Category: Surfeminism
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Surfing Formulations: Emerging from the Apolitical
Surfing Formulations: Emerging from the Apolitical The following is an excerpt from a keynote talk I presented at San Diego State University for the “Impact Zones and Liminal Spaces” conference in April of 2019. The SDSU talk intended to build upon and fill out the seminal theoretical work I authored in The Critical Surf Studies…
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Surfeminist Spaces
Originally written for/at The Inspire Initiative. “There is a place at the center of earth where one ocean dissolves inside the other in a black and holy love; It’s why the whales of one sea know the songs of the other, why one thing becomes something else and sand falls down the hourglass into another…
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VIDEO Surfing’s International Women’s Day
Video recap of the March 8th, International Women’s Day collaborative event with The Inspire Initiative, Easkey Britton, and Waves of Freedom. Surfing's International Women's Day, 2015 from The Inspire Initiative on Vimeo.
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POP some Empowermints before watching this video!
SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE: WEIGHT LOSS, WEIGHT GAIN, DEPRESSION, VOMITING, DIZZINESS, LOSS OF APPETITE, LOWERED SEX DRIVE, STERILITY, ELEPHANT SKIN AND SUN SENSITIVITY. IN SOME RARE CASES EMPOWERMINTS HAVE LED TO PROLONGED DEEP UNCONSCIOUSNESS OR PREMATURE DEATH. “How are young people able to get their voices heard beyond voting with their dollars? Increasingly, they are…
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Women, Surfing, Sustainability
(LINK FIXED) Women are the key to sustainability. We exist at the crossroads between reproduction and production, and as such, feel the effects of every policy shift, not only those that focus on the primacy of (unsustainable) economic growth over people-centered equitable development, but also those shifts that aim to be sustainable. Read More at…
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Opening Words, International Women’s Day 2015
Opening words for the March 8th International Women’s Day Event hosted by my organization, The Inspire Initiative, and Waves of Freedom (read full recap of the event here). “Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for joining us tonight for surfing’s first International Women’s Day celebration. Every great shift in surfing has been heralded by an evolution in technology…
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Surfing’s International Women’s Day, 2015
March 8th is International Women’s Day, a day where folks around the world celebrate women’s achievements while also recognizing the challenges women and girls face at home and abroad. In 1995 (the same year I graduated high school and set off to follow my childhood dream to become a world surfing champion), 189 government representatives…
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Gender Apologists and Opposites in Surfing
An increase in the visibility of apologist voices, propped up by a slowly wasting status quo, arrives in a culture at the moment a robust transition is beginning to gain traction. In the movement against sexism and gender inequality in surfing, this trend is no different. Alongside the rise in apologist voices, is a renewed…
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Video – FLUX: Redefining Women’s Surfing
FLUX: Redefining Women’s Surfing is a short film I assisted with (and am also in with young ripper Kahanu Delovio) alongside a talented crew of filmmakers, Sarah Lee, Chad King and Mia Montanile, from Chapman University for Project W. From the filmmakers: “FLUX is a powerful essay documentary that reveals sexism in the surfing industry.…
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Board of Media
Emma Shoesmith is a tow-headed, Brit firecracker who is currently living in London and studying at the University of Westminster. She has an infectious sense of humor, a deep-seated passion for action sports, and a refreshing vision on how to creatively package a critical perspective of women’s (under)representation and inequality in board and action sports.…
