Surfing the Strip?

It's not breaking news, but I just read this on Pology.com, and thought it was worth a mention:

The gnarly road to Mideast peace is paved with…surfboards?
Dorian Paskowitz of Hawaii, a 75 year surfing veteran considered the “guru” of the Israeli waves, donated twelve surfboards to the Gaza Strip’s fledgling surfing community. The retired Jewish doctor, who first gained attention in Israel in 1956 when he took to the waves off of Tel Aviv — an unusual site at that time —, considered his mitzvah an expression of goodwill. “When a surfer sees another surfer with a board, he can’t help but say something that brings them together,” he noted.
Paskowitz’s gesture is part of a larger program called “Surfing for Peace,” which aims to to promote an end to hostilities between Israelis & Palestinians. Champ Kelly Slater, who is of Syrian decent, is also expected to participate.