A group of renegade surfers challenges the male-dominated professional surfing world for the shared goal of equality and change.A group of renegade surfers challenges the male-dominated professional surfing world for the shared goal of equality and change.A group of renegade surfers challenges the male-dominated professional surfing world for the shared goal of equality and change.
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- 3 nominations total
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Nat Young
- Self - Fmr World Surfing Champion
- (archive footage)
Bonnie Crail
- Self - Market Manager Ocean Pacific
- (archive footage)
Graham Cassidy
- Self - A.S.P. Executive Director
- (archive footage)
Stephanie Gilmore
- Self
- (archive footage)
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- GoofsAt 54 minutes in, the announcer introduces the winner at the 1990 Underwets Women's Pro Championship at Sunset Beach, Hawaii, The closed caption on screen reads, "Champion of the [indistinct] Division, the world champion, Miss Pam Burridge!" What the announcer had said that was [indistinct] was "Wahine," the Hawaiian word for "women."
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Just saw this at a special screening arranged by a surfer environmental warrior politician who would be of a similar vintage to many of the women from the early days of pro surfing, and is herself a former national surf champion. I grew up in the surf industry and remember so many of the battles that got next to no coverage in the surf publications. It is hard to believe how recent so much of it was. My immediate reaction after watching the movie was a hope that the trailblazers got a reunion off the back of the film. Lisa Anderson is still an ambassador for Roxy and it looks like they've learned to leverage her generation instead of only focusing on the new shiny object. This documentary brought back so many memories of discussions I'd have with the guys in our shop about the women fighting for equality. They didn't mention how hard the women fought to get a contest at all 3 of the Hawaiian triple crown locations, for years it was mooted that the girls couldn't possibly surf such powerful waves so their parallel events were at beach breaks instead of the reefs.
- eileeshb-1
- Jul 27, 2023
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $509,400
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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