North Korea鈥檚 authoritarian government has given its blessing to a group of tourists and North Koreans to visit the country鈥檚 uncharted breaks in September, .聽The move represents a rare opportunity to surf in the country.
The trip will be organized by Uri Tours, a New Jersey鈥揵ased travel company that specializes in trips to North Korea. 聽
鈥淥ur goal is to evaluate the resources and make them available to local surfers in a sustainable and safe way,鈥 Nick Zanella, an Italian surfer who will be making the trip, told the Guardian.聽鈥淲e are not there to simply go surf, brag about it, and then bail.鈥