“The amount of times that happens is alarming.”
The inspirational two-time world surf champ Tyler Wright, who last graced these pages amid fears she will be executed if she competed at the upcoming Abu Dhabi surf event under that country’s strict Islamic penal code, has revealed the shocking violence she must contend with as a woman in the surf.
In a discussion with the University of Technology Sydney on “progress and challenges for women in surfing” and published on YouTube a few days back, Tyler says:
“I have been attacked by men in the water hit in the head, yelled at screamed at. The amount of times that happens is alarming. That’s not normal for a grown man to come and scream in your face.”
In the video, researchers Dr. Ece Kaya (UTS Business School) and Dr. Leila Khanjaninejad (UTS Transdisciplinary School) “examine these gender-based obstacles and propose solutions to create a more equitable environment.”
The chair of the Surf Coast Women’s Boardriders Club Ashika Kanhai, who is a climate lawyer from Fiji and is also featured, says, “There is a kind of underlying view of women assimilating to the preconceived ideas of the right type of board that you should have and the right type of way you should surf.”
Tyler then talks about being a teenager and the “creepiness” of being told sex sells by a thirty-six-year-old man.
Dr Ece Kaya says,
“We would like to see more women in the leadership positions. We would like to see them in the governing bodies, in the judging towers, we’d like them to be coaching more.”
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A self pitying, mal riding malcontent?
“If you going act like one man, I goin’ treat you like one man”- Johnny Boy Gomes
Yeh nah there is in fact plenty of grumpy dudes dropping in and cursing over chicks on the regular. See it all the time.
A decent gentleman will always let a girl go considering how outnumbered they are.
The only girl I ever saw get disrespectfed was “the pink bitch”, this annoying chick in a pink wetsuit who would paddle out in the torquay are and drop in on people.
How often do you actually see punches in the surf? And how often are women the target of those rounds? Finally, how often are female world champs getting hit (and NO ONE hears about it other than a timely anecdote to support some story)? Fucking bullshit from this one every time there’s a microphone.
I bet this never happens to Carissa Moore, Coco Ho or Steph Gilmore. Its amazing what being a good human does for the mood of surrounding people. I’d buy any of those three a HamSammish.
Hey Tyler, PERHAPS ITS YOU!!!!!!!!!
No HamSammish for you.
When Ty eventually wakes up she will realise there’s a bigger game in play here.
When where why was she hit in the head
I would not yell at her she looks like a bit scrappy
Tyler story, 76 comments, Kelly 50
Who’s the real winner,,,,,,
Stop snaking others in the lineup and the “getting yelled at” will magically disappear.
off w/ someone’s head…?
reverse cowboy…but use caution~
Haven’t really been here for ages – what a great little re intro of a story!!
Saw Tyler before Xmas at local here – she had parked her Ranger ute in fairly busy car park over 2 spots – 1 for her car and 1 for her to do a rubber band workout pre surf!!
No sign wifey nor video backslappers
She looked to grumpy to engage – so i did not – perhaps waiting for violence, and besides i knew her airway a little restricted to enter into a long conversation with me
Now i couldn’t give a fuck really, but I was waiting for someone to run her over doing her stretches, as car spots were in demand
I surfed a separate bank saw she did seem to be on a few further north but couldnt tell if she was screamed at or attacked, which statistically could and should have happened
With the event of surf schools and the surf mums n dads pushing kids into waves at the peak, this getting yelled at by older competent surfers is not going to go away if anything it will just get worse, add a couple of thousand euro back packers living their 2-year surfing best life experience and it gets even more fucked up, bring on the wave pools if you don’t like sharks don’t like getting yelled at can’t read a line up or swim worth a shit head to the regulated pools and leave real ocean surfing to actual surfers.
Yehaaa, finally a great comment without the misogynistic undertones of the other bottom dwellers lurking about here.
How is Tyler at
1.) Washing dishes
2.) Preparing food
3.) Cleaning the house……..
Probably better than a divorced grumpy white guy living on Macdonalds.
Don’t be ashamed of your heritage. I heard u guys have white privilege, but u should give up the fast food…
More drivel
drink up all you people. I’ll need one to get thru…employing delayed gratification and am counting on some quality responses. victimization has already been covered in todays’ news. and it’s not funny. yeti~
You’re funny tho
pass it om~
🍿👇 😂
So… DR churns a cliche for his audience and extracts the clicks…
But seriously..
the “chick’s have everything now” narrative in the responses is the grist. We find that equality is oppression to the entitled…. and the suggestion that lesbian and/or female surfers do not suffer prejudicial treatment these days is disingenuous.
Sure… Tyler may have what some view as a charmed life, but I think that perspective says more about the commentary than the reality of her existence.
I mean… how could you know?
The context of a university lecture presents a hypothetical basis for any assertions, and the delivery is self-evidently anecdotal.
The cliche exposes the cliched
But she did live and does live in a dwelling where hot water instantly spurts out of walls and then dissapears magically thru a hole in the floor.
That we know factually
why nipples? and not surf festivals?
Because nipples are better
Oh which cliche got turned? ! I think the reporting is very straight in this particular instance.
I was wondering if in your interview with jed, was it deliberate to never once mention Beach Grit?
I just followed Jedaum’s lead! Thought it leaned a little too much towards ol Stab days, but I guess it’s part of the story.
Enjoyed the yarn about fingering a chic on the beach. Some depth to that pod though. Cheers
I wonder if she recounts with the same joy and wonder the sweaty digit of a twenty year old editorial assistant sluicing back and forth.
The bastard child
I was thinking the same!
you should have a much greater audience~
Are you suggesting that it’s ok for men to be shouted at but not women?
Nice try … I am suggesting that the endlessly recycled retort that it’s too easy for women in previously male dominated environments is evidently erroneous.
You’re welcome to come to the oil rig where I work and see how women fare in a male dominated environment. Amazingly, everyone is “super helpful and friendly”.
It’s easier for them but we get to stare at their asses while ascending the stairs so it’s a fair trade off.
Maybe Tyler really has been whacked in the surf. I’ve never seen women hassled, and there is a far higher tolerance for female beginners dropping in. A pimply teenage boy is gonna cop it both barrels. A teenage girl, doubtful.
Have you ever had the pleasure of surfing with Tyler? I would assume she gets yelled at each and every time she paddles out. The only more annoying and rude people to surf with are Italo or Gabe.
But interestingly her brother Owen is fun to surf with. Takes turns, smiles the whole time, and rips the bag out of his waves. So I would say Tyler may not have learn her surfing behavior, that makes grown men yell, from her dear old dad that she says was so toxic as a parent or her brothers. She just sucks at being cool.
She used to dance before heats, happier times i guess.
I have no idea but I’m going to upvote you through reportage of your experience.
I’ll upvote you for your honesty xx
Too kind