Surf Family Travel

26/04/2016

LeeAnn's surfing is paired with Tom Curren's music.

02/02/2016

Been wanting to check out Karma Surf Retreat for awhile now. Hopefully this year.

These family-friendly adventure holidays answer the call of the wild – but are perfectly doable for a wide range of ages

25/12/2015

Happy Christmas

I’ve never met a surfer who said, “Yeah, I don’t need to do yoga.

21/12/2015

A list of the five most family friendly surf destinations for traveling surf families.

04/12/2015

In this mini documentary, follow a Santa Cruz father as he passes his stoke for surfing onto his daughter.

24/09/2015

My body is relearning its limits. There are muscles in my arms that were never there before, my skin is golden, and my heart is stretched to capacity.

24/06/2015

18/04/2015

I know the feeling!

As parents everywhere will know only too well, travelling with young children can be...

14/03/2015

What does happiness look like? If Jorge Tirado's latest surf video is any indication, it looks like a baby riding a wave for the very first time.

Tirado, who ha...

21/11/2014

...we'll leave the door open for you!

07/10/2014

All you ever wanted to know about Surfer's Ear but were afraid to ask...

04/09/2014

They call her The Flying Squirrel. She may well be the best six-year-old surfer and skater on the planet. Prepare to be gobsmacked.

http://www.carvemag.com/2014/08/six-year-old-girl-surfs-skates-better/ #.VAjqqLywLWI

http://vimeo.com/101483275 They call her The Flying Squirrel. She may well be the best six-year-old surfer and skater on the…

08/05/2014

Artwork by Zara Kent

16/04/2014

Mermaids - surfing weekend for women

Mermaids - surfing weekend for women

Hi Ladies

Once again we will be running our annual women’s surfing weekend in Lahinch, Co Clare. The 2014 Mermaids Women’s Surfing Weekend will take place on the 14/ 15 June. The weekend aims to provide women of any age with an opportunity to learn to surf or to improve their surfing with a team of women surf instructors. Activities planned include surfing lessons and coaching, presentations on surfing, fitness, nutrition, classes in exercise & fitness, yoga, laugher yoga, belly dancing and much more! If you would like to help with the planning and running of this event contact

We are planning to hit the East coast this year with a Women’s Stand Up Paddle weekend. This event will take place in Dún Laoghaire at the National Yacht Club on the 10/11 May. It will be similar to the Mermaids weekend, any women will be able to come along and try Stand Up Paddle, all equipment and women’s instructors provided.

If you are available to help with the surfing or stand up paddle weekend, or both, please let me know. We particularly need female surf instructors and any other volunteers available. If you can share this email with other women who would be interested in help or participating or with any media contacts you have, it would be much appreciated.

Hope to see you at one or both weekends.

Regards


Zoё Lally

Development Officer

Irish Surfing Association LTD, Easkey Surfing & Information Centre, Easkey, Co Sligo, Ireland

Office 096 49428

15/04/2014

Emerald Surfwear

Very true

Image: Brewer

02/04/2014

A Mighty Girl

13-year-old Mighty Girl Olive Bowers of Melbourne, Australia wrote an incredible letter calling out the Australian surfing magazine Tracks, which bills itself as "the surfers' bible," for its sexist representation of female surfers: "I want to bluntly address the way you represent women in your magazine. I am a surfer, my dad surfs and my brother has just started surfing. Reading a Tracks magazine I found at my friend's holiday house, the only photo of a woman I could find was 'Girl of the month'. She wasn't surfing or even remotely near a beach. Since then I have seen some footage of Stephanie Gilmore surfing on your website, but that's barely a start.

I clicked on your web page titled 'Girls' hoping I might find some women surfers and what they were up to, but it entered into pages and pages of semi-naked, non-surfing girls. These images create a culture in which boys, men and even girls reading your magazine will think that all girls are valued for is their appearance. My posse of female surfers and I are going to spread the word and refuse to purchase or promote Tracks magazine. It's a shame that you can't see the benefits of an inclusive surf culture that in fact, would add a whole lot of numbers to your subscription list.

I urge you to give much more coverage to the exciting women surfers out there, not just sc****ly clad women (who may be great on the waves, but we'll never know). I would subscribe to your magazine if only I felt that women were valued as athletes instead of dolls. This change would only bring good. - Olive"

Kudos to Olive for her astute observations and advocacy! We hope that TRACKS MAGAZINE and other sports magazines will listen to her thoughtful advice and feature more women athletes in their publications.

To read more in The Sydney Morning Herald about Olive's letter, visit http://bit.ly/1kq4TLg. Photo credit: Eddie Jim.

For books starring girls and women who loves sports, visit our "Sports & Games" section at http://www.amightygirl.com/books/general-interest/sports-games

This section includes a recent picture book, "Surfer Chick," for ages 3 to 7, about a young chicken whose dad teaches her to surf at http://www.amightygirl.com/surfer-chick

For more stories of both real-life and fictional girls and women confronting sexism and prejudice in a multitude of forms, visit our "Gender Discrimination" section at http://www.amightygirl.com/books/social-issues/prejudice-discrimination?cat=69

And, if your Mighty Girl is also an athlete, you can find girl-empowering t-shirts that show off her love of sports in our "Sports/Hobbies" t-shirt section at http://www.amightygirl.com/clothing?clothing_themes=145

30/03/2014

Emerald Surfwear

Happy Mother's Day Mums, M**s, Moms and Mothers everywhere

12/03/2014

Stop putting it off: Here’s how to travel with your kids

Stop putting it off: Here’s how to travel with your kids

Don’t overpack, be adventurous – and other tips from some of the web’s best travel bloggers.

18/02/2014

Hammock Plantation

Hammock Plantation

"Grab a hammock and relax...life is good!"
Hammock Plantation is a sweet little piece of paradise; Check us out!

07/02/2014

An Extraordinary Winter of North Atlantic Storms

An Extraordinary Winter of North Atlantic Storms

A time lapse of two and a bit months of swell, with even...

13/01/2014

photography by Saul Santos

Archipiélago Chinijo desde Lanzarote, una de las mejores vistas que tenemos en Canarias.

www.santossaul.com

13/01/2014

Sands Beach Hotel in Lanzarote

Plaza Sol early afternoon.

11/01/2014

Family Tides (2013)

One of the Original Surf Families...

A short 5 minute documentary on the owners of Troggs Surf Shop in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Ian Hill has a claim for one of if not the first man to surf in...

09/01/2014

Emerald Surfwear

Winter Storm Hurcules Billabong XXL roundup...some really great pics here

04/01/2014

George Karbus Photography

This is Lahinch promenade getting hammered by some heaviest ocean ever last night

24/12/2013

Viva Wyndham Tangerine

Check this out...

Viva Wyndham Tangerine is located in Cabarete, on the northern coastline of the Dominican Republic. Easy access to all the major airports and cities gives ou...

24/12/2013

We just spent two and a half weeks at this resort. It's a perfect Surf Family Travel destination.

Viva Wyndham Tangerine beach by day…

24/12/2013

Drowning Resuscitation for Surfers

Drowning Resuscitation for Surfers

A response to the treatment of Maya Gabeira. Covers basic drowning treatment for surfers. Collaborative effort by Lifeguards Without Borders and the European...

27/11/2013

Laird's Laws

Laird's Laws

17 commandments from the water god Laird Hamilton.

31/10/2013

New baby on the way!

Born to Surf!