 surfers.

Paskowitz, who is Jewish, crossed the ethinic lines into the Palestinian territory in an attempt to reach peace through the sport of surfing -- his organization is called 'Surfing for Peace .' For more on Paskowitz' "Surf Trip" to Gaza, see the TIMES UK. And for pictures of the Gazan surf, see the album God Went Surfing with the Devil.