‘If I can be that representation for younger swimmers, younger athletes growing up, then I’ve definitely done my job.’
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Selema Masekela on African surf culture and new book, ‘AFROSURF’
‘Yeah. For me, as a teenager, it [surfing] for sure saved my life. When I think of the things that I was struggling with and the angst that I was carrying, and identity shit that I was trying to figure out, family stuff, etc., it was the one place where I could go and just be so … even.’
Princess Ka‘iulani: a female pioneer of modern surfing
‘She kept on riding waves—and in so doing saved surfing for all generations to come.’
Appareltly: Volcom
The skate, surf, and swimwear brand is the first featured brand in our Appareltly series.
Black Sand Surf: an LA collective dedicated to surf culture
Black Sand is all about community, peace, and respect through surfing and the crash of the waves.
Black surfers in the Rockaways
‘There’s no racism out there’, says Harris of the ocean. ‘When you come out of that water, of course you go back to your life. But you lose yourself when you get into the waves.’
Why are Olympic swimming pools so fast?
Slight variations in water temperature or pool structure could be the difference between a podium finish or 4th place or missing out on a world record.
Robin Pacquing and her Great Lakes surf culture
Body positivity and surfing come together thanks to a Filipino Canadian surfer.
Black diversity in swimming: improvements needed
Black swimmers like Alice Dearing and Simone Manuel shouldn’t be the modern anomalies.
Outdoor swimming gained popularity during lockdown – but why?
There were some long-lasting upsides to the lockdown after all.
Shout out to Alice Dearing, the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics
Alice is 1 of only 3 Black British swimmers of any sex or gender to achieve this.
Best places to surf in Mexico
Surf’s up, Big Kahuna!
Cullen Jones on world records, diversity in swimming, and other sports
From nearly drowning as a child to Olympic gold, Cullen Jones has been through a hell of a lot to get to where he is today.
Nicó Morales on surfing, sport, and penguins
What can surfing penguins tell us about modern sport? Ask Nicó Morales.
Native Hawai‘ians never stopped surfing
Did White people revive surfing? A professor from Springfield, Missouri suggests otherwise.