![]() ![]() Each has developed a strong voice as a leader in surfing, and managed to do so on her own terms. In Summer of 2018, The Inertia traveled to El Salvador with Kassia Meador, Leah Dawson, and Lola Mignot, three outstanding women who are inspiring the next generation of ocean lovers through their alternative approach to both surfing and life. ![]() And she’s not militant or overzealous about how she’s profoundly adjusting the narrative in championing women’s surfing. For Leah, it’s about soul – another word so thoroughly bastardized from overuse that it’s sometimes hard to recognize when we see it. And she has a strong opinion about the representation of women in surfing. She makes compelling short films like Peanut Butter, a story about her relationship with a yellowed single fin that a lot of people might have thrown away. “If someone watches me ride a wave, I want them at the end of it to know that I’m in love with the ocean.”ĭawson is also a storyteller. “My biggest compliment is not that I surf like a man, but that I surf like a woman,” says Leah. Bethany Hamilton is a real life Super Woman of our times. Bethany Hamilton: UNSTOPPABLE is the untold story of the heart of a champion and her resilience against all odds to become one of the leading professional surfers of our time. More than a decade later, Hamilton, now a mother, undertakes her greatest challenge: chasing a toddler and the biggest wave of her career. But not only did Hamilton survive the attack, she was back on the competitive surfing circuit just a year later. Bethany Hamilton: UNSTOPPABLEīethany Hamilton: UNSTOPPABLE tells the story of surfer Bethany Hamilton, who at age 13 was out surfing when she was attacked by a 15-foot tiger shark, a run-in that cost Hamilton her left arm. Get your girlfriends to hit ‘play’ at the same time as you, it’s time for a movie night. Soon we’ll see you again Mama Ocean, soon. Keep the stoke alive with some epic surf flicks with some of the best female surfers on the planet. ![]()
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