Proper respect for Easkey Britton. She hops up on stage at the TEDx Dublin event and gives this unbelievably composed talk titled “Just Add Surf: the transformative power of surfing”. Man we get the shakes and stammers presenting to a room of 10 people let alone a zillion, which is how many people will see it once it’s channelled through TED’s wonder web. The talk is also super interesting touching on a heap of issues close to our hearts. Our favourite nuggets include:
– “how the ocean doesn’t care if you’re a man or women”
– “how some of the first surfers were women…in the 1700s records show Polynesian women surfing with men described by Western explorers as ‘equals to their male counterparts'”
– “how research shows a lack of female role models is a key issue of female participation in sport but there isn’t a lack of female role models [in surfing] just differing media access and coverage in sport and gender norms, how society expects men and women to behave, and how these norms really control our attitudes and behaviours” [thoughts we touch on here]
– “from connection arises passion which transcends language and culture”
Watch Easkey’s TEDx Dublin talk here:
