Atongular is a mentor at Laru Beya Collective, a surfing focused non-profit organization based in Far Rockaway in Queens, NY. While it's not the first place you think of when thinking of surfing, its a place with a vibrant and connected surf community. Faith first met Atongular while climbing at the Women's Climbing Festival in Bishop, CA in 2018. Getting connected with Atongular is one of the things that made Faith want to surf in the first place. While surfing can be a place where outsiders are often explicitly unwelcome, a popular bumper sticker was once "Don't Surf, Don't Start," the NYC community is quite different. We meet up with Atongular just a short walk from the ocean. She talks about the beauty of being involved in this community and why Laru Beya specifically focuses on young women of color learning to surf and invites us to join for a Beach Clean Up.