Leah Dawson Might Save Women's Surfing - The Inertia

Watching Leah Dawson surf is mesmerizing. It's a dance. “My biggest compliment is not that I surf like a man, but that I surf like a woman,” says Leah. “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.” She smiles a lot, so that helps. But her movements are unique. And in getting to know her, whether overtly or not, it’s easy to decipher she has more ambitious plans that are naturally unfolding. Through her own resources and energy, she’s quickly becoming a modern ambassador for women’s surfing. “It makes my heart sing when I see other women out celebrating in the water and just playing and rejoicing,” says Dawson. “They’re not trying to do tricks, and they’re not trying to become number one in the world. They’re just going out for their daily medicine…As a lover of the sport I want to see women feeling more empowered to surf like a woman.” Dawson is also a storyteller. 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. And she has a strong opinion about the representation of women in surfing. It’s not about sex. It’s not about performance in the water. For Leah, it’s about soul – another word so thoroughly bastardized from overuse that it’s sometimes hard to recognize when we see it. In Leah, it’s boiling. And she’s not militant or overzealous about how she’s profoundly adjusting the narrative in championing women’s surfing. She’s just her. And that might be exactly what surfing needs. The Inertia: Surfing's Definitive Community // http://www.theinertia.com Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/TheInertiaYT Follow us! https://twitter.com/the_inertia https://www.facebook.com/TheInertia http://instagram.com/theinertia http://www.pinterest.com/theinertia/

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Watching Leah Dawson surf is mesmerizing. It's a dance. “My biggest compliment is not that I surf like a man, but that I surf like a woman,” says Leah. “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.” She smiles a lot, so that helps. But her movements are unique. And in getting to know her, whether overtly or not, it’s easy to decipher she has more ambitious plans that are naturally unfolding. Through her own resources and energy, she’s quickly becoming a modern ambassador for women’s surfing. “It makes my heart sing when I see other women out celebrating in the water and just playing and rejoicing,” says Dawson. “They’re not trying to do tricks, and they’re not trying to become number one in the world. They’re just going out for their daily medicine…As a lover of the sport I want to see women feeling more empowered to surf like a woman.” Dawson is also a storyteller. 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. And she has a strong opinion about the representation of women in surfing. It’s not about sex. It’s not about performance in the water. For Leah, it’s about soul – another word so thoroughly bastardized from overuse that it’s sometimes hard to recognize when we see it. In Leah, it’s boiling. And she’s not militant or overzealous about how she’s profoundly adjusting the narrative in championing women’s surfing. She’s just her. And that might be exactly what surfing needs. The Inertia: Surfing's Definitive Community // http://www.theinertia.com Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/TheInertiaYT Follow us! https://twitter.com/the_inertia https://www.facebook.com/TheInertia http://instagram.com/theinertia http://www.pinterest.com/theinertia/

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Zen-activités
Zen-activités - 6 years ago
Please take notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUp2d2tm_Lk&t=26s
Here is the new adress for the Alexander haro video.
Thank you
Pierre
Bon Summers
Bon Summers - 7 years ago
Pro surfing women need to be on different sorts of surf craft to really distinguish themselves from the guys.    Comparing the skills of the guys to the girls on the pro tour, the guys blow the girls out of the water on radical skill flow.    And so, it'd be great to see women surfing on different boards, to do a different style,… so that the pro women can be really distinctively different but at a high quality level, compared to the men's surfing.
Lamia Najjar
Lamia Najjar - 7 years ago
WoW ! Thank God for bringing Leah Dawson to earth! Such a beautiful soul and spirited surfer. Thank you for inspiring us. Love ❤️
Sutherland Surf Museum
Sutherland Surf Museum - 7 years ago
❤️
Hannah DeNoble
Hannah DeNoble - 7 years ago
fuck ya SURF LIKE A GIRL
Cencal Stem
Cencal Stem - 7 years ago
Keep on surfin like a woman..get em
Nancy Harvey
Nancy Harvey - 7 years ago
I love her style, definatly going with the flow.
Sarah Zeigler
Sarah Zeigler - 7 years ago
6 months ago this video first inspired me to start learning how to surf. It's been a steep learning curve and I've taken a lot of poundings and salt water up the nose. Yesterday I bought my first fiberglass longboard and got to experience gliding along the face of a green wave...and I have to say learning to surf has been the most worthwhile thing I've ever done! Thank you Leah!
Anthony Hinkson
Anthony Hinkson - 7 years ago
Such a rad women! Love what you are doing for surfing. I'd certainly love to see more women in the water here in Oregon. Love your style and your passion! Wish I could surf half as well as you!

10. comment for Leah Dawson Might Save Women's Surfing - The Inertia

Banzai Betty Depolito
Banzai Betty Depolito - 8 years ago
Leah, so talented! She can do it all too, short and long! Champion heart! Works hard and I believe with more Women in our industry that work harder we can have what ever we want!
Arthur Watts
Arthur Watts - 8 years ago
A soul surfer who looks like she couldn't give a hoot if a modelling agency never calls - refreshing, but its so far away from where the industry and the tour is today. T&A, sadly, still sells magazines and bikinis.
Ho Stevie!
Ho Stevie! - 8 years ago
"If someone watches me ride a wave, I want them, at the end of it, to have a boner"
Brooke Wright
Brooke Wright - 8 years ago
I'll be your mentee any day!
lavendersand
lavendersand - 8 years ago
What song is playing?
Fluid Floyd
Fluid Floyd - 8 years ago
Dropping in toes on the nose??? Awhoooo!!!
clarity2106
clarity2106 - 8 years ago
She just inspires me to surf freely.
moailine
moailine - 8 years ago
Thumbs up
Ed Morgan
Ed Morgan - 8 years ago
What is she on about?
fraser hamilton
fraser hamilton - 8 years ago
+Cama Kay exactly!
Cami
Cami - 8 years ago
+Ed Morgan what are YOU on about?
Waxfoot Surfshow
Waxfoot Surfshow - 8 years ago
If you like to have some tv time for of your video/film work I'd love to air it on my award winning, Waxfoot Surf Show broadcasting from beautiful downtown, Santa Cruz Calif on Ctv27 Comcast Cable , AT&T and also Charter Cable Systems Ch 73... Micheal. Producer,Camera/s, Editing and Audio. waxfootsurfshow@yahoo.com

20. comment for Leah Dawson Might Save Women's Surfing - The Inertia

DJMixomnia
DJMixomnia - 8 years ago
Her style is amazing <3
Hannah Lifelover
Hannah Lifelover - 8 years ago
Saludos desde Fuerteventura :)
pepperonimustache
pepperonimustache - 8 years ago
I am definitely more inspired after watching this :) thank you!
Az eddine Ajakka
Az eddine Ajakka - 8 years ago
niice video !!go ahead Leah Dason
bruno rosso
bruno rosso - 8 years ago
perfect! such a lady

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