outline about surfing
1. Review our Essay 3 readings for this unit:
– World in the Curl Chapter 13 “Women and Surfing: From Flappers to Roxy Girl” on the history of women in surfing in both ancient Hawaii and the U.S.
– Zach Weisberg’s “For Female Surfers, Challenges Out of the Water” on sexual objectification of female professional surfers.
– Lou Boyd’s “Maya Gabeira: I just thought, ‘This is it, I’m going to die'” on the strength of female big wave surfer Maya Gaberia and how she overcame discrimination in the male-dominated world of big wave surfing.
– Octavia Drughi’s “The Badass Women of Big Wave Surfing” on the incredible feats of top female big wave surfers today.
– UInterview article “Stephanie Gilmore’s Racy Roxy Ad Criticized for Sexism, Voyeurism” on objectification of world champion professional surfer Stephanie Gilmore in Roxy ad
– Amy Willis’s “Billabong ran these two surf adverts and people got angry” on the objectification of women in Billabong surf ads.
