Surfer Serena Brooke makes waves in gay marriage debate

PROFESSIONAL surfer Serena Brooke and her partner share a home, finances and now twin daughters. But the couple, who are in a loving and committed relationship, say the future for couples like them looks grim. Brooke and her partner, artist partner Emma Sheldrake, said they had everything except the opportunity to be legally married in Australia. Prime […]

Surfers Against Suicide

SATURDAY 13TH APRIL 2013, THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS SURFER KELLY SLATER WILL JOIN NSW RUGBY STARS ON MANLY BEACH FOR A CELEBRITY SURFING COMPETITION. THE WARATAHS & KOMUNITY PROJECT SURF PRO AM TOURNAMENT, A JOINT INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE HSBC WARATAHS AND SURF BRAND KOMUNITY PROJECT, WILL BRING TOGETHER WORLD-FAMOUS SURFERS, RUGBY PLAYERS AND CELEBRITIES TO […]

Off Shore – a film by Sven Matten

Andi (27) has come to Fuerteventura to see his estranged father Chris, who left the family years ago to live on the island and hasn’t been heard from since. The local surfer clique welcomes Andi with open arms and he quickly falls for surfing instructor Tina, forming at the same time a reluctant friendship with […]

Creating Change

In the United States two major cases were before the supreme court this past week. Both addressing homosexuality and it’s place in this country. One is California’s Proposition 8 a law banning same-sex marriage. The second being DOMA, Defensive of Marriage Act. According to most polls, gay marriage acceptance is up over 55%. The fact […]

Shoot in Kiama – Out in the line up

This is a rough cut shot by our new camera-woman Kim Brick. We shot interviews and surfing footage of a group of lesbian surfers for he documentary “OUT in the line-up”, south of Sydney last week. The waves were small but the weather gave us all beautiful lights, sunrise, sunset, rain and clouds. And it […]

Gay Stereotypes and Gay Surfers

I recently read an article that was published by Surf Europe with regards to gay surfers. The article notes that there are very few gay or openly gay surfers and athletes in general. Through the article the author appears to point the finger at the “straight surfers” and their attitude towards gay people. I can’t […]

GS surf trip in Costa Rica

GaySurfers.net and Blue Trailz, a surf school and hostel owned by a GS member and his partner, have teamed up to organize a week full of surfing for members of GaySurfers.net and their friends from April 13-20, 2013 in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. LOCATION Tamarindo is one of the most popular surf destinations in Costa Rica. […]

Filmin in Santa Cruz March 29 – 31 2013

Members of the GaySurfers team are coming to the Santa Cruz and Capitola area to film for the documentary Out in the Line-Up www.outinthelineup.com March 29 – 31. We’re looking for local members who may want to be involved in supporting production of this important film. Some of the things we’re looking for… Suggestions of […]

“The gays are coming” by Surf Europe

Published by Surf Europe The gays are coming! If you pardon the pun, it seems that gay surfers are attempting to claim their rightful spot in the line-up. Now in the old days, right about now I’d insert a gag about going the backdoor. In the old days you see, gays just didn’t surf. Surfing’s macho […]

Best SUBMISSIONS of 2012

The best things about GaySurfers.net is the 4500 members around the world who have a passion for surfing, the ocean and creative expressions. We’ve picked some of the best submissions from the last 12 months and wanted to share them here. And to encourage you to share your own pictures, stories, artwork and ideas on […]

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