It’s National Bikini day and what better time to reflect on the struggles women have faced (and continue to face) within the surfing community, and beyond.
“At it’s core, surfing is about play in a spontaneous sea, shredding the terrestrial clothing and concerns. Surfers unleash our largest sensory organ: skin. The deeply sensual nature of feeling naked to sunshine, wind and water... has been exploited and capitalized upon in a myriad of ways.
Like most women’s sports, surfing has had to wrestle with the questions: How do we celebrate women as athletes without neutering them? Where’s the line between celebrating womanhood and outright objectifying? When will ability be rewarded as handsomely as nudity?”
- excerpt from She Surf by @theseakin
We are thrilled for our friend Lauren Hill on her publication of this incredible homage to women in surf. Read it. Digest it. Be inspired by it. And most importantly when you’re done with it, go out and do the work to uplift our kindred women of the sea.
You can find a swipe-up link in our stories to purchase and read more!
📷 : @photokeoki
Surfer: @leahloves