SURFER is an executive producer and release partner on Dakar Dream. Surfing is on the rise in a big way in Africa, and nowhere is that more evident than Dakar, Senegal. The surf scene runs four generations deep, and the kids ripping right now are already thinking about supporting the fifth. For most of that time, not much attention has been given and, when it has, it has typically been from an outside lens. Thankfully, that’s starting to change with a new film called Dakar Dream. If you’ve been paying attention for a while, you’ve already heard some of these stories. Our 2024 guide to Dakar, and Aloha Award coverage, pointed you to Babacar “Babs” Thiaw at Copacabana Surf Village and told you to go rip with an up-and-coming local named Fallou Bousso. Déguène Thioune surfed in the Mami Wata x Billabong campaign we covered last year. Cherif Fall needs no introduction as he’s been blowing up on the international scene for years.…