CEWS (Surf Equity) Letter to California State Lands Commission

Letter written by: Sabrina Brennan

On August 9, 2018, the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing sent a letter to the California State Lands Commission requesting anti-discrimination Lease terms for the Mavericks surf competition.

• CEWS Letter

CEWS (Surf Equity) Asks the World Surf League for Global Equal Pay

On July 23, 2018, the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing met with the World Surf League in Redwood City, CA and presented a proposal requesting equal prize money and a multi-heat women’s division in the 2018/2019 Mavericks Challenge.

• CEWS Proposal by Sabrina Brennan

• CEWS Prize Money Equality Proposal by Karen Tynan

• CEWS Prize Money Outline provides analysis of what would be fair and includes references for other sports that have equal prize money.

• WSL Prize Money Inequality Formula 

All documents provided to WSL at July 23, 2018 meeting

World Surf League Coastal Development Permit Application for Mavericks Challenge

The World Surf League submitted a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) application to the California Coastal Commission on May 29, 2018. The three part CDP is linked below.

• WSL management was slow to respond to requests from CEWS for the application.

• Coastal Commission staff provided the application within three hours.

  • Thank you CCC staff for your prompt reply.

• The WSL CDP application lacks detailed plans supporting gender equity and prize equity.

1. CDP Application

2. CDP Application

3. CDP Application

CEWS (Surf Equity) Letters: Surfing Becomes California’s Official Sport

Letters written by: Sabrina Brennan

The Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing is proud to endorse AB 1782 designating surfing as California’s official sport.

• Letter in support of AB-1782 from the Committee for Equity in Women's Surfing to Assembly Majority Leader Ian C. Calderon

• Letter in support of AB-1782 from the Committee for Equity in Women's Surfing to Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi

• Surfing has always been the unofficial pastime of many Californians. And as of August 20, 2018, it became officially recognized as the state sport.

• California isn’t the first state to designate surfing as its official sport. In Hawaii, surfing has been the ‘state individual sport’ since 1998. Surfing originated with the Polynesian people and made its way to California from Hawaii, which the California bill is quick to recognize. But the bill goes on to outline surfing’s impact on Californian culture.

• Surfer Today, Feb 6, 2018 article