Category: Articles

Article published in GQ magazine – by GABE BERGADO For many queer people, it’s hard to find spaces where we feel like we can thrive and be ourselves. Many of us find pride in nightlife; others meet fellow LGBTQ people through gay sports leagues, an opportunity to find chosen family while playing kickball or water polo. So the […]

Written by Gary Nunn – Originally published by the GUARDIAN. “Surfers go to south Bondi, backpackers, families and people from western Sydney go in the middle, then gays go to north Bondi.” The advice Dan Murphy was given upon arriving in Sydney from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in 2003 is an unspoken rule. For Australia’s famous […]

Homophobie im Sport ist nach wie vor ein großes Thema – dass aber sogar Surfer, die ja eigentlich als alternativ und offen gelten, schwule Wellenreiter diskriminieren, hättest du wohl nicht gedacht. Ein Franzose setzt sich jetzt dagegen ein. Article published by reisereporter.de – Written by Justus Wildhagen Thomas Castets ist schwul, und er surft. Als der gebürtige […]

Van Dyke, Fred: The Peril of Surf. Life Australia, 1 April 1968. Photographs by Neil Leifer [Sports Illustrated], Leroy Grannis, Dr. Don James, Ron Church, George Silk and David Moore. Introduction In this article, apparently only published in the Australian edition, Fred Van Dyke recalled his years of commitment to big-wave riding and reflected on […]

Surfing: the sport of freedom? We often talk about how surfing is freedom, surfing is joy, surfing is an alternative lifestyle and a pure means of self expression. But many surfers still don’t feel so free: surfers who happen to be gay. Originally published by Caitlin Creeper on https://saltysoulsexperience.com/gay-surfers-2/ As the blog editor of a company that teaches […]

Hint: There is none. Article published by Stab Mag At a professional level, men surf better than women. Maybe it’s the result of a decades-long support deficiency. Or the difference in hormones and, more specifically, the impact those hormones have on the mind and body. In mind, testosterone has been linked to aggression (it worked […]

In a recent STAB interview, pro surfer Matt Wilkinson (AKA Wilko) shows the rainbow car he was given by Holden to drive around in Byron Bay, to promote equality during Mardi Gras. Thanks to Holden and Wilko for embracing and supporting diversity in Surfing! Full video here http://stabmag.com/stabcinema/matt-wilkinson-if-micro-wasnt-here-id-be-golfing/ Beach Chair: Matt Wilkinson from STAB on […]

“Being good to yourself and finding community can be a powerful form of activism”by Keph Senett This week, a group of surfers will hit the beach in Florianópolis, Brazil, for what’s known amongst participants as “gay surf camp.” This year’s retreat may be the most important yet—and the reason has little to do with the […]

An article about GaySurfers.net and OUT in the line-up in TIMEOUT magazine Portugal September 2016 To visit the GS group for PORTUGAL go to https://www.gaysurfers.net/groups/portugal/

New magazine GLC reviewed “OUT in the line-up” as one of the 4 feature articles in the Summer issue “SURFS UP” By: Article By:Dan Cox For full Article Download Visit http://issuu.com/glcmag/docs/glc_final_june2015_2 Thomas Castets is passionate about surfing. As a gay man, he be came frustrated with losing his straight counterparts to marriage and fatherhood. Castets […]

A new documentary shines a light on gay surfers around the world, and finds secret lives, struggles for sponsorship – and even suicides Written by Will Coldwell, Originally published by theguardian.com When Thomas Castets sat down at his computer in Sydney four years ago and began writing a blog, he had one modest aim. “I […]

Almost four years ago, an article from a gay surfer named Thomas arrived in my inbox. The piece detailed his experience navigating the nuanced and often-hypocritical norms of surf culture as a homosexual man. His experience was so lopsided – weighted by generally homophobic behavior – that he was honestly unsure if any other gay surfers existed […]

  Look out there in the lineup. What do you see? Is it replete with svelte übermen with sculpted torsos whose predatory heterosexuality is written on their very being? Probably not. But look in the mainstream surf mags and industry image factories and you’d be forgiven for thinking surfing was the creed of some genetically […]

A new surf film has shone light on a lesser-known side to the surf community. Cynthia Krueger investigates why prejudice is still engrained in surfing today Read more at http://mpora.com/articles/why-arent-there-more-out-gay-surfers#gEHxcb84PL7D7UuW.99 When I began surfing in earnest eight years ago, the first women I met in the ocean were gay. I didn’t think much of it, since […]

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By Rhea Mahbubani @ the Daily Pilot All it takes is one look at Thomas Castets for people to arrive at a conclusion — he must have a girlfriend. The sun-kissed surfer is then forced to drop somewhat of a bomb on them. “People just assume I’m straight,” Castets, 36, said. “So every time I […]

Un día Thomas Castets se hizo una pregunta que toda persona se ha hecho en algún momento: ¿Habrá alguien más como yo en el mundo? En las últimas décadas Internet ha facilitado esta búsqueda de intereses afines y ha generado vínculos improbables entre gente que jamás se hubiera encontrado de otra manera. Castets, entonces, buscó todas […]