Shred The Gnar....Bro?....

In the recent surf flick, Lost Atlas, directed by Kai Neville, professional surfer Dusty Payne was quoted saying that girls are “terrible” at surfing and “sit on the boat waiting for the surf to die down to 1 foot waves so that they can go out and do their tail slides.” In response to that comment, women’s world tour champion Carissa Moore replied that Dusty was her greatest influence to expand her level of surfing even further this past year at this years Surfer Poll awards. This example of degradation of women’s surfing isn’t anything new. Since the beginning of women’s surfing, they have always had little respect compared to the men. Today, stars such as Carissa Moore and Coco Ho have expanded their trick book even further to include aerials and big carving turns, moves that can be easily witnessed in men’s surfing today. Women’s surfing does not have the same respect, or much less contest prize money as men’s surfing. However it is not without lack of trying. Nike has sponsored an all women’s surfing film called Leave A Message. The future of women’s surfing is promising with expanding trick books, revolutionary surf films, and young girls that are pushing the limits every time they surf.