Girls Can't Surf
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It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. "Girls Can't Surf" follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, "Girls Can't Surf" is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.
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Edited by Julie Anne De RuvoShot by Anna HowardScored by Haydn WalkerDesigned by Sherree Phillips
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16 unique people credited
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Jolene Smith
as Self - Years on Tour 1984-1990
Jorja Smith Harmon
as Self - Years on Tour 1984-1990
Jodie Cooper
as Self - Years on Tour 1983-1993
Frieda Zamba
as Self - Years on Tour 1982-1992
Pam Burridge
as Self - Years on Tour 1980-1998
Wendy Botha
as Self - Years on Tour 1984-1993
Pauline Menczer
as Self - Years on Tour 1989-2005
Ian Cairns
as Former Pro Surfer
Nick Carroll
as Former Pro Surer
Jamie Brisick
as Former Pro Surer
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