Nations across the Asia-Pacific region are currently facing a demographic shift, driven by factors including increased longevity and lower birth rates, that has been called the silver tsunami.

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But, hey, no crowds. Per the Los Angeles Times, they explained the danger: “Do not attempt to surf or watch the tsunami. You cannot surf a tsunami, as there is no face to a tsunami wave.

"When the tsunami happened, I was nine months pregnant ... are rebuilding around an emerging surf tourism scene. Aceh's waves and white sands have seen small restaurants and guesthouses pop ...

Twenty years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, communities in Indonesia that saw the worst of the disaster, see surfing emerge as a sport and a way of life. The area's warm waters and white sand ...

Ani Naqvi (left) was visiting the coastal town of Arugam Bay when the tsunami struck Ani Naqvi remembers ... was visiting a friend in the Sri Lankan surfing village of Arugam Bay on 26 December ...

And still today, Bali, Sumatra, the Mentawais, and other Indonesian treasures are some of surfing’s most coveted zones. So, in commemoration of the horrific tragedy that struck these lands 20 years ...

Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the ... She had just turned 33 and was visiting a friend in the Sri Lankan surfing village of Arugam Bay on 26 December 2004 ...

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by “screaming and shouting” – two decades on from one of the deadliest disasters ever recorded. Daniel Poole ...