Groundbreaking!
It is a bit early for these sorts of reminiscences about the year that was. 2018 still has some life yet but even still it was just declared professional surfing’s Year of the Woman by Outside magazine writer Andrew Lewis and it’d be rude of us not to celebrate by reading a li’l snippet.
This year has been groundbreaking for women’s surfing. So it was only fitting that 2018 would culminate with Gilmore being crowned world champion. Gilmore, who is 30, now ties fellow Australian Layne Beachley for the most ever women’s world title victories. By this past July, Gilmore had already foreshadowed greatness when she won her 29th tour event, more than any other woman. Surfers have a tendency to overuse the word legend to the point of meaninglessness, but when it comes to Gilmore, there is no better descriptor.
That the world’s best women surfers were dominating the airwaves on Monday no doubt deeply gratified the WSL’s new—and first woman—CEO, Sophie Goldschmidt, who announced in September that beginning next year, the WSL will be giving equal prize money to its male and female athletes. Equal pay had been one of Goldschmidt’s key mandates when she took over the WSL in 2017, along with getting surfing into the 2020 Olympic Games. To have Gilmore win the title was just the kind of you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up artistry that Goldschmidt needed to cap off 2018.
Now on to the question portion of the cut n paste.
Do women like things being declared “Year of the Woman?”
Do women like when men declare things “Year of the Woman?”
If I surprised Graham Stapelberg in the World Surf League’s Santa Monica High Tower and said, “Without looking on your phone… what is the difference between #MeToo and #TimesUp?” would he get the answer correct?
Is ex-WSL CEO Paul Speaker sad that the Year of the Woman occurred after his time even though he had two red roses placed in his cars and hotel rooms?
What will professional surfing’s 2019 get declared?
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Yea well that flick bitch sure fucked it all up with her prostitution vid , she should change her handle from flick to cunt.
Too late it was cycling!
https://www.news.com.au/spo…
McKinnon hit out at the criticism immediately following her victory both on social media and in interviews.
She told velonews.com she enjoyed no physical advantage over her competitors despite being born a male.
“I think there is absolutely no evidence that I have an unfair advantage,” McKinnon said.
I saw a woman’s Mixed Marshall Arts fight on tv last night and a “woman” named Cyborg with a huge eyebrow/forehead bone structure beat the crap out of some Russian chick. I was wondering if Cyborg was born a woman?
“What will professional surfing’s 2019 get declared?”
Answer: Incompetent
The greatest shit-show on earth
Correction: Actually Layne Beachley is on her 8th World Title (and counting) after winning the WSL Masters event in September. She won a whopping 4 heats to win the event and the title.
Source: https://twitter.com/LayneCB…
Layme
So Layne is women’s surfing’s equivalent of Slater?
That’s Ke11y to you.
2020 bump bath masters TM
Hang on didn’t Steph win an ISA junior world title before she went pro?
It’s 8-fucken-all.
btw I know nobody cares about this but: Steph’s been competing on tour for 11 years and has won seven world titles and 27 CTs. Layne competed for 15 years and won seven world titles and 26 CTs. On averages, Steph’s ahead.
Nick, it really, really, doesnt matter. The best waves ever ridden on the planet , will always be the waves you catch and ride yourself. Well, the surf star ‘groupies’ will have their fun anyway, I guess.
Matt strangely enough I am up for appreciating other people’s achievements in the water!
Yeah, I can appreciate somebody making a wave, but all this aggro, competition, who’s best stuff, I’ve just honestly never understood it, I think I’ll pass on it. Just had to voice my thoughts I guess. Ride free….
I think Steph won 2 juniors. 9 – 8?
‘WSL Masters’ ..lol get fucked
What a cunt.
Is this an elaborate, veiled slight at Tyler’s femininity? She can’t even answer back on account of her current existential crisis. So low.
How long until some struggling mid-tier ‘QS guy ‘identifies’ as a ‘woman’ to get some of that sweet sweet equality?
Very convenient to have a woman win the women’s world title this year. Too convenient if you ask me…..
It is very weird how these things happen!
My thoughts exactly, what an accomplishment!
You can’t script this!
ALSO:
Abe Lincoln was elected congress in 1846.
JFK was elected congress in 1946.
Abe Lincoln had a secretary named KENNEDY.
JFK had a secretary named LINCOLN.
Lincoln was shot in a theater named KENNEDY
Kennedy was shot in a LINCOLN.
And then Steph Gil-MORE wins MORE world titles??? Illuminati.
You win
And no mention of egg muffins. Guy clearly has no idea about women’s surfing.
Well to be fair, Sophie’s not that new.
Oh and BTW Andrew, the WSL/Sophie had virtually nothing to do with surfing being in the Olympic Games. The WSL’s sole real world contribution to that project has been to make an agreement with the ISA/Fernando about how many WSL pros get pre-approved spots on national teams (18 out of the 40 spots). Indeed by the time Sophie got that job, the IOC had already signed off on surfing being in the Tokyo Games.
Extra versions of that pool was big on Sophie’s job description. How’s that going.