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Still, since the 1970s, experienced surfers have risked their lives to paddle out from the coast to surf the waves, which tower as high as 60 feet during winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772297\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11772297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-800x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contestants at the 2008 Mavericks surf contest. \u003ccite>(Flickr Creative Commons: Steve Jurvetson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The window of time for the contest to happen is from Nov. 1 to March 31, and because a perfect storm of weather conditions is needed for the contest (big enough waves, no fog and not windy), surfers are typically given only a day or two of advance notice before the competition’s start. Coupled with the complex process of obtaining a slew of permits from the California Coastal Commission, the San Mateo County Harbor District, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, a business license from San Mateo County, a lease from the State Lands Commission and coordinating road closures with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, the Mavericks contest has never been an easy competition to host.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Hawk, former editor of Surfer Magazine, says he wasn’t surprised the contest was canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult for a sponsor to stay on board for an event that might or might not run every year,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the contest has been held 10 times since 1999, and each year tourists flocked to the area to watch the surfers from shore (and later from a parking lot with a Jumbotron feed.) And the local economy noticed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11772289 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Half Moon Bay Brewing Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mary Oldham, director of marketing at Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., was “very encouraged” when the World Surf League took charge of the Mavericks competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We welcome the surf contest and what it brings to us and our community,” she adds. And while she understands the difficulty of sponsoring an event so beholden to bureaucracy and Mother Nature, Oldham acknowledges the brewery and other businesses along the coast will lose revenue if the event doesn’t happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz-based Arrow Surf & Sport owner Bob Pearson makes custom surfboards for many of the surfers who ride and compete in Mavericks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Personally, financially, yes [the cancellation] will hurt me … but I’m still going to be making a lot of [boards] for the people who just love surfing big waves,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He contends that the competition didn’t happen because there was “flat-out … not enough money to see this thing through,” and is adamant that when it comes to the possibility of a new sponsor picking up the contest, “it’s got to be run professionally or not at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11772287\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professional surfer Bianca Valenti rides a wave at Mavericks. \u003ccite>(Katherine Zacarian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bianca Valenti has surfed at Mavericks hundreds of times — but never as an official contestant. For the last five years, the professional surfer has been crusading for Mavericks to open its competition to women. So when she got the news that this year’s contest was canceled, she was “so sad and shocked.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was assuming we were good to go. This is the world’s Surf League. They’re the biggest league in surfing.” she says, referring to the confidence she and other surfers felt about the management of this year’s contest. “I think every single athlete is bummed … we always want the opportunity to perform on the world’s greatest stages … and Mavericks is one of the world’s greatest stages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite her disappointment, Valenti is hopeful that it’s not too late to create some good out of the bad news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter what, I know that my commitment is to keep catching big waves and to use them to advocate for equality and for opportunities for athletes,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the surfing community is certainly disappointed that the Mavericks surf contest was canceled so close to the start of the season, many say there is no doubt that there will still be people surfing the massive waves come winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Contest or no contest, if they get a swell that is big enough … there are still going to be dozens of amazing surfers in the water. It’s not like the place isn’t going to be ridden,” Valenti says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the future of the Mavericks contest, right now that’s as murky as a 60-foot wave.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Twenty years after the first competition was held off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Northern California’s annual Mavericks surf contest has been canceled indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The World Surf League delivered the news on Aug. 30, along with the announcement that it would be revamping its circuit of big-wave surf competitions overall. In its press release, WSL cited “various logistical challenges, as well as the inability to run the event the last two seasons” as reasons for the cancellation. WSL took over as sponsor of the Mavericks contest in 2017 when the previous organizer filed for bankruptcy. Bad weather conditions prevented the contest from happening in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mavericks is infamous for its massive swell and unforgiving — sometimes fatal — conditions, from frigid water temperature to rocky ocean floor. Still, since the 1970s, experienced surfers have risked their lives to paddle out from the coast to surf the waves, which tower as high as 60 feet during winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772297\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11772297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-800x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38901_2188267971_4c9299e7a7_b-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contestants at the 2008 Mavericks surf contest. \u003ccite>(Flickr Creative Commons: Steve Jurvetson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The window of time for the contest to happen is from Nov. 1 to March 31, and because a perfect storm of weather conditions is needed for the contest (big enough waves, no fog and not windy), surfers are typically given only a day or two of advance notice before the competition’s start. Coupled with the complex process of obtaining a slew of permits from the California Coastal Commission, the San Mateo County Harbor District, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, a business license from San Mateo County, a lease from the State Lands Commission and coordinating road closures with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, the Mavericks contest has never been an easy competition to host.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Hawk, former editor of Surfer Magazine, says he wasn’t surprised the contest was canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult for a sponsor to stay on board for an event that might or might not run every year,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the contest has been held 10 times since 1999, and each year tourists flocked to the area to watch the surfers from shore (and later from a parking lot with a Jumbotron feed.) And the local economy noticed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11772289 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38900_Half-Moon-Bay-Brewing-Company-2019-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Half Moon Bay Brewing Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mary Oldham, director of marketing at Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., was “very encouraged” when the World Surf League took charge of the Mavericks competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We welcome the surf contest and what it brings to us and our community,” she adds. And while she understands the difficulty of sponsoring an event so beholden to bureaucracy and Mother Nature, Oldham acknowledges the brewery and other businesses along the coast will lose revenue if the event doesn’t happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz-based Arrow Surf & Sport owner Bob Pearson makes custom surfboards for many of the surfers who ride and compete in Mavericks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Personally, financially, yes [the cancellation] will hurt me … but I’m still going to be making a lot of [boards] for the people who just love surfing big waves,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He contends that the competition didn’t happen because there was “flat-out … not enough money to see this thing through,” and is adamant that when it comes to the possibility of a new sponsor picking up the contest, “it’s got to be run professionally or not at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11772287\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS38897__DSC1485-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professional surfer Bianca Valenti rides a wave at Mavericks. \u003ccite>(Katherine Zacarian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bianca Valenti has surfed at Mavericks hundreds of times — but never as an official contestant. For the last five years, the professional surfer has been crusading for Mavericks to open its competition to women. So when she got the news that this year’s contest was canceled, she was “so sad and shocked.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was assuming we were good to go. This is the world’s Surf League. They’re the biggest league in surfing.” she says, referring to the confidence she and other surfers felt about the management of this year’s contest. “I think every single athlete is bummed … we always want the opportunity to perform on the world’s greatest stages … and Mavericks is one of the world’s greatest stages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite her disappointment, Valenti is hopeful that it’s not too late to create some good out of the bad news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter what, I know that my commitment is to keep catching big waves and to use them to advocate for equality and for opportunities for athletes,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the surfing community is certainly disappointed that the Mavericks surf contest was canceled so close to the start of the season, many say there is no doubt that there will still be people surfing the massive waves come winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Contest or no contest, if they get a swell that is big enough … there are still going to be dozens of amazing surfers in the water. 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"content": "\u003cp>Women surfers scored a big win in California last year when an obscure government commission decided it would only lease a public beach to the Mavericks global surf competition if men and women were awarded the same amount of prize money. Experts said the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-forcing-equal-pay-female-surfers-precedent/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">precedent\u003c/a> could compel equal pay at marathons, bike races, skateboard contests — any athletic events on public land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawmaker put the idea into \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB467\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a bill\u003c/a> that, if approved, would require equal prize money for men and women at any sporting event on state-owned property. It all seemed to be good news in the long fight for gender equality for women athletes, whose male peers have long been paid far more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a push to go further is opening a broader debate over how to advance equality for women in male-dominated sports — and whether all-female competitions should be open to men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arguing that the bill inspired by their victory doesn’t go far enough, some of the same women who fought for equal prize money at the Mavericks surfing competition want the bill also to require that all sporting events on public land include categories for both men and women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Long term, that will be best for women athletes and encourage girls to stick with the sport and become pro athletes and get the money they need to do that,” said Sabrina Brennan, co-founder of the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing, the group that pressured state regulators first into including women at the Mavericks surf challenge and then into requiring equal prize money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group advocates for separate divisions for men and women, not co-ed competitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, including both genders at all sporting events on public land would not only mean adding women’s divisions to all-male competitions. It also would do away with all-female sporting events that were created to provide unique opportunities for women and girls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11735059\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Photo-2-800x925.jpg\" alt=\"Allysha Le competes at Exposure Skate, a women’s skateboarding contest in Encinitas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11735059\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Photo-2-800x925.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Photo-2-160x185.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/Photo-2.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allysha Le competes at Exposure Skate, a women’s skateboarding contest in Encinitas. \u003ccite>(Lauren Muller/Exposure Skate)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That threat is raising a debate between those, like Brennan, who argue that single-sex athletic events perpetuate inequality, and others who say they empower women in sports dominated by men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our event makes it a safe space for women and girls to participate,” said Amelia Brodka, co-founder of Exposure Skate, which puts on an all-female skateboarding competition at a public park in Encinitas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brodka said she started the event after several skateboarding contests canceled their women’s divisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It creates something that is needed to build these girls and women up,” she said. “The men have a million events they can participate in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Encinitas Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner Horvath wants to preserve events like that, which is why she’s resisting pressure to expand her bill focused on prize money to also require inclusion of both genders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My strong feeling is that when we compensate women equally, that will translate into greater equality and inclusion across the board. We don’t have to legislate inclusion at this point,” said Boerner Horvath, a Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we see in a few years that women are shut out of large events then we will address that. We will be tracking to make sure we have the maximum amount of gender equality and equity on our public lands,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco surfer Bianca Valenti acknowledged the camaraderie of all-female events but said requiring inclusion of both genders is the only way to give women more opportunities to compete. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Women surfers scored a big win in California last year when an obscure government commission decided it would only lease a public beach to the Mavericks global surf competition if men and women were awarded the same amount of prize money. Experts said the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-forcing-equal-pay-female-surfers-precedent/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">precedent\u003c/a> could compel equal pay at marathons, bike races, skateboard contests — any athletic events on public land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawmaker put the idea into \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB467\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a bill\u003c/a> that, if approved, would require equal prize money for men and women at any sporting event on state-owned property. It all seemed to be good news in the long fight for gender equality for women athletes, whose male peers have long been paid far more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a push to go further is opening a broader debate over how to advance equality for women in male-dominated sports — and whether all-female competitions should be open to men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arguing that the bill inspired by their victory doesn’t go far enough, some of the same women who fought for equal prize money at the Mavericks surfing competition want the bill also to require that all sporting events on public land include categories for both men and women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Long term, that will be best for women athletes and encourage girls to stick with the sport and become pro athletes and get the money they need to do that,” said Sabrina Brennan, co-founder of the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing, the group that pressured state regulators first into including women at the Mavericks surf challenge and then into requiring equal prize money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Bianca Valenti conquered 20-foot waves at a surfing competition in Mexico this summer, winning first place in Latin America’s first big-wave contest to include women. Her prize: $1,750. The surfer who won the men’s division at the same competition walked away with four times as much prize money: $7,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Valenti, of San Francisco, competes on the shores of Northern California in the famous Mavericks surfing challenge this winter, she’ll be eligible for the same amount of prize money as the men. Why? Because the state of California insisted on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Hollywood, tech and many other industries, the sports world is being forced to confront its historic practice of \u003ca href=\"https://sportsmanagement.adelphi.edu/resources/infographics/a-look-at-male-and-female-professional-athlete-salaries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paying women less than men\u003c/a>. Though the ranks of female athletes have grown dramatically since 1972, when federal law, through Title IX, began prohibiting gender discrimination in schools and colleges, pay gaps remain huge in most sports. Basketball and golf have struggled for years with pay equity issues, and female players have \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/sports/soccer/uswnt-us-women-carli-lloyd-alex-morgan-hope-solo-complain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued\u003c/a> U.S. Soccer for wage discrimination, arguing they’re paid 40 percent of what their male counterparts earn, despite outperforming them on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s unusual with the Mavericks surf competition is that the government—a state commission, in this case—preemptively stepped in to compel equal pay as a condition of holding the event. Experts said they couldn’t think of a similar situation in another sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Mavericks case could set a precedent for local governments to demand equal pay in any sporting event held on public property, said David Berri, a professor of economics at Southern Utah University who researches gender in sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In any event where you are going across public land, then any government entity could say, ‘You have to make this equal,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the lead set by some \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/equal-pay-for-equal-play-what-the-sport-of-tennis-got-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tennis\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/05/12/83075/tour-of-california-will-award-equal-prize-money-to/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cycling\u003c/a> competitions, the World Surf League, which runs the Mavericks contest near Half Moon Bay, announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-world-surf-league-wsl-announces-prize-money-equality-300707417.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new plan\u003c/a> this week to pay men and women equal prize money starting on Oct. 1. It came after an obscure three-person state panel indicated last month that it would lease the public beach for Mavericks only if women and men are awarded the same prize money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The waves do not discriminate,” the staff of the State Lands Commission wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/StateLands_Mavericks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an unusually blistering report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Male athletes are surfing and competing on the same waves as the female athletes. There doesn’t appear to be any reasonable justification to treat prize compensation differently.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission—which includes prominent Democratic politicians Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Controller Betty Yee—hasn’t yet voted on the issue because the league \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/24/equal-pay-or-no-one-plays-big-wave-women-draw-line-in-the-sand-at-mavericks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled\u003c/a> its application for the lease when the report came out. But the panel was likely to approve the equal pay requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe there ought to be gender equity with respect to the purposes of any use of our state lands,” Yee said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also supported the requirement, said his chief of staff, Rhys Williams: “A lease application that doesn’t reflect equal pay isn’t going to fly with him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that the league has crafted a plan to pay men and women equally, it will likely resubmit its application for Mavericks, which is typically held between October and March when the waves swell to more than 25 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/01/women-of-mavericks-find-themselves-a-dollar-short-of-the-men/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the original plan\u003c/a>, the prize purse for women was set at $44,400 while the prize purse for men was $106,600. The purse was to be divided among all competitors in each division, with $15,000 for the woman winning first place and $25,000 for the man earning first place. Second-and third-place prizes were to have even greater gaps, with the women earning less than half of what men would. The league previously defended the plan as fair because the men’s division included more competitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The league did not specify the prize purse or number of competitors under the new plan, saying only that it involved “equal prize money” for male and female athletes. It declined to answer questions for this article and, in a press release, cast its new arrangement as part of a “long-planned strategy to elevate women’s surfing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But women who have been advocating for equal pay for surfers said the change never would have come about without the government taking a stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said Sabrina Brennan of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfequity.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing\u003c/a>: “It’s what gave us leverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan is not a surfer but she sits on the board of the San Mateo County Harbor District, so she knows a little something about government approval processes. Her fight for women surfers began in 2015, when she learned Mavericks could take place only with a permit from the California Coastal Commission. At that time women weren’t allowed to compete in the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s when I initially realized there was an opportunity to ask a state agency to intervene and add a condition on the permit that would require women be allowed to compete,” Brennan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission agreed, and in 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mavericks-women-20161103-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">required\u003c/a> Mavericks to include a heat for women. But the event hasn’t been held since then, due to a lack of ideal surf conditions and a change of ownership in the management of Mavericks. So this winter was set to be the first time women would compete at the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the surf league sought a new round of government permits, Brennan began to focus her lobbying on the issue of equal pay. 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The purse was to be divided among all competitors in each division, with $15,000 for the woman winning first place and $25,000 for the man earning first place. Second-and third-place prizes were to have even greater gaps, with the women earning less than half of what men would. The league previously defended the plan as fair because the men’s division included more competitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The league did not specify the prize purse or number of competitors under the new plan, saying only that it involved “equal prize money” for male and female athletes. It declined to answer questions for this article and, in a press release, cast its new arrangement as part of a “long-planned strategy to elevate women’s surfing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But women who have been advocating for equal pay for surfers said the change never would have come about without the government taking a stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said Sabrina Brennan of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfequity.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing\u003c/a>: “It’s what gave us leverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan is not a surfer but she sits on the board of the San Mateo County Harbor District, so she knows a little something about government approval processes. Her fight for women surfers began in 2015, when she learned Mavericks could take place only with a permit from the California Coastal Commission. 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"content": "\u003cp>What does an 83-year-old woman who surfs the cold waters of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach have in common with a Buddhist monk hiking through the Himalayas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re both people who author \u003ca href=\"http://jaimalyogis.com\">Jaimal Yogis\u003c/a> encounters as he scours the planet looking for the secrets to internal happiness. Yogis is a San Francisco-based surfer, journalist and meditation teacher, whose new book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jaimalyogis.com/allourwaves/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“All Our Waves Are Water,”\u003c/a> chronicles his quest for the perfect wave, and for an internal life that can weather storms, lulls and thrilling rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/sasha-khokha/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sasha Khokha\u003c/a>, host of \u003cem>The California Report Magazine,\u003c/em> sat down to talk with with Yogis about surfing Mavericks, the origins behind his name and how the ocean became his Zen master.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogis has surfed all over the world, and now calls San Francisco’s Ocean Beach home. \u003ccite>(Peter Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This book chronicles your travels to places like Mexico, Bali and the Himalayas, and explores what surfing and meditation have in common. What is that connection?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is this sort of instant solitude that happens because you can’t bring yourself when you are with the elements. You have to be present because the ocean is very dynamic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it’s a little bit of a shortcut to some of the states of solitude that you might find in a Zen monastery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is a follow-up to your first memoir, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jaimalyogis.com/saltwaterbuddha/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Saltwater Buddha,”\u003c/a> about leaving your home and your military family in suburban Sacramento as a teenager, buying a one-way plane ticket to Hawaii without telling your parents, and just going off in search of the wave. Then you spent a year in a Buddhist monastery as a teenager?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618684\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618684\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When he was 16, Yogis headed to Hawaii, without telling his parents in suburban Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Nahendra Surf Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I ran away to Maui I had this vision that surfing in the islands would save me. And when I got there at 16, I had no money. Maybe just enough to buy a surfboard and some avocados. It was hard. And I was lonely. I think you have to bump up against suffering, though, to really want to look deeper into who you are. And so that was sort of my introduction, both to surfing and to sort of a real loneliness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surfing was my bridge between the temple and the world, because there was this meditative aspect but you’re also getting beat up by the waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surfing is hard and it’s dynamic. You can be getting your face ground into the sand, which doesn’t happen at the monastery! You might get whacked by the Zen master but it’s different. If I can use surfing as a sort of transition between this meditative place and the world, I’ll be in good shape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People may be surprised to know that Yogis is your real name even though it sounds so appropriately spiritual. What’s the origin of your name?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s Lithuanian. Lithuanian is strangely the closest European language to Sanskrit. My family became interested in yoga in the ’70s, and then their teacher’s teacher in Boston at the time was named Bob Jaimal Singh. My dad wanted to name me Baba Jaimal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I understand! My dad is from India, yet I have an Eastern European name.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were meant to do this interview!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Now you’re back in California, across the street from \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ocean+Beach/@37.7526294,-122.5448127,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8085879469edc663:0x8a1e788f0b2d67fc!8m2!3d37.7593921!4d-122.510734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ocean Beach\u003c/a>. You’ve got some of these really interesting characters like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/is-surfing-more-religion-than-sport/533721/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queen of Ocean Beach\u003c/a>, a very spirited woman surfer who’s in her 80s.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s 83 now and she lives on the Great Highway in San Francisco, and she’s still here almost every day on her beach cruiser or she goes to a secret spot and body-surfs without a wet suit. She gets some pretty amazing rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11618686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogis says surfing has helped him learn to weather life’s waves. \u003ccite>(Peter Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’ve got to ask you about the macho “bro” attitude in surf culture, where people get cuthroat and fight over waves. It’s oftentimes also a very white culture that makes some women and people of color feel left out.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah. You know like anything, a good wave is a rare commodity and there are a lot of surfers who want that wave. So it’s people who are going to compete, and it’s going to bring out sort of that competitive macho culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one of those things where you can avoid it if you want to surf for just the joy of surfing, and you just have to go to the right spots. Don’t go to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruz.com/guides/santa-cruz-surf-spots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">point breaks in Santa Cruz\u003c/a> where there’s a bunch of people competing in a small area of water. Go to a beach break where it spreads out. There has been a wonderful rise of great women surfers and more diversity in surfing over the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26903_peterdawson__MG_5235-qut.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogis meditates every night with his three kids. \u003ccite>(Peter Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So now you are the parent of three small kids. If they’re anything like my kids, I can imagine your home life is not very peaceful. How do you maintain that sense of calm or even find a quiet corner to meditate?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meditate with them before bed. As they’re falling asleep, I sit with them. Sometimes they fall asleep in five minutes and I get to actually meditate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s times they’re making me tell them the Giants score for 30 minutes, and I’m saying “shh!” So it just becomes more dynamic. There are more waves. It’s a little more stormy, but I try to surf the ones I can and let the bad ones pass.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>What does an 83-year-old woman who surfs the cold waters of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach have in common with a Buddhist monk hiking through the Himalayas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re both people who author \u003ca href=\"http://jaimalyogis.com\">Jaimal Yogis\u003c/a> encounters as he scours the planet looking for the secrets to internal happiness. Yogis is a San Francisco-based surfer, journalist and meditation teacher, whose new book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jaimalyogis.com/allourwaves/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“All Our Waves Are Water,”\u003c/a> chronicles his quest for the perfect wave, and for an internal life that can weather storms, lulls and thrilling rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/author/sasha-khokha/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sasha Khokha\u003c/a>, host of \u003cem>The California Report Magazine,\u003c/em> sat down to talk with with Yogis about surfing Mavericks, the origins behind his name and how the ocean became his Zen master.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26897_IMG_0196-qut.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogis has surfed all over the world, and now calls San Francisco’s Ocean Beach home. \u003ccite>(Peter Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This book chronicles your travels to places like Mexico, Bali and the Himalayas, and explores what surfing and meditation have in common. What is that connection?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is this sort of instant solitude that happens because you can’t bring yourself when you are with the elements. You have to be present because the ocean is very dynamic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it’s a little bit of a shortcut to some of the states of solitude that you might find in a Zen monastery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is a follow-up to your first memoir, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jaimalyogis.com/saltwaterbuddha/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Saltwater Buddha,”\u003c/a> about leaving your home and your military family in suburban Sacramento as a teenager, buying a one-way plane ticket to Hawaii without telling your parents, and just going off in search of the wave. Then you spent a year in a Buddhist monastery as a teenager?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618684\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11618684\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26898_IMG_0203-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When he was 16, Yogis headed to Hawaii, without telling his parents in suburban Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Nahendra Surf Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I ran away to Maui I had this vision that surfing in the islands would save me. And when I got there at 16, I had no money. Maybe just enough to buy a surfboard and some avocados. It was hard. And I was lonely. I think you have to bump up against suffering, though, to really want to look deeper into who you are. And so that was sort of my introduction, both to surfing and to sort of a real loneliness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surfing was my bridge between the temple and the world, because there was this meditative aspect but you’re also getting beat up by the waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surfing is hard and it’s dynamic. You can be getting your face ground into the sand, which doesn’t happen at the monastery! You might get whacked by the Zen master but it’s different. If I can use surfing as a sort of transition between this meditative place and the world, I’ll be in good shape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People may be surprised to know that Yogis is your real name even though it sounds so appropriately spiritual. What’s the origin of your name?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s Lithuanian. Lithuanian is strangely the closest European language to Sanskrit. My family became interested in yoga in the ’70s, and then their teacher’s teacher in Boston at the time was named Bob Jaimal Singh. My dad wanted to name me Baba Jaimal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I understand! My dad is from India, yet I have an Eastern European name.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were meant to do this interview!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Now you’re back in California, across the street from \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ocean+Beach/@37.7526294,-122.5448127,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8085879469edc663:0x8a1e788f0b2d67fc!8m2!3d37.7593921!4d-122.510734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ocean Beach\u003c/a>. You’ve got some of these really interesting characters like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/is-surfing-more-religion-than-sport/533721/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queen of Ocean Beach\u003c/a>, a very spirited woman surfer who’s in her 80s.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s 83 now and she lives on the Great Highway in San Francisco, and she’s still here almost every day on her beach cruiser or she goes to a secret spot and body-surfs without a wet suit. She gets some pretty amazing rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11618686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11618686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26901_image002-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogis says surfing has helped him learn to weather life’s waves. \u003ccite>(Peter Dawson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’ve got to ask you about the macho “bro” attitude in surf culture, where people get cuthroat and fight over waves. It’s oftentimes also a very white culture that makes some women and people of color feel left out.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah. You know like anything, a good wave is a rare commodity and there are a lot of surfers who want that wave. So it’s people who are going to compete, and it’s going to bring out sort of that competitive macho culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one of those things where you can avoid it if you want to surf for just the joy of surfing, and you just have to go to the right spots. Don’t go to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruz.com/guides/santa-cruz-surf-spots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">point breaks in Santa Cruz\u003c/a> where there’s a bunch of people competing in a small area of water. Go to a beach break where it spreads out. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a surprise turn of events, organizers of the famous \u003ca href=\"http://titansofmavericks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Titans of Mavericks\u003c/a> surfing contest announced in a tweet this week that this year's competition will include a women's heat for the first time ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/titansofmavs/status/788822712634355712\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women have never competed in the 15-year history of the event, although several women regularly surf where the competition is held off Pillar Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement came less than a week after \u003ca href=\"http://www.cartel-management.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cartel Management\u003c/a>, which took over the Mavericks competition in mid-2014, submitted an amended permit application that included no plans for women's-only heat this year. Their proposal had the first women's heat starting next year, for the 2017-18 contest. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last November, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/mavericks-could-be-required-to-include-women/\" target=\"_blank\">the Coastal Commission voted\u003c/a> to require contest organizers to include women as a condition of approval for any future event permits. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many female surfers wanted that inclusion to come in the form of a women's-only heat. Four of those surfers founded a group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfequity.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Committee for Equity in Women's Surfing\u003c/a> earlier this year and submitted \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5803b9e02e69cf75b4a2c522/t/5803fcad1b631be52b9ffd33/1476656302286/Inclusion_Proposal_v7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a proposal\u003c/a> for what a women's heat would look like. [contextly_sidebar id=\"KwRj1OKX9GI9DZ9cXgW94qKFMK7he0dr\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe that it’s time for the women athletes to be given an opportunity to\u003cbr>\ncompete in a women’s division at Mavericks,\" wrote surfers Paige Alms, Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller, and Bianca Valenti, who lives in San Francsico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But event organizers have argued they never excluded women in the first place and female surfers are equally eligible to compete as male surfers -- if they're good enough. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a woman is hitting the criteria, then they’re going to surf their way into the contest,” said Darryl “Flea” Virostko earlier this year. Virostko won the contest three times and now serves on Committee 5, the group that selects the 24 invited surfers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the Coastal Commission's vote last year, \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5803b9e02e69cf75b4a2c522/t/5803ee593e00be5b9aa02d4a/1476652634379/Updated+Final+Plan_CCC+Permit+Ext+Request+%289-14-16%29+received+10-14-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">plans\u003c/a> for this year's competition did not originally include women. So this week's announcement to have women compete a year earlier than expected came as a surprise, even to those involved in the debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"We believe that it’s time for the women athletes to be given an opportunity to compete in a women’s division at Mavericks.\"\u003ccite>Paige Alms, Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller, and Bianca Valenti\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"There was no hint that anything like this was brewing,\" said Sabrina Brennan, who serves on the San Mateo Harbor Commission and who first brought the issue to the attention of the Coastal Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t expecting this,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfermag.com/features/womens-heat-held-titans-mavericks/#OrYF5O4OUm3Tzdfc.97\" target=\"_blank\">Valenti told Surfer Mag.\u003c/a> “But I think it’s awesome. I’m just excited to see the women’s side of the sport strengthen. It felt weird always asking for them to let us women in. So it feels great knowing they know want us to be apart of this rad big-wave community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Details about the new women's heat are still forthcoming, and organizers did not respond to requests for additional comment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we do know is six female surfers will be invited to compete by Committee 5 by Nov. 1. The women's event will include two semi-finals and a final -- currently planned to be held in between the men's heats. They will compete for $30,000. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan said some of the event's organizers would like to hold a roundtable discussion with the women and are considering the possibility of a two-day format, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said there are still some issues to be worked out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'd like to see something in writing,\" she said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many female surfers wanted that inclusion to come in the form of a women's-only heat. Four of those surfers founded a group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfequity.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Committee for Equity in Women's Surfing\u003c/a> earlier this year and submitted \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5803b9e02e69cf75b4a2c522/t/5803fcad1b631be52b9ffd33/1476656302286/Inclusion_Proposal_v7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a proposal\u003c/a> for what a women's heat would look like. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe that it’s time for the women athletes to be given an opportunity to\u003cbr>\ncompete in a women’s division at Mavericks,\" wrote surfers Paige Alms, Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller, and Bianca Valenti, who lives in San Francsico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But event organizers have argued they never excluded women in the first place and female surfers are equally eligible to compete as male surfers -- if they're good enough. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a woman is hitting the criteria, then they’re going to surf their way into the contest,” said Darryl “Flea” Virostko earlier this year. Virostko won the contest three times and now serves on Committee 5, the group that selects the 24 invited surfers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the Coastal Commission's vote last year, \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5803b9e02e69cf75b4a2c522/t/5803ee593e00be5b9aa02d4a/1476652634379/Updated+Final+Plan_CCC+Permit+Ext+Request+%289-14-16%29+received+10-14-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">plans\u003c/a> for this year's competition did not originally include women. So this week's announcement to have women compete a year earlier than expected came as a surprise, even to those involved in the debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"We believe that it’s time for the women athletes to be given an opportunity to compete in a women’s division at Mavericks.\"\u003ccite>Paige Alms, Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller, and Bianca Valenti\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"There was no hint that anything like this was brewing,\" said Sabrina Brennan, who serves on the San Mateo Harbor Commission and who first brought the issue to the attention of the Coastal Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t expecting this,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfermag.com/features/womens-heat-held-titans-mavericks/#OrYF5O4OUm3Tzdfc.97\" target=\"_blank\">Valenti told Surfer Mag.\u003c/a> “But I think it’s awesome. I’m just excited to see the women’s side of the sport strengthen. It felt weird always asking for them to let us women in. So it feels great knowing they know want us to be apart of this rad big-wave community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Details about the new women's heat are still forthcoming, and organizers did not respond to requests for additional comment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we do know is six female surfers will be invited to compete by Committee 5 by Nov. 1. The women's event will include two semi-finals and a final -- currently planned to be held in between the men's heats. They will compete for $30,000. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan said some of the event's organizers would like to hold a roundtable discussion with the women and are considering the possibility of a two-day format, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said there are still some issues to be worked out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'd like to see something in writing,\" she said. So far the news has only been mentioned on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The female surfers have also requested a woman sit on the selection committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mavericks is hosting its opening ceremonies today and the holding period extends from Nov. 1 to March 31.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Friday, the infamous Mavericks surfing competition will be held off the shore of Pillar Point, just north of Half Moon Bay. Twenty-four of the best big wave surfers in the world are flying in right now, with just three days notice, to tackle the massive, powerful waves. Not one of those surfers is a woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 15-year history of the event, there has never been a female competitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a handful of women do surf regularly and successfully at the famed spot. In 1999, Sarah Gerhardt was the first -- as far as anyone knows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I showed up and they said, ‘You’re the first woman!’ ” said Gerhardt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, women have paddled out more frequently. If you could tell them apart from the men, all in their full-length black wetsuits, you might have been able to spot Bianca Valenti or Savannah Shaughnessy during a swell in early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no woman has ever been considered good enough to make the final list of 24 surfers invited to compete at Mavericks in the unique annual event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaughnessy did make it through the second round of the most recent selection process and Gerhardt was an alternate in the 2000 competition -- back when what is now called “Titans of Mavericks” was known as “Men Who Ride Mountains.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If a woman is hitting the criteria, then they’re going to surf their way into the contest.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Darryl 'Flea' Virostko, Committee 5\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“If a woman is hitting the criteria, then they’re going to surf their way into the contest,” said Darryl “Flea” Virostko, who won the contest three times and now serves on Committee 5, the group that selects the surfers invited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So far, a woman hasn’t come to the table doing the stuff that men who aren’t even getting invited are doing,” said Shawn Rhodes, another Committee 5 member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could change next year. In November, \u003ca href=\"http://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/mtg-mm15-11.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Coastal Commission\u003c/a> voted 7-4 to require contest organizers to create a plan to include women in future events. In much the same way that the commission can add conditions to its approval of any permit, Commissioner Mark Vargas put forward a motion making inclusion of female surfers a condition of future permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t walk into the meeting thinking I was going to be some kind of feminist champion,” said Vargas, the commissioner for Los Angeles. “I just wanted to follow up and find out if there is a plan. The answers I got from them didn’t inspire confidence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those answers, he felt, lacked details about how surfers are selected in what is a somewhat subjective process, despite \u003ca href=\"http://titansofmavericks.com/criteria/\" target=\"_blank\">a listing of criteria on the event’s website\u003c/a>. He said he also felt there was an attitude that seemed to suggest he shouldn’t be asking any questions in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were comments made at that meeting, and comments have been made in the past, about how women aren’t strong enough, aren’t ready for the biggest waves or that they could die out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two male surfers have died at Mavericks and a woman's attempt to ride the biggest wave ever for a female surfer last year, off the coast of Portugal, resulted in a horrific crash that prompted huge debates within the sport over just how ready women are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s total b.s.,” said Paige Alms, a big-wave surfer in Maui, who became the first woman to get barreled at Jaws -- meaning she rode through the barrel of the massive famous Hawaiian wave. She thinks there are already women good enough to be competing at Mavericks, and that if they were really being considered then they'd be included.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10815193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 680px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10815193\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10815193\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms.png\" alt=\"Maui big-wave surfer Paige Alms says women are already good enough to surf in Mavericks.\" width=\"680\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms.png 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms-400x222.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maui big-wave surfer Paige Alms says women are already good enough to surf in Mavericks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/519614730/super-sessions-ii-women-surfing-huge-waves/description\" target=\"_blank\">Super Sessions\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Give us a heat and let us show you,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what an inclusion plan will ultimately look like is still very much up for discussion. Event organizers argue that they already include women in their consideration of who should be invited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have never uninvited women,” said Rhodes. However, some of the female surfers, like Alms, would like to see a separate women’s heat, where they aren’t competing directly against men. Coastal Commission staff have said they’ll be reviewing the issue and meeting with stakeholders before next year’s permit application extension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission decided this year to bring the Mavericks contest under its purview. The event previously was permitted only by a number of smaller coastal and harbor agencies, but it has grown over its 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mavericks got to the point where they were on the radar,” said Vargas, so the commission opted to require an application this year and to review the event’s impacts on the surrounding coastal community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November’s commission meeting was held near Pillar Point. Sabrina Brennan, who serves on the San Mateo Harbor Commission, which also permits the event, decided the night before the meeting to make a short presentation about female big-wave surfers to the commission during the public comment period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She put together just five PowerPoint slides, and drove the 10 minutes from her house to the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the meeting had been in Southern California, then I wouldn’t have been able to afford it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though not a surfer herself, Brennan said that she was motivated by her experiences being one of the few women at snowboarding races in her 20s. Plus, her wife surfs and they live on the bluff above the beach where the event is headquartered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they moved there, and the event was still called “Men Who Ride Mountains,” she said, “I thought, 'Wow, I wonder if there are any women who want to ride mountains, too.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10815195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 680px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10815195\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10815195\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Moller, Keala Kennelly, Bianca Valenti and Paige Alms prepare to surf at Mavericks.\" width=\"680\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves.jpg 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves-400x262.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Moller, Keala Kennelly, Bianca Valenti and Paige Alms prepare to surf at Mavericks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/519614730/super-sessions-ii-women-surfing-huge-waves/description\" target=\"_blank\">Super Sessions\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a harbor commissioner, she abstained from voting on the event’s permit this year, as there is a long and messy history between her and the event organizers. There are some who feel that her bringing this issue to the Coastal Commission’s attention was just part of that he-said/she-said mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the issue was raised, though, it couldn’t be taken back. Vargas started asking questions of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cartel-management.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cartel Management\u003c/a>, which took over the Mavericks competition in mid-2014 and renamed it \u003ca href=\"http://titansofmavericks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Titans of Mavericks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is held annually in a window between Nov. 1 and March 31, but it isn’t scheduled until a few days beforehand in order to take advantage of the weather and big waves. At that point, all 24 surfers are called and have to fly in, media are notified and the logistics crew goes into overdrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the dry weather last year, there was no competition. This year will be the first held under L.A.-based Cartel’s new management -- which says it’s trying to grow the event and do more to support the surfing community, like establish a fallen surfers fund for the families of injured or killed competitors. All these other questions, they say, are just getting in the way of putting on a good event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to just get this off the ground,” said Virostko. “The Coastal Commission has no right to tell us what we should do with our contest. It’s totally wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is precedent for the Coastal Commission making these kinds of decisions. In 1985, the commission required that the exclusive beachfront Jonathan Club in Santa Monica stop discriminating in its membership policies as a condition of its expansion permit on public lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the commission was split this time over whether it had the authority to get involved in the selection process for a sporting event, with one commissioner saying it’d be like requiring certain teams to make the World Series finals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process for making that final list of selected surfers is both relatively simple and a bit secretive. After it took over the event, Cartel Management appointed five well-known local surfers, Committee 5, to put together a list of possible big-wave surfers to be considered and then narrow it down to 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of different things besides being a good surfer,” said Rhodes, like dedication to tackling Mavericks year-round. There is also an unwritten rule about not criticizing the event organizers for their handling of situations that have sparked public debate, like media access or the negotiating of existing contracts or the inclusion of a women's heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Sarah Gerhardt becomes First Woman to Surf Mavericks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG25z4U0GX4\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Rhodes calls it “drawing a line in the sand” to stop people from undercutting the event. Former winner Peter Mel found himself banned for exactly those reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If every surfer is held to the same standard, then it is probably accurate to say that there are not many women surfing at the very same level as the top men. “They’d be the first to admit that,” said Rhodes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that women do get an equal shot at making it to the 24,” said Shaughnessy, a Santa Cruz surfer who has loved the event since she was 13 years old and who has been surfing there for the last six years. “None of the women surf at the same level as the top men. However, we progress every year. There was a huge change in women's paddle-in surfing starting in 2010, and the progression has been gaining momentum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaughnessy made the Committee 5’s short list, and was invited to judge the event the last time it was held. Gerhardt, also a local, was invited to serve on the committee, but had to decline because of other commitments. The organizers point to these as examples that they’re open to including women. They just want the women to get better before they're added to the contest lineup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to open a door where all of a sudden we’re the fire department and we’re lowering the standards for women,” said Rhodes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of why women may not be good enough yet, though, does not have a simple answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While surfing has historically been a bit of a boys club, in recent years female surfers on the world tour have become popular in their own right. \u003ca href=\"http://www.worldsurfleague.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The World Surf League\u003c/a>, formerly the Association of Surfing Professionals, has made equality in pay and event access a priority, said WSL vice president Dave Prodan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But big-wave surfing -- the kind of surfing seen on massive, death-defying waves like at Mavericks -- is still predominantly the domain of men. It's an issue that's been discussed at length within the sport, like in \u003ca href=\"http://www.surfermag.com/features/women-big-wave-surfing/#dkJBFLhPU1uz05L1.97\" target=\"_blank\">an article in Surfer Magazine called \"Boys' Club.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In part, it may be a chicken-egg problem. Are there so few female big-wave surfers because there’s so little opportunity for them or is there so little opportunity because there’s no one to take advantage of it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there is a WSL Big Wave Tour for male surfers, there is no tour for women. A big-wave event at Nelscott Reef in Oregon attracted just three female surfers in 2010, which discouraged the organizers from continuing the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerhardt said that the problem was that the location was so remote and there was so little prize money it would have cost the women more than they could have gained by competing and winning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the top female big-wave surfers are able to make a living at surfing. All have other jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch2>Bianca Valenti riding Mavericks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/CHFjKrwnwz0\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In 2014, eight women showed up at the next event held at Nelscott Reef, just to make a point and to support the women’s side of sport, said Alms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Franciscan Bianca Valenti won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valenti doesn’t make a living surfing. She partially owns a restaurant in San Anselmo with her dad, where she serves as the soigneur and runs the bar. In the mornings, she heads to Ocean Beach to get in as many hours of surfing and training as she can. That’s typical of the life of most female big-wave surfers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big-wave surfing, even more than regular surfing, struggles to attract sponsors. Events, far from the coast and difficult to follow, don’t have as much media attention or as many fans. Trying to extend that small amount of money and time to women spreads it even thinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, as Alms and Valenti are quick to point out, it’s men who are in charge of the events, the organizations and the surf companies. So it's men who get to decide where that attention and those dollars go. It doesn't help that when female surfers are featured in photos or ads, there tends to be a focus on bikinis and butt shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ones who make the most money are basically models for these companies,” said Alms. Big-wave surfers, conversely, tend to be dressed in full wetsuits. They get bloody and beaten up, when they’re not freezing. Basically, there’s a reason Dayla Soul named her documentary about female big-wave surfers \"It Ain’t Pretty\" -- because it really isn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women, though, believe that if they just had a platform, then they could win people over with their surfing. That’s why last year a group of them -- Alms, Valenti, Shaughnessy, Gerhardt and another four surfers -- participated in a multimedia project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vblGO9g2E\" target=\"_blank\">Super Sessions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They filmed their own surf sessions over a series of months at different famous surf spots, submitted videos online for viewers to vote on, and even met together at Mavericks to surf it in a sort of informal festival. It’s not an official competition yet, but it’s what they’ve got for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we want something to happen, we have to do it on our own,” said Valenti. However, they fell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/519614730/super-sessions-ii-women-surfing-huge-waves/description\" target=\"_blank\">short of their Kickstarter goal\u003c/a> to fund a second year of Super Sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's just not that easy to build up the entire future of a sport. The logistics of getting the Mavericks event off the ground each year are also fairly challenging, given the location and small time window. Along with the weather, organizers have to contend with a number of blackout dates from the permitting agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the selected day, there’s a limited amount of time to have all the men surf. Getting a heat of women in as well would be difficult, said Rhodes and Virostko -- but they hope they might be able to fit it in at some point in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eventually, maybe we could figure something out to have a heat in between the semis and the finals,” said Virostko.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no woman has ever been considered good enough to make the final list of 24 surfers invited to compete at Mavericks in the unique annual event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaughnessy did make it through the second round of the most recent selection process and Gerhardt was an alternate in the 2000 competition -- back when what is now called “Titans of Mavericks” was known as “Men Who Ride Mountains.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If a woman is hitting the criteria, then they’re going to surf their way into the contest.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Darryl 'Flea' Virostko, Committee 5\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“If a woman is hitting the criteria, then they’re going to surf their way into the contest,” said Darryl “Flea” Virostko, who won the contest three times and now serves on Committee 5, the group that selects the surfers invited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So far, a woman hasn’t come to the table doing the stuff that men who aren’t even getting invited are doing,” said Shawn Rhodes, another Committee 5 member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could change next year. In November, \u003ca href=\"http://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/mtg-mm15-11.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Coastal Commission\u003c/a> voted 7-4 to require contest organizers to create a plan to include women in future events. In much the same way that the commission can add conditions to its approval of any permit, Commissioner Mark Vargas put forward a motion making inclusion of female surfers a condition of future permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t walk into the meeting thinking I was going to be some kind of feminist champion,” said Vargas, the commissioner for Los Angeles. “I just wanted to follow up and find out if there is a plan. The answers I got from them didn’t inspire confidence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those answers, he felt, lacked details about how surfers are selected in what is a somewhat subjective process, despite \u003ca href=\"http://titansofmavericks.com/criteria/\" target=\"_blank\">a listing of criteria on the event’s website\u003c/a>. He said he also felt there was an attitude that seemed to suggest he shouldn’t be asking any questions in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were comments made at that meeting, and comments have been made in the past, about how women aren’t strong enough, aren’t ready for the biggest waves or that they could die out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two male surfers have died at Mavericks and a woman's attempt to ride the biggest wave ever for a female surfer last year, off the coast of Portugal, resulted in a horrific crash that prompted huge debates within the sport over just how ready women are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s total b.s.,” said Paige Alms, a big-wave surfer in Maui, who became the first woman to get barreled at Jaws -- meaning she rode through the barrel of the massive famous Hawaiian wave. She thinks there are already women good enough to be competing at Mavericks, and that if they were really being considered then they'd be included.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10815193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 680px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10815193\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10815193\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms.png\" alt=\"Maui big-wave surfer Paige Alms says women are already good enough to surf in Mavericks.\" width=\"680\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms.png 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/alms-400x222.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maui big-wave surfer Paige Alms says women are already good enough to surf in Mavericks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/519614730/super-sessions-ii-women-surfing-huge-waves/description\" target=\"_blank\">Super Sessions\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Give us a heat and let us show you,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what an inclusion plan will ultimately look like is still very much up for discussion. Event organizers argue that they already include women in their consideration of who should be invited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have never uninvited women,” said Rhodes. However, some of the female surfers, like Alms, would like to see a separate women’s heat, where they aren’t competing directly against men. Coastal Commission staff have said they’ll be reviewing the issue and meeting with stakeholders before next year’s permit application extension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission decided this year to bring the Mavericks contest under its purview. The event previously was permitted only by a number of smaller coastal and harbor agencies, but it has grown over its 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mavericks got to the point where they were on the radar,” said Vargas, so the commission opted to require an application this year and to review the event’s impacts on the surrounding coastal community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November’s commission meeting was held near Pillar Point. Sabrina Brennan, who serves on the San Mateo Harbor Commission, which also permits the event, decided the night before the meeting to make a short presentation about female big-wave surfers to the commission during the public comment period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She put together just five PowerPoint slides, and drove the 10 minutes from her house to the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the meeting had been in Southern California, then I wouldn’t have been able to afford it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though not a surfer herself, Brennan said that she was motivated by her experiences being one of the few women at snowboarding races in her 20s. Plus, her wife surfs and they live on the bluff above the beach where the event is headquartered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they moved there, and the event was still called “Men Who Ride Mountains,” she said, “I thought, 'Wow, I wonder if there are any women who want to ride mountains, too.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10815195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 680px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10815195\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10815195\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Moller, Keala Kennelly, Bianca Valenti and Paige Alms prepare to surf at Mavericks.\" width=\"680\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves.jpg 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/maves-400x262.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Moller, Keala Kennelly, Bianca Valenti and Paige Alms prepare to surf at Mavericks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/519614730/super-sessions-ii-women-surfing-huge-waves/description\" target=\"_blank\">Super Sessions\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a harbor commissioner, she abstained from voting on the event’s permit this year, as there is a long and messy history between her and the event organizers. There are some who feel that her bringing this issue to the Coastal Commission’s attention was just part of that he-said/she-said mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the issue was raised, though, it couldn’t be taken back. Vargas started asking questions of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cartel-management.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cartel Management\u003c/a>, which took over the Mavericks competition in mid-2014 and renamed it \u003ca href=\"http://titansofmavericks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Titans of Mavericks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is held annually in a window between Nov. 1 and March 31, but it isn’t scheduled until a few days beforehand in order to take advantage of the weather and big waves. At that point, all 24 surfers are called and have to fly in, media are notified and the logistics crew goes into overdrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the dry weather last year, there was no competition. This year will be the first held under L.A.-based Cartel’s new management -- which says it’s trying to grow the event and do more to support the surfing community, like establish a fallen surfers fund for the families of injured or killed competitors. All these other questions, they say, are just getting in the way of putting on a good event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to just get this off the ground,” said Virostko. “The Coastal Commission has no right to tell us what we should do with our contest. It’s totally wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is precedent for the Coastal Commission making these kinds of decisions. In 1985, the commission required that the exclusive beachfront Jonathan Club in Santa Monica stop discriminating in its membership policies as a condition of its expansion permit on public lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the commission was split this time over whether it had the authority to get involved in the selection process for a sporting event, with one commissioner saying it’d be like requiring certain teams to make the World Series finals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process for making that final list of selected surfers is both relatively simple and a bit secretive. After it took over the event, Cartel Management appointed five well-known local surfers, Committee 5, to put together a list of possible big-wave surfers to be considered and then narrow it down to 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of different things besides being a good surfer,” said Rhodes, like dedication to tackling Mavericks year-round. There is also an unwritten rule about not criticizing the event organizers for their handling of situations that have sparked public debate, like media access or the negotiating of existing contracts or the inclusion of a women's heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Sarah Gerhardt becomes First Woman to Surf Mavericks\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/MG25z4U0GX4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/MG25z4U0GX4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Rhodes calls it “drawing a line in the sand” to stop people from undercutting the event. 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