Global community for gay and lesbian surfers
Raja Shortel (from Maui) died yesterday on Sept 30th 2013 at 5:30 am The Gay Surfers group from Los Angeles organised a paddle out at Topanga Beach (Los Angeles) I met Raja when I travelling to Maui a few years ago and he was an amazing guy, he had 5 jobs at the time, 3 […]
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An opportunity exists for an Assistant Editor to join a documentary crew on a project exploring the taboo of homosexuality in surfing. This position is voluntary but presents the opportunity to gain a credit on a feature documentary for theatrical and broadcast release. You would be working directly with Campbell Wilson, a documentary editor with […]
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Two Olympians representing Canada’s Olympic Team marched in Vancouver’s Pride Parade today. Canadian Olympic officials say it was an effort to spread a message of tolerance, acceptance and diversity in light of Russia’s anti-gay laws and the upcoming 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Alpine skier and 2010 Olympian Mike Janyk and two-time Olympian snowboarder Mercedes […]
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NEW YORK — Russian vodka and the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For now, those are the prime targets as gays in the United States and elsewhere propose boycotts and other tactics to convey their outrage over Russia’s intensifying campaign against gay-rights activism. At many gay bars across North America, owners have joined a campaign to […]
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Help us release the film! Our feature length documentary that looks at surfing through the eyes of the gay community and the shapers of surf culture, is about to take off. We’re splashing across the screen, joyous, being seen and heard instead of being made invisible. But that’s only in our editing room right now. Now, we need […]
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We’re pleased to be among the participants at the 2nd annual Nike LGBT summit next week in Portland and meeting people from college and professional sports, media, sports organizations and athletes all committed to ending LGBT bias in sports. As part of the conference we’ve been asked to consider three questions. We have […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Written by Don
The team from GaySurfers.net will be filming scenes for the documentary Out in the Line-Up at the Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast from March 9 – 13. We’re in need of an experienced cameraman to join our team and help capture the action. There’s no pay, but you get press passes to get into […]
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Originally Published on warhol.org Andy Warhol is widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, and he brought the vision of a successful artist to his filmmaking activities. He produced more than 4,000 reels of film between 1963 and 1971, when the works were withdrawn from circulation. It […]
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Originally Published by pinkisthenewblog.com Remember earlier this month when we learned that cable sports network ESPN aired a celebratory same-sex kiss between a champion professional bowler and his husband? Well, today we learn that Sports Illustrated, THE most popular sports magazine, has also ventured into the realm of the celebration of gay kissing. In the new issue of SI, […]
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http://youtu.be/eOSqRa7dAiA President Obama made history in his inaugural address today mentioning the word “gay” and the issue of gay rights for the first time in a speech at the presidential swearing in. “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law for if we are […]
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A equipe de Gaysurfers.net está planejando uma visita ao Brasil para filmar o documentário Out in the Line-Up. As filmagens serão realizadas de 7 a 21 de outubro de 2013 em praias do Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Florianopolis. Estamos procurando voluntários interessados em participar deste projeto. Existe uma série de formas de participar, […]
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As one of the younger members of GaySurfers.net, we’d like to invite you to be a part of our upcoming documentary Out in the Line-up (www.Outinthelineup.com) and appear on camera in the film. We’re looking for stories of young surfers (under 25 years old) who have pursued their love of the sport and are dealing […]
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2012-12-ByronBay 2014 from Gay Surfers on Vimeo. Happy New Year! We’re excited to be entering 2013 with over 4,400 gay surfers registered on our site, initial filming done on our documentary, and new team members to help drive our vision for the future. Our mission remains the same, to promote acceptance, tolerance and freedom for […]
Written by Don
To the chagrin of many surfers who feel they have found the perfect undiscovered surf location, an internet site turns around and spreads the word like gossip in a high school hallway. Sites such as globalsurfer.com, surfline.com and magicseaweed.com already offer extensive databases of thousands of breaks throughout the world. These sites address the most […]
Written by Brian
This year’s London Surf Film Festival showcases the sport in all its extremes, from big waves and beach dudes to riders braving the Arctic winter – but where are the women surfers? Originally published by The Guardian Monday 8 October 2012 11.42 BST Surf films tend to fall into two camps: either pro riders surfing […]
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