“As a Rastafari woman, I believe that wellness is about living an Ital life. And when Rastafari say Ital, we’re talking about living a plant-based life. About being self-sustained.

But for all the advancements of women in surfing—marked by moments like when equal pay was achieved by women in the World Surf League in 2019, or when Brazilian

By the age of 13, Khadjou Sambe had fallen in love with surfing. But surfing is a male-dominated sport in her home country of Senegal, and it’s rare to