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Girls Can't Surf

Girls Can't Surf

MAR 11, 2021 · 108 MIN · DIR. CHRISTOPHER NELIUS

DocumentaryHistory

It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. "Girls Can't Surf" follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, "Girls Can't Surf" is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.

Cast

  • Pam Burridge

  • Lisa Anderson

  • Wendy Botha

  • Jodie Cooper

  • Rochelle Ballard

  • Pauline Menczer

  • Jolene Smith

  • Jorja Smith Harmon

  • Nick Carroll

    Nick Carroll

  • Jamie R. Brisick

  • Ian Cairns

    Ian Cairns

  • Alisa Schwarzstein Cairns

Crew

Writer

Julie-Anne De Ruvo

Writer

Christopher Nelius

Director of Photography

Anna Howard

Editor

Julie-Anne De Ruvo

Producer

Christopher Nelius

Producer

Michaela Perske