In this video I'm going to show you guys cox's bazaar which is the world's longest sea beach
and show you some of the cool things to do around here.
what's up guys we're at cox's bazar in Bangladesh. right now we're gonna go check it out and go surfing
okay we're renting out boards from the Bangladesh Girls and boys surf club over here. This place
is really cool. My friend is taking a lesson from here and it's got a really special story
that's very inspirational but very heavy, so I'll save that for later in the video
okay this is day 3 (at Cox's Bazar) of surfing. About to try a short board for the first time ever
and I'm going with my childhood friend Maruf. He's not one of the kids that are training at this camp
he's just uh stretching with them (Maruf: i'm one of the kids) oh yeah. let's get in the water
uh so it's really really cold in the ocean right now so after every 30 minutes of surfing
we're basically coming out to the beach to lie down and warm up a little bit in the sun and
then going out again. We have this nice little lagoon here where the water is slightly warmer.
I think my board is just too short for the waves that are out there.
Didn't catch a lot of waves so i think i might go back in, come back out with a long board
all right so we're taking a break from surfing to come out and see these Shampan boats on
Inani beach which is like 20 kilometers away from the main part of Cox's bazar
now this beach is famous for rocks on the ocean but that's not really
anything special to you probably unless you live in Bangladesh but the cool thing here are these
boats that's very unique to Bangladesh or this part of the world. These boats are mostly u-shaped
so that it can break and go through the waves but these goats.. goats (laughs) but these
boats go deep sea fishing at night to catch fish and they look really cool
i was trying to get close to the boats to get some cool shots some slow motion pans and
a big wave came and just got my pajamas drenched. I think we're just gonna head
back in now and chill for a little bit and then head back to Cox's bazar
it's first jan 2021 going surfing alone today because my friend is still in bed and it's 2
30 p.m and i'm putting on this like wetsuit which is a lot more work than i thought. It took me like
20 minutes to take it off the first time i took it off two days ago. Right so the waves are supposed
to be huge and i'm going out with this six foot board or six foot six board which i'm really not used to. Should be fun
there's such a strong current here i usually get in the water
right here but then i end up like way way over there
that was a really really fun session i didn't really catch a lot of waves i think i caught
one good long wave but even for that i realized that my gopro was turned off but it was a lot of
fun. What i realized from this session is that you need to be really fit in terms of paddle fitness
to swim out here especially on the outside because the current's so strong in there when
i surf in hawaii all the waves break outside too but you just gotta go paddle out make it
there somewhere and sit there but over here the current just drags you like a kilometer away if
you're sitting down on your board for like a minute so you have to be constantly pedaling
and i'm not in the best of shape right now and even paddling out there is kind of tough
because it's wave after wave after wave coming at you. That means that for every 10 feet you go
if the white water from another wave catches your board you go back another five feet so you might
be going only like 200 meters but in reality you'll be like paddling 800 meters just to get
to that spot because you just keep getting pushed back no matter how far you try to go
all right i also have to talk about the reality of surfing in Bangladesh. The boards that i
rented were from this club called the Bangladesh Surf Girls and boys club and they basically run
lessons for these kids that you saw throughout the video. It's run by a non-profit organization
that's really trying to help out these kids beyond just teaching them to surf. They also provide them
schooling opportunities and other opportunities to go ahead in life. All these kids are coming from
very very very poor backgrounds In Bangladesh like 20 of the population is below the poverty rate and
this is a country where the average person earns less than 200 dollars a month so these kids have
nothing. They're not like me they don't have a dentist for a parent to look after them send
them to school what not. They had to work from the time they were like five to eight years old until
the club took them in and started providing them an education and a monthly allowance for their
family to help pay for food and rent, because without that allowance these kids would be back
out on the streets working again. Because their parents need money and these kids are a source
of income as crazy as that sounds. The crazy part is like some of the younger girls you see
are at risk of getting married off to older men as a child. Child marriage is still a problem
in Bangladesh and even more so in the poor rural communities. It's a really cool job that this club
is doing over here but the only reason this club is able to do that is because it's gotten a lot of
support from non-profit organizations and donors abroad and if you want to find out more about
them or help them out I'm posting a link to their website in the description should also
be here on the screen right about now. Sorry if that last bit got a little bit too heavy
but i wanted to keep it real. This is not some sort of paradise. This is a developing country
a post-colonial country that's come a long way since 1971 but has still a long way to go.
I didn't really do much in this vlog sorry about that i just surfed six out of the last seven days
and i didn't even surf that well but i promise you the next vlog is gonna be a lot more fun
a lot more eventful. I think that will be from a different country.
I'm not sure which one yet but i guess we'll find out in the next one
what's up guys welcome to another episode of mtv cribs today we're at long beach hotel coxa bazaar
and we have this amazing room with a balcony view of.. open construction
and giving him his lesson [ __ ] i'm like actually flying away giving him his lesson is this guy
so he's actually he's actually one of my fans and he's watched my old stuff too which is
crazy that some people are recognizing me now days.. that i don't know how to ride