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The Evolution Of Women 's Surfing

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The Evolution of Women 's Surfing
Madison Ronnow
Since the beginning of time, women have felt as if they are inadequate to hold positions of power in competition with men. As a entity women have joined together in an effort to push through barriers put up by society. Motivated by their aspirations to be of equal status as men, women have accomplished many great things. In the book Mavericks by Matt Warshaw, there is a section where he talks about how women were not prevalent in surfing and were told that they shouldn 't be allowed to be big wave surfers. The following information will shed some light on the most pivotable movements accomplished by women, and events in surfing that changed the sport for women across the globe.
Mavericks is a surfing location in Northern California known for its record breaking waves caused by an unusually shaped rock formation. Very few big wave surfers chose to ride these waves because of the hazardous, sometimes deadly, conditions. Jeff Clark, otherwise known as the Mavericks Man, was the first man to ever surf Mavericks and continued to be the only man to ride the waves for several years. Clark was 17 the first time he went out and surfed Mavericks; the first day he surfed at Mavericks the waves topped out at 25 feet. In 1999 the first “Titans of Mavericks” was held, a surfing contest at Mavericks, 24 big wave surfers were asked to compete. The contest is held every year

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