Tag: #whoamIjustguess
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Step up your game, Roxy. (video)

Watch Ted Endo deftly express what so many of us feel about Roxy’s statement regarding the response to the Official Roxy Biarritz Pro Trailer:
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Was Roxy’s statement good enough?
I’ve spent the last few days listening to the responses of folks who have taken the time to read Roxy’s non-apology statement regarding the Official Trailer for the Biarritz Roxy Pro. Here is what I am hearing: The onus of the “mischaracterization” of the brand falls squarely on the brand itself and many who were…
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Road to Roxy

Interspersed in this post are some amazing voices from those who are supporting a petition to ask Roxy to stop using “sexy” to sell their products, a request that I argue pertains to the entire surf industry. You can read about the video that started it all here. You can add your voice to…
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Lesbian-Baiting, a la roxy surfing 2013

One of the most prevalent tools of sexism in the surf industry has been and continues to be lesbian-baiting. Lesbian baiting occurs most often when rumblings are felt within the sexist status quo, when women gain more power in a hierarchy, or when they are acting more self-assertive and less deferential than their male-counterparts…
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Tell Roxy That Female Surfers Deserve Better

Dear Roxy, Roxy is the world’s most visible and well known women’s surf brand. Recently, Roxy released a trailer for the 2013 Roxy Biarritz Pro contest that showcases a style of marketing women’s surfing that is not conducive to a healthy, empowered vision of women. Instead of women surfers being presented as an alternative to…
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Roxy, #whoamIjustguess: surf-sex w/o a face

The trend of sexualization of women in surfing has been steadily building. It has been building slowly enough that we have had plenty of time to argue back and forth about whether this is a trend that will or already has been, aggravated toward more sexualization of female surfers. Today, something has fundamentally shifted. The…

