Olympics: Female surfers have overcome a long history of sexism in male-dominated sport
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Updated: 8:05 PM CDT Jul 19, 2021
SALLY HO
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Updated: 8:05 PM CDT Jul 19, 2021
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Yeah, right, That's right. Right, thrills and spills out among the thundering breakers. A headlong race to reach the beach. Yeah. If you have these kind of emotional connection to a space like we're talking about with Hawaiians and the ocean and was surfing in particular, then you become naturally protective and of it, especially when they're, you suffered with so much loss elsewhere. You look at dispossession of native wines from land, from government, from so many different things, then you, it would be natural just to want to hold onto the things that you have left going by right family always, you know, so it's a bit different, you know, I usually compete under the hawaii flag all year with the WsL, but um, I'm really like for me that's not a huge focus right now. I think that I can still represent both even if I'm not wearing the flag on my sleeve, I'm wearing it on my heart. I think that the hurt and the wounds go back really far. Um, I think the best thing that we can do is take the time to listen, to understand, to be empathetic and to try to make up for it the best that we can moving forward.