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Surfing for “Something Positive”: Black Girls Surf and the Rising Tide of Equal Representation
Rhonda Harper was still new to the surfing scene in 1987 when, leaving the beach one evening in California’s historic Santa Cruz, she returned to her Nissan 300ZX to find the words “Go home n—–” scrawled across the car in…
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Black Girls Surf Organizes Protest From Their Boards
The protests that have swept the country and the world these last few weeks have largely happened in the streets. But last Friday, a group of demonstrators in Santa Monica decided to do things differently, heading into the ocean to…
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Black girls and supporters surf around the world to honor George Floyd
The “Solidarity in Surfing” events in more than 100 locations were organized by Black Girls Surf, a group founded in 2014 to teach the sport to girls of color aged 5 to 17. In Santa Monica, California, about 200 surfers of…
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Rhonda Harper – Fierce Surf Coach Training the Next Generation of Surfers
• • • After many years of hard work and consistency, Rhonda Harper’s community, Black Girls Surf, is getting the recognition it deserves. But this is just the beginning. From surf coaching foster children at her local break, to working…
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How Women in Surfing are CHANGING THE WORLD! | Khadjou Sambe, Transformed Season 3, Ep 1
Khadjou Sambe was the first woman to surf in her hometown of Dakar, Senegal. In doing so, she emerged from a patriarchal system to become an icon for black women surfers everywhere and pave the way for the next generation.…
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Black Girls Surf: Meet the African women defying stereotypes to ride waves
Although women have the same legal rights as men in Senegal, the West African nation is still a deeply patriarchal society, where the burden of childcare and household duties falls onto the shoulders of women. And given the most recent…
