Global community for gay and lesbian surfers
Walking with my surfboard through the streets of Sydney towards that gathering crowd was a powerful experience. I was fuelled on by Joel Burn’s city council speech to gay youth ‘It gets better’. I was ready to stand for gay youth and promote acceptance. As a surfer, I was ready to stand against what I […]
Written by David Wakefield
Hawaii’s 19 year old John John Florence has won the 2011 ASP PRIME Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach to take the Triple Crown lead from Taj Burrow. Proving he is a versatile competitor and one of the leaders of progressive surfing in both big and small waves, Florence read the 6′ – 8′ […]
Written by David Wakefield
Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, is turning it on big time today with 6′-8′ barrels. The Vans World Cup of Surfing is well underway and the first 10 point ride of the contest has just been awarded to Hawaii’s Olomana Eleogram for an incredible stand up tube ride. Check it out live vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com
Written by David Wakefield
While the 2011 ASP Women’s Longboard World Title was being decided in the faraway land of China, Jettygirl met up with three-time women’s longboard world champion Cori Schumacher at her home break in Cardiff, California. Cori already surfs with beautiful style but add a special single fin surfboard shaped by Ashley Lloyd and it adds […]
Written by thomasadmin
As we celebrate, commemorate and continue to raise awareness on World AIDS Day, there is much loss to be mourned and much hope to be thankful for. To all people who have supported, loved, partnered, befriended, walked alongside and encouraged HIV positive people – thank you! To all people who have worked tirelessly in research and […]
Written by David Wakefield
Gay surfers can now surf Superbank on their way to the wedding ceremony. The Queensland parliament on Wednesday night passed a bill that will allow gay and lesbian couples to enter into legally recognised civil unions from early next year. Australian Marriage Equality National Convener Alex Greenwich said the new Queensland laws should pressure […]
Written by David Wakefield
2012 Mardi Gras, ‘gay and lesbian’ is out – ‘Sydney’ is in! 2011 saw members of GaySurfers.net make history by marching out and proud as queer surfers in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Marching to represent the diversity which exists in both surfing and the gay community, the quest was for greater […]
Written by David Wakefield
Surfers and whales are intrinsically linked – not just the fact that sharks take a bite of us both every now and again. Whales fascinate us, fill us with awe and move us to the point where we personally feel the loss when they are at risk or die. Robbins Thompson, a surfer, filmmaker and […]
Written by David Wakefield
HALEIWA, Hawaii (November 23, 2011) – West Australia’s Taj Burrow, a virtual veteran of pro surfing at 33 years of age, has claimed his first Reef Hawaiian Pro title in Hawaii to pocket $25,000 and take an early lead on the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing ratings. Burrow, who has been competing in Hawaii for […]
Written by David Wakefield
As surfers we all love to stare at photos of waves; big or small, most of us could mind surf anyone of them for hours. We also love to see our favorite pro and Joes risking it all for that perfect maneuver, death drop, or barrel shot – not to mention the wipeouts! However, what […]
Written by David Wakefield
Click here to see the original newsletter. Greetings GS members! We hope this November finds you exhausted from surfing too much, enjoying each other’s company and finding new connections through gaysurfers.net! This short newsletter will be dedicated to briefing you about ways you can contribute to the community through video submissions, graphic designing and artwork, […]
Written by thomasadmin
We are making a short video that contains footage from at least 20 different gay surfers. The reason being is to present who gay surfers are, and show through a video how diverse our lifestyles can be. The greater variety of lifestyles of gay surfers represented , the more accurate the image of GS. Michael, […]
Written by thomasadmin
Originally published by stabmag Two years ago, surfing’s greatest photo journalist disappeared from the scene. Fred Pawle investigates why. “On chemicals, especially those ecstasy things, it’s not just possible but highly probable that you’ll do something you otherwise wouldn’t do. On chemicals literally anything is likely and even acceptable – until ground zero the following […]
Written by thomasadmin
This article was published in Surf Session Magazine (november 2011). To read the original version in French click here There are gays everywhere, in every profession, in all sports. There are therefore also in the surfing world. Yet the line-up “not easy to meet other gays. “That’s why Thomas has created a community site for […]
Written by thomasadmin
Article publié par Surf Session Magazine (novembre 2011). To read the article in English, click here Il y a des gays partout, dans toutes les professions, dans tous les sports. Il y en a donc aussi dans le monde du surf. Et pourtant au line-up « pas facile de rencontrer d’autres homos. » C’est pour cela que […]
Written by thomasadmin
“Originally published by TRIP magazine Brazil – 24.10.2011 | By Sara Stopazzolli” – Thanks to Victor for the translation! Click here to read the article in Portuguese (original Version) The world of surf is way funnier than the stereotypes that are intended to us to believe – as a social network with more than 3.000 […]
Written by thomasadmin
The Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade (now called the Sydney Mardi Gras) will happen again in the streets of Sydney this coming march. After our awesome participation in the 2011 mardi gras the organizers asked us if we wanted to be part of it for a second consecutive year, but we did not find enough volunteers […]
Written by thomasadmin
A group of us gay surfers attended CoastOut gay beach festival the last weekend of October (28, 29 & 30 October 2011), at Coffs Harbour (Australia). A few of us participated in the first ever gay surf competition on the Saturday morning, David made it in the final!! He was the only gay surfer in the final […]
Written by thomasadmin
Uma comunidade virtual com mais de 3 mil surfistas gays espalhados por 81 países. “Originally published by TRIP magazine Brazil – 24.10.2011 | Texto por Sara Stopazzolli” Click here to read the article in English Version O mundo do surf é muito mais diverso do que os estereótipos nos fazem crer – como prova uma […]
Written by thomasadmin
Michael and David surfing at Diggers beach, video by Thomas Green… We will try to post some more videos soon… If you want to publish your videos, send an email to info@gaysurfers.net
Written by Michael
