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Jewish-Hawaiian surfer Dorian Paskowitz, 86, carrying two surfboards on Tuesday as part of a personal donation to Palestinian youths in the Gaza Strip. (AP) Last update - 17:05 21/08/2007 Jewish-Hawaiian surfing guru donates surfboards to Gazans By The Associated Press Tags: surfing, Dorian Paskowitz  An 86-year-old Jewish surfing guru from Hawaii donated on Tuesday 12 surfboards to Gaza's small surfing community, in a gesture he hoped would get Israelis and Palestinians catching the same peace wave. "God will surf with the devil, if the waves are good," retired doctor Dorian Paskowitz said Tuesday. "When a surfer sees another surfer with a board, he can't help but say something that brings them together." Paskowitz emerged shirtless at the Israel-Gaza crossing after handing over the dozen boards to Gazan surfers waiting on the other side. He said he was spurred into action after reading a story about two Gaza surfers who couldn't enjoy the wild waves off the coast because they had only one board to share between them. Advertisement Arthur Rashkovan, a 28-year-old surfer from Tel Aviv, said Paskowitz's project was part of a larger effort called Surfing for Peace, aimed at bringing Middle East surfers closer together. He said eight-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, who is of Syrian descent, is expected to arrive in Israel in October to take part in the drive. Paskowitz, whom Rashkovan called a 'guru' to Israeli surfers, has surfed in Israel several times over the past five decades. Paskowitz, a father of nine, served in the Navy during World War II, practiced family medicine for more than half a century and has published books on surfing and health. He said he's surfed for 75 years, in locations all over the world, and ranks the waves off the coasts of Israel and Gaza as among the world's best. "It's really quite remarkable how good they are for modern surfing," he said. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Shimon goes green Peres says to fight terror Israel should reduce its dependence on oil. Voices of heroism IDF releases audio recordings from famed 1976 Entebbe raid.   1.   Senile fool 16:55  |  Dani 21/08/07   2.   Groovi! Mazal Tov! 17:10  |  Nero 21/08/07   3.   Why not gliders? they`ve been used in attacks on Israel 17:24  |  Absolute Sweden 21/08/07   4.   Aiding terrorism 17:42  |  Chaim Ben-Zimra 21/08/07   5.   surf and peace 17:56  |  paco 21/08/07   6.   #4 - Thinks Like an Irgun Terrorist 18:02  |  Double Click 21/08/07   7.   how does this stuff become a headline?? 18:42  |  mamish 21/08/07   8.   Gazans convert them to bombs... 18:44  |  Avram 21/08/07   9.   The surfboard in the picture looks too old and out of date 18:48  |  Tamir Palestine 21/08/07   10.   Why not picnic with Hamas? 18:48  |  Avram 21/08/07   11.   G-d bless you !! 18:53  |  Moise 21/08/07   12.   Can a terrorist surf and shot at the same time? 18:54  |  pace306 21/08/07   13.   ;-) 19:11  |  MichaelF 21/08/07   14.   Dorian reward with surfborads the kids of quassams squads 19:17  |  Joseph E . 21/08/07   15.   Its useless 19:18  |  Tamir Palestine 21/08/07   16.   Thank you, Dorian Paskowitz 19:19  |  Deborah 21/08/07   17.   A HEARTWARMING GESTURE! 19:27  |  SM 21/08/07   18.   #1 I agree 19:50  |  ze`ev 21/08/07   19.   double vclick twit 20:00  |  larry from maine 21/08/07   20.   Tamir -- please give an example 20:08  |  bbl 21/08/07   21.   i respect this man 20:19  |  Ilian 21/08/07   22.   silly haters 20:30  |  ross 21/08/07   23.   Tamir Palestine 21:07  |  Danite 21/08/07   24.   Thank you Dorian 21:11  |  Sam 21/08/07   25.   What awful replies 21:45  |  Israeli 21/08/07   26.   I wonder how the pallys will convert the surfboards to weapons 21:49  |  Bleiberg 21/08/07   27.   #1.Dani. if there is a hot head fool it is YOU 22:01  |  Harrisson 21/08/07   28.   CUTE : if only peace was this easy . . . . 22:06  |  B.Each 21/08/07   29.   Non-Surfers dont understand... 22:22  |  Ron Moon 21/08/07   30.   Dani & other Settler Terrorists... 22:32  |  Hope 21/08/07   31.   Surf`s Up 22:40  |  Russell Blair 21/08/07   32.   Peace is never easy 22:51  |  Ploni 21/08/07   33.   anything for peace 23:30  |  Dov 21/08/07   34.   peace can´t be built upon hate and racism 23:38  |  Giok 21/08/07   35.   donating food to hungry israelis 23:50  |  rich 21/08/07   36.   great man !! great move !!! A good moment for peace 23:57  |  mehmet 21/08/07   37.   Well done 00:12  |  Surfer 22/08/07   38.   Trial and error 00:18  |  Slibovitz 22/08/07   39.   Danite 00:31  |  Tamir Palestine 22/08/07   40.   bble, the girl who lost all her family on Gaza beach 00:34  |  Tamir Palestine 22/08/07   41.   Giok 00:37  |  rich 22/08/07   42.   Mis-quoted 02:01  |  Brian 22/08/07   43.   But The Waves in Israel and Gaza Suck... 02:11  |  Daniel 22/08/07   44.   ##Mamish. 7.This IS very important NEWS 02:16  |  Arik 22/08/07   45.   Mr DORIAN PASKOWITZ, thank you 02:25  |  Hamza 22/08/07   46.   #17.SM from RGan. This is your chance to reciprocate. 02:33  |  Danyboy 22/08/07   47.   26##Bleiberg, what a cheap post. 02:36  |  Bradford 22/08/07   48.   He should have whacked a soldier with it 02:53  |  Tim 22/08/07   49.   @6 Double Click double twit 03:26  |  ChanahS 22/08/07   50.   Sounded Like A Peres Speach To Me 04:03  |  Yoram 22/08/07   51.   Peace Like A River 04:16  |  Philip 22/08/07   52.   A CLEAR GESTURE THAT NOT ALL JEWS ARE SAME 04:18  |  MARCO 22/08/07   53.   Why not picnic with Hamas 04:21  |  hans 22/08/07   54.   thank you mr pascowitz 04:23  |  sergio 22/08/07   55.   SENILE FOOL: KEEP YOUR PLANKS, RETURN WATER YOU STOLE 04:40  |  nobodysacred 22/08/07   56.   SO MUCH HATE, SO VERY SAD 04:49  |  Richard 22/08/07   57.   #51 Richard: 06:04  |  Dave 22/08/07   58.   to Richard from Canada 06:59  |  rivka 22/08/07   59.   AMEN RICHARD FROM CANADA! 13:23  |  Peacetroll 22/08/07   60.   hang ten, dude, and ten more, and ... 18:16  |  frenz 22/08/07   61.   We feel gratefull 23:41  |  Mohmed 22/08/07   62.   Fastracked Media Stunt? 00:15  |  Freeva Nununow 23/08/07   63.   peace of surfcing 02:30  |  Akram 23/08/07

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