Monsanto vs. Kelly Slater, Cyrus Sutton, Kyle Thiermann
At the end of March, Monsanto was taken to task by Kelly Slater (who recently left his longtime sponsor, and Monsanto-linked, Quiksilver), Cyrus Sutton and Kyle Thiermann on the company’s newly created...
View ArticleI Stand with Otis Carey
Ignorance and blindness are the foundations upon which racism is built. Plenty more houses are built upon ignorance and blindness, like sexism and homophobia. Perhaps one of the most misunderstood...
View ArticleRegarding Susan Sontag
Several years back, Maria and I went to an exhibition of the iconic work of Annie Leibovitz. Her work was revealing, powerful and utterly breathtaking to view outside the pages of magazines. This we...
View ArticleOn being “OUT in the Line-up” (radio interview)
This week, I joined Wes Terry during his radio show on All Action Sports Network to discuss the award-winning documentary OUT in the Line-Up and my personal experiences growing up as an aspiring...
View ArticleFixed link “On Being OUT in the Line-up…”
To subscribers: The original post that I sent out for Part 2 of the interview on All Sports Network yesterday was incorrect. I have since fixed the link in the original post. Part 2 of the interview...
View ArticleFLUX: Redefining Women’s Surfing (film event announcement)
FLUX: Redefining Women’s Surfing is a short film I assisted with (and am also in with young ripper Kahanu Delovio) alongside a talented crew of filmmakers from Chapman University for Project W. Sarah...
View ArticleAn Initiative for Change
For more info about Saturday’s screening of the film FLUX see the event announcement. And, coming soon… theinspireinitiative.org The post An Initiative for Change appeared first on ~Cori Schumacher:...
View ArticleSurf Splendor Interview (Podcast)
Last week I met up with David Scales of Surf Splendor for a conversation about everything from my many exits and returns in competitive surfing to burning journals to the film OUT in the Lineup to the...
View ArticleConstructing a History of Women’s Surfing
“Those who don’t preserve their history end up with their stories told incorrectly or not told at all. It’s incumbent upon all of us to know women’s surfing history and tell it whenever we can.” -Mary...
View Article“Riding Waves, Forging Communities”
“Two generations of feminists helped to build the sport, and now a more racially diverse, third generation looks to expand the women’s surfing community to numbers never before seen and with a...
View ArticleThe Desire for the Oceanic
“…they have this agility that enables them to fuse desire and action in one single movement, which frees them from ignoble gravity.”-Banville, Mémoires et pantomimes des frères Hanlon Lees “…speaks to...
View ArticleThoughts on a Surfeminism
A blank page, but not quite… more a palimpsest, and one set upon with intention. A skeleton of an idea (a kind of debouchment), and language as the only tool with which to flesh the bones. Ah! But this...
View ArticleSurfeminist Analysis of Gypsy Files-The Most Fearless
One task of Surfeminism is to analyze surf media and surf narratives. In this mode, we are able to distinguish Surfeminism from surf industry propaganda (often advanced second-hand by those who accept...
View ArticleRide the Wave to Victory
The image of surfing is often used to represent a certain kind of American global politics. This photo of Reagan illustrates the point nicely. So does Scott Laderman in his book Empire in Waves. The...
View ArticleROXY Pro Trailer: One Year Later
One year ago, the loudest and most visible conversation in surfing revolved around how women are represented by surf brands. Women of all ages, from every corner of the world and from every background...
View ArticleNº5: #theonethatIwant ?
The new advert for Chanel Nº5, which features Gisèle Bündchen digitally surfing on a wax-less, black board, is making its way through the surf-o-sphere with commentary about how cheesy it is, but it...
View ArticleA Visible History of Women’s Surfing
“A culture that cultivates silence for half of its population is not a healthy culture, even if the silence is unintentionally cultivated.” As a kid who was dragged along by my parents to events during...
View ArticleBoard of Media
Emma Shoesmith is a tow-headed, Brit firecracker who is currently living in London and studying at the University of Westminster. She has an infectious sense of humor, a deep-seated passion for action...
View ArticleVideo – FLUX: Redefining Women’s Surfing
FLUX: Redefining Women’s Surfing is a short film I assisted with (and am also in with young ripper Kahanu Delovio) alongside a talented crew of filmmakers, Sarah Lee, Chad King and Mia Montanile, from...
View ArticleGender Apologists and Opposites in Surfing
An increase in the visibility of apologist voices, propped up by a slowly wasting status quo, arrives in a culture at the moment a robust transition is beginning to gain traction. In the movement...
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