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Here is the email that was sent to all the members of LIFESAVERS WITH PRIDE: Online community of Gay Surfers called GaySurfers.net, with more than 2700 members worldwide, is putting together the first ever “GaySurfers’ meeting” in Australia. It will happen in Bondi Beach, Saturday January 15th, 2011! Meeting at 10am down at the showers […]
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It’s been a while since I wanted to post something about yoga, which is my second passion after surfing… Here is a link to the best yoga for surfers videos that I hope you ll enjoy: click here When we decided to make Yoga for Surfers, we tracked down the best surfers in the world […]
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Social networking site to bring gay surfers together and maybe even change the tide in their favor MORGAN M. HURLEY – SDGLN COPY EDITOR November 22nd, 2010 AUSTRALIA — Thomas C. has been a surfer for most of his life and has traveled the world with his surfboard, but always found it difficult to meet […]
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The g-board has been shaped, then prepared for print. Shaper Michael SOULE and designer Mark have spent 4 hrs to tape the outline, paper mask it and then spray the (now famous blue) G on both sides of the boards (two coats)! Thanks to them both for the great work! I can’t wait to ride […]
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Check out the progress pics as the 1st g-board is being made by Michael Soule (from SOULE surfboards in Hawaii )
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THE gamble to stage Australia’s first gay and lesbian beach festival in Coffs Harbour, and the world’s first gay and lesbian surf comp, seems to have paid off with crowds of up to 1000 people at some events over the weekend. Festival organiser Todd Buttery said he was overwhelmed with the response from locals and […]
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The natives Hawaiian who invented surfing did it naked. When Mark Twain visited Hawaii in 1866 he wrote “In one place we came upon a large company of naked natives, of both sexes and all ages, amusing themselves with the national pastime of surfbathing.”
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“For all of the eye-opening experiences associated with the sport of surfing, there still seems to be very little mention or acknowledgment of surfing’s gay community,” says GaySurfers.Net Founder, Thomas C. (pictured in West Timor). Surfers like to travel, and, luckily, our nomadic tendencies give us the opportunity to learn about the world’s races, religions, […]
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Fred Pawle From:The Australian April 05, 2010 12:00AM THE objective of surfing magazines is simple: get readers “stoked” on the dreamy pursuit of perfect waves and a cool culture. They achieve this, albeit with shockingly low grammatical standards, making them the ideal promotional vehicle for the multi-billion-dollar surf industry. But, like all things, surfing is not […]
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I’m not sure if it’s just a recent trend or the result of years of forced apathy on behalf of surf publications, but issues of diversity have meandered onto center stage of the surf journalism theater as a result of Mick Fanning’s regrettable use of the phrase “f–king Jew” in a controversial Stab Magazine feature, and […]
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ENCINITAS – The controversial Cardiff surfing sculpture is a misunderstood piece that is meant to show a skilled surfer performing a difficult maneuver, the sculptor who created the piece said Tuesday. Some surfers say the statue misrepresents their sport, and that any decent surfer would never strike the pose sculptor Matthew Antichevich portrays in his […]
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Despite a groundswell of public support for leaving it alone, the “shark” that mysteriously encased the official surfer sculpture at Cardiff-by-the-Sea is set to be removed Tuesday by city workers, officials said. The shark was put in place under cover of darkness Saturday, appearing to eat the “Magic Carpet Ride” sculpture along South Coast Highway […]
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With its chill, let-it-all-hang-out image – and its show-off-that-bodacious-body beach environment – you’d think surfing would offer a welcome haven for gay men in the larger, often homophobic sports world. Think again. When a magazine article implied that rising star Cheyne Horan was gay, he lost endorsements and friends. When a top-ranked surfer Robbins Thompson’s […]
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CoastOut is the Coffs Coast’s premiere Gay, Lesbian and friends Festival! It is also the FIRST Beach Festival in the country of its kind. Experience Coffs Harbour and all its natural beauty. CoastOut is an Art, Sport, and Cultural festival, celebrating the diversity of our community. Sunday 31st October Park Beach Coffs Harbour Opens $38…
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Coffs harbour’s coastout festival is going to have everything: sun, surf, dance parties and – last but by no means least – it’s going to annoy the hell out of the local religious nuts. Story by nick cook. (Published by DNA magazine in Australia, August 2010) I stand with my toes at the dark line […]
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RYAN MILLER WAS SHARING A HOTEL ROOM at a Best Western In Vancouver, Canada, with his U.S. Pro Snowboard Tour teammates when his secret slipped out. The International Ski Federation s 2000-2001 race season was kicking off, and Miller s teammates were amped and ready to party. First stop that night was a strip joint. […]
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