Clear your calendar - It's going down! 2nd Annual International Women's Surfing Month kicks off on May 1st, and you're invited to take part in the festivities at your beach! Created by you or your organization, for you & the girls and women in your surf community for days of fun and sharing Waves. Come one, come all, and hang ten. This is going to be epic! RSVP and let us know you will join the celebration in your corner of the world!
EVENTS HAPPING IN MAY:
May 1: Opening Ceremony Paddle Out Dedication/ Dohney, Dana Point ,CA
May 2-3: Come find our tent at the 35th Annual Surf A'bout in Carmel Ca. Supporting all girls team!
May 15-17: Bingin, Bali Surf+SocialGood Summit
May 17: Girls Make Waves Day
May 30: Womens Surf & Yoga Clinic, Monterey, CA
May 31: Closing Ceremony TBA/ Monterey, CA
WHY – This month long event that will be held annually worldwide in the month of May. It is the first of its kind to recognize the contributions and collective significance of women of all ages riding waves around the world. Environmentally conscious this month will celebrate wave riding, its lifestyle and the importance of sustainability of ocean resources. It will give us an opportunity to connect and celebrate your stories. This years theme: Sharing Our Stories
Wave riding incudes, surfing, stand up paddling, body/boogie boarding, body surfing, kite surfing & wind surfing.
Another purpose of the celebration is to promote the popularity of riding waves, to attract new women to participate and to share these sports with the youth we influence.
The month is observed with beach days, surf contests, art and music events, barbecues, film screenings and other surf/ocean-related activities. Individuals and groups can also use the day to give back to the environment by organizing beach clean-ups, dune and other habitat restoration and other activities
We invite you to join and support the first Women's International Surfing Month. We will give you ideas and share collective ideas that you submit to inspire celebrations around the world. We will also provide you with downloadable graphics, logos and posters for you to promote this worldwide event.
TELLING OUR STORIES!
WHERE – Beaches Around the world, wherever you do your wave riding. Campaign in social media
Facebook: Women's International Surfing Month
@womensurfmonth
#womensurfmonth
WHO – The #womensurfmonth hashtag can be used by anyone who wishes to contribute to photos of wave riding girls and women in social media. Please contact us if you have existing photos that communicate the diversity of your life, lifestyle and professional contributions in wave riding. Tells us your stories that we can share thru social media and video.
The photos and stories we share make a difference to many of us to inspire us and for some allow us to feel less isolated.. The contributions of others will expand our perspectives. Through our combined effort of more female representation to the wave riding world, we have can encounter and truly celebrate our diversity as amazing girls and women.
The Wahine Project is a host of exceptional ability. Studies show that a vast majority of guests attending events by Wahine have been known to leave more elated than visitors to Santa's Workshop, The Lost of Continent of Atlantis, and the Fountain of Youth.
