Sorry gentlemen (and ladies maybe), it’s a trap, you won’t see any sexy surfer girls here!
Instead we want to ask you one question: why do we have to show their arse when we speak about them? Why are they in close relationship with the duty to be sexy? We are speaking about a sport here, right?
It might be boring to you and we probably lost your attention when you discovered the reality of this article. Hopefully, some of you will read the next few lines and share their thoughts.
Don’t you think they are talented enough today to speak more about their performance, their style and their values…
In the last years, most of them have proven they have the guts to surf bigger and bigger waves. They proved what they deserve. We think it’s time to give them our full respect for what they do and not what they look like.
It’s such a shame to see some of the best surfer girls showing the wrong example to the future generation.
Who is the offender? Everyone has a part of responsibility. Surfer girls need to manage their career, evolve their surf and earn enough money through their sponsors. But they need to think before involving themselves in any advertising campaign. They need to think about the whole thing and not only the money or views on youtube they can get with a hot ad. They might be able to decree their own rules today thanks to their market share growing.
Obviously, we know that’s the business, though some of them, as Alana Blanchard has more followers than any pro surfers on WCT. Don’t you think they could use this power for something else? At least, giving a better message of their passion? Be smart and use the system in your favour.
On the other hand, mainstream media have a big part of responsibility…for sure! We can understand that’s all part of their work and the audience is right there.
For this article, we did a Google search of “best female surfers” returned results like “10 Hottest Girls in Pro Surfing, “Alana Blanchard and the 30 Hottest Female Surfers in Bikinis »…what else to say! I think you understood our message.
Last year, a 13 year-old girl wrote a letter to major surf mag « Tracks » and she brought up some pretty complicated issues surrounding women and their representation in the scene. Here is a sample of her letter:
« I clicked on your web page titled ‘Girls’ hoping I might find some women surfers and what they were up to, but it entered into pages and pages of semi-naked, non-surfing girls [...] These images create a culture in which boys, men and even girls reading your magazine will think that all girls are valued for is their appearance ». « I urge you to give much more coverage to the exciting women surfers out there, not just scantily clad women [...] This change would only bring good. »
Well, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings comes the truth! Shall we take this heroic act as a warning? Who will be the first one to set up a new deal? Let’s see and hope the best is yet to come…it’s up to you!
