SAN DIEGO — Women in surfing haven't always been equal, but an event coming up this Saturday in Balboa Park will explore that.
"So, this is how women were objectified back in the day. And today equal pay, same location on the Championship Tour," said Cori Brooks, Vice President on the board for the Women's Museum of California.
The "Women in Surf" event will start with a discussion panel.
"So, really, we're talking about how women got here, how pro surfing for women came to be in this year. Where we have a Commissioner who is a women, Jessi Miley-Dyer who is on the panel," Brooks said.
Joining her will be Jericho Poppler 1970 U.S. Champion Alyssa Spencer from Encinitas and currently on the Champions Tour competitor. and Izzy Tihanyi, co-Founder of Surf Diva Surf School
"With the panel I really want to let people know what the future looks like. I'm seeing girls nose riding beautifully, busting air, doing power moves and cutbacks."
Jim Kempton from the California Surf Museum will be the moderator.
"What I want to draw out from the women is a wide range of experience women have had with surfing. I think this will really open eyes of people who don't know much about surfing, the women's side of this amazing sport," said Kempton.
There will be a break with a taco bar before the screening of the movie "Girls Can't Surf" which shows how hard it was.
"The struggles that women in our past went through to be seen as equals. To be treated as equals to the men," he said.
At one point in the movie the women pro surfer's strike.
"They just went on the beach and sat there for a whole heat and that changed the whole dynamic. It said, hey we are worth something. I think that was a big moment," he said.
And the evening hopes to highlight those changes.
"We see these women motivated and working hard and getting paid the same, it's incredible," she said.
Women have always had a tough time in surfing but thanks to the World Surf League things are becoming much more equal.
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