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“I was out surfing one evening and I was just not having the greatest session. My board smashed my head on a pretty big wipeout and everything was feeling like a bit of a struggle, so I paddled in and walked back to my car. I didn’t feel ready to leave the ocean for the day however, so I grabbed my camera and made my way back out to the water. I didn’t expect to get any magical shots, as it was a very gloomy day, but I just wanted to be with the ocean a bit longer. As I walked up I noticed one of the junior local pro’s was out and pulling some pretty sweet tricks so I started snapping some photos of him. Just as I did there was a tiny break in the clouds. An almost perfect little circle opened up just in front of where the sun was and it shone down onto him like a spotlight. The colours around him became the most surreal, majestic golden hue and I captured him successfully pulling off one trick before the clouds quickly closed again and the magic was over. I actually started dancing around out of joy at the magic I was just able to capture. I sprinted back to my car and immediately went home to check out the shot. It wasn’t technically my surf moment but I felt such a strong connection to the sport, the ocean, and the surfer in that moment and it has stayed with me ever since.” - Steffi Bidochka @steffijadee 📸 @isabel.a 🏄🏻‍♂️ Kalon Bruhwhiler-Temple #theoceanisfemale [Full interview live on our website now! -link in bio-]

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Pt 2. “Surfing taught me that there's enjoyment and virtue hushed inside flaws and imperfection, and that I can dive in and be soaked by the former. Actually, by surfing my body understood that there is no such thing as perfection in itself, and therefore my mind -on land- stopped racing towards that idea. The whole scenario shifted. The sea's kindness taught me how to be softer with myself; to let go; to enjoy; to respect; to observe, learn and trust. At last, I am closer to following the beat of the earth by flowing in watery feelings. I'll be eternally thankful for that.” - Adelaida Cameron @adecameron #theoceanisfemale

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Pt 1. “I believe that by surfing we are nurturing our femenine energies; water, moon, mother nature... With every wave we catch we are healing our family's constellation and sending back bliss to all the women that came before us who didn't get to enjoy this era of empowered women in the sea. Also, we are learning to be patient and to trust our deepest instincts; to face fear and to duck through it, fiercely. Whilst surfing we are learning to be our purest, most lively selves. I'm thrilled by this wild herd of water women.” - Adelaida Cameron @adecameron #theoceanisfemale

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“I love how the ocean has the magic to heal – physically, mentally and emotionally, I can go to the beach and drag an invisible baggage of hurt and distress and I would leave the place changed and a better version of myself. I have been through a lot before I started surfing – I was deeply depressed and completely lost with my life. I was stress, bitter and angry when I was diagnosed with an incurable skin disease, it was my breaking point and left me crying almost every night. Imagine for someone who loves the ocean so much being told to avoid the sun because the vitiligo might worsen over her body. The thought to never go back to the beach never crossed my mind not even once and it lead me to surf at San Juan, La Union. Surfing saved me. Surfing gave me the peace and control I needed in my life, every wipe out I have taken felt like a cleanse to my soul and mind. Every wave I was able to ride felt like an accomplishment and every bruise I got seem like battle scars from my past. Your mind and body is ultimately different in the water, you learn to listen to what matters and focus to what is about to come. You learn how to read people at the line up and observe their style and grace, you learn to be patient, you learn to respect the waves – it gives and takes. You learn to accept the present like how I accepted the truth about my skin and finally stopped buying concealers that are three times darker than my skin color to cover up my white patches. The ocean taught me to become appreciative and give out more even if we do not receive anything at all. It taught me to love the most important person to love, myself.” - Martina Audrey Vicencio @audreyvicencio 📸 @possshhhh_ #theoceanisfemale [Full interview live on our website! -link in bio-]

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“We lived close to the beach and my dad surfed most of his life, he never pushed us to go surfing with him... but naturally we just followed him. At Nippers (surf life saving) my friends and I would stand up on the foam paddle boards at any given chance. We just went straight till we hit the sand and it took me a few years to realise the aim was to go across the face of the wave... I try not to overthink the process of surfing, not to overpower the wave but to find a flow, position myself right and let the wave take me. most importantly have fun in all conditions.” - Ashley Beer @ashleybeer 📸 @boot_83 #theoceanisfemale

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“Thinking back, my most memorable surf moments are the ones when my mind was completely clear. Those are the moments I live for, when all I can hear is the sigh of the sea and feel the sun on my back. The moments when everything lines up and I am so completely in my body that nothing can take that serenity away from me, whether I’m on a wave or simply floating on my board waiting for a set to roll in from the horizon. There are endless challenges in life, but overcoming big wipe-outs and injuries in the water has taught me so much about my own resilience and strength to persevere. It’s given me clarity when I felt lost, and humility when I got too heavy into my ego. Surfing is frustrating, exhilarating, enjoyable, scary, and profound in all the ways that life can be as well.” - Savannah Lani Murray @beachbumpoet 📸 @gseaphoto #theoceanisfemale

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“I was born in front of the sea, I really love and respect the ocean. I’ve always been fascinated by the surfers but when I was young my Mum didn’t let me surf with them because she was scared about the waves and she thought that it’s too dangerous for me . For this reason I started quite late and I decided to follow my instinct.” - Federica Frulla @federica____f 📸 @filippomaffei #theoceanisfemale

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“Although we’ve always had the strength and drive, in the future I see women continuing to lift each other up and inspire all people in ways that we haven’t had the agency to do before. When the US Women’s Team won the World Cup earlier this year, little girls and boys around the globe cheered while wearing Megan Rapinoe’s jersey. While leaving the new Bethany Hamilton documentary Unstoppable last week, I overheard a little boy talking to his mom, explaining that he wanted to ride goofy foot just like Bethany did. That is progress.” - Avery Schuyler Nunn @aveschuy 📸 @bskymama #theoceanisfemale [Full interview live on our website! -link in bio-]

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“I was so lucky to come across a young girl in New York Named Mackenzie tell me that she was inspired to start surfing after she watched my quarterfinal heat against Izzi Gomes last year in the New York SUP Open. She said after that, she started surfing everyday and wants to one day be a professional surfer like me...it was so humbling and rewarding knowing that my passion and love for surfing and competing had the affect on someone else to want to try it!” - Dominique Miller @nique_miller 📸 @jimrussi #theoceanisfemale [Full interview live on our website! - link in bio-]

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