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“I was surfing w my best friend in PR before I m

“I was surfing w my best friend in PR before I moved to HI ( we were sad because it was our last surf together). There was a storm we could see in the deep ocean. Within minutes the rain shower came and the waves were just perfect glass. We just cheered and thanked the universe for our friendship.” - Andrea Rivera @kbaitodmar 📸 @brentrandphotography #theoceaniafemale

“Surfing has taught me so much about the art of

“Surfing has taught me so much about the art of being vigilant yet patient. Although my gut reaction is usually to paddle for every big wave (or client) I see on the horizon, I've learned to trust that the work I've already done to position myself accordingly is sufficient. When I trust in the work I've already put in, waves/clients/relationships come to me. But, it is still my duty to always stay prepared and welcome the opportunity when it comes.” - GiGi Lucas @living_inthelight

As we observe #juneteenth we must also recognize that our work toward social justice- just like our work for environmental justice- has just begun.

As today is also International Surfing Day we’d like to highlight the incredible work @gigilucas is doing with her non-profit @surfearnegra to advocate gender and cultural diversity in surf to #diversifythelineup.

Support her work by donating, buying a sweatshirt on @seabluecollective and if you buy anything at all today today… #buyblack. Where you spend your money matters.

Whitley
@ga.briella for the @nytimes
Photo repost from: @surfearnegra

#diversifythelineup #isd #internationalsurfingday #juneteenth #socialjusticework #oceanfriendly #moneymatters #seabluecollective #theoceanisfemale

Pt. 2 “My surfing life in the water has affected

Pt. 2 “My surfing life in the water has affected the rest of my life on land by every way possible. When I'm on land, I think about being in the water, I think about what surfboard I'm making next and I'm constantly dreaming about perfect waves.” - Catherine Girard @catherinegirardd 📸 @error_stotle #theoceanisfemale

Pt. 1 “I was working in a coffee shop a few year

Pt. 1 “I was working in a coffee shop a few years ago in Santa Barbara. There was a customer that would come in every morning that I thought looked like a cool older surfer. I finally asked him if he surfed and it turned out he had been surfing and shaping since he was a young teen. He offered me to teach me how to shape and without hesitation said YES. I've been building boards start to finish for myself and others ever since.” - Catherine Girard 📸 @rayylauren @catherinegirardd #theoceanisfemale

“At a time when I was feeling lost and stuck in

“At a time when I was feeling lost and stuck in life, I found the work of a surf photographer and fell hypnotised by a dreamy ideal of elegant water women surfing in tropical sunsets.. and set out to try it.

The experience I found was quite different! I live in Northern England and learned to surf with a friend in the snow. The winds were howling and the white water was furious and freezing.
It was exhilarating and bonkers.. and just what I needed. I felt completely awake.

For me it wasn't glamorous. I wasn't a natural in the water. In fact I felt like the sea rejected me for a long time!
I was and still am clumsy and ridiculous and often being rolled underwater.

But my confidence continues to grow and my connection to the sea has grown so strong I have now moved to the beach and woven a life I love that fits around the rhythms of the sea.” - Jemima @wavesandtides_ 📸 @saltburnsurfpics @kodakkojak #theoceanisfemale

“En 2007 mi novio y yo rompimos después de vari

“En 2007 mi novio y yo rompimos después de varios años. Él era futbolista profesional y yo estaba aburrida de la vida monótona, entre otras cosas de ir al estadio todas las semanas. Decidí poner algo de emoción y aventura en mi vida, así que dejé mi trabajo de periodista deportiva y me fui 3 meses a Australia a aprender a surfear. Fui a Byron Bay, probé el surf y desde el primer momento que me subí a la tabla no he podido parar. Fue la mejor decisión de mi vida.” - Ana Turégano @ana_turegano #theoceanisfemale

“The first time I surfed a green wave!! This was

“The first time I surfed a green wave!! This was at Grande Plage in Biarritz, I had been taking some surf classes and the surf teacher asked me if I wanted to try and catch a green wave. Of course I said yes! I remember the conditions being difficult, I could not paddle out myself and the surf teacher had to push me over the (what seemed to me like) 2m waves, probably 1.2m ;) However, even though I got some washing machines, it was a completely new experience. The green wave he pushed me in gave me such an adrenaline rush, a completely new feeling and an even stronger love for surfing!!” - Anna Baertz @annabaertz 📸 @mathieuthoisy #theoceanisfemale

Pt. 2 “My most memorable moment in the water was

Pt. 2 “My most memorable moment in the water was an evening a long time ago when I was first learning to surf. I went out at a spot in my hometown at a time when it shouldn’t have been good, but it was. Nobody was around, and I was alone in the water when it suddenly started raining. There was no wind, just the sound of the rain drops hitting the surface of the water. It was an indescribable sound, like little bells ringing or tiny glasses breaking. Then, when the rain stopped and the clouds parted as the sun was setting, a huge rainbow appeared in the pink sky. Catching a wave with that as my view was almost too much for my heart to take. I stayed out until the sun went down and it took the rainbow with it.” - Natalie Marquardt @beancanz 📸 @tooth_massage #theoceanisfemale

Pt. 1 “When I was growing up, there were just ab

Pt. 1 “When I was growing up, there were just about no women who surfed in Morro Bay, at least none that I ever saw. In my mind, I figured that surfing was just a boy thing and that the lineup was a “no girls allowed” zone. But, when I started to see pictures of women surfers getting published in magazines, I started to think maybe I could surf too. One summer when I was 13, i became obsessed with the idea of surfing in warm water, and I started a campaign of begging my mom to take me on a surf trip down south for a weekend. My pestering worked and she took me and two friends to a place I’d never heard of before: San Onofre. Suddenly, there’s just as many women in the water as men, and they’re ripping, and the men in the water are palling around with them, and it seems like they’re totally accepted in the lineup. I surfed so much in those couple days and had the time of my life.” - Natalie Marquardt @beancanz 📸 @kaili_reynolds #theoceanisfemale

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