Women's recreational surfing: a patronising experience

Olive, Rebecca; McCuaig, Louise; Phillips, Murray G.

doi:10.1080/13573322.2012.754752

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“…Such a narrative, self-reflective approach, is more in keeping with much of the previous discussion of adult experiences of surfing (e.g. lisahunter, 2015;Nemani, 2015;Olive et al, 2015;Spowart et al, 2010) and may have been particularly useful in drawing out identity issues among this group. For instance, issues of feeling not part of the traditional 'surfing' culture were threads in much previous work, and there may be parallels with the current cohort who almost by definition are likely to have felt excluded from mainstream society.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…there are now an estimated 23 million surfers worldwide; Anderson, 2015), and diversifying to include multiple identities (e.g. female surfers and life savers, motherhood, ethnicity;lisahunter, 2015;Nemani, 2015;Olive, McCuaig, & Phillips, 2015;Spowart, Burrows, & Shaw, 2010) and practices (wave kayaking, body boarding, stand-up paddle boarding; Anderson, 2015). A consistent theme in this work is the surfer's experience of heightened positive emotion during (or shortly after) the act of surfing, referred to as the 'stoke'.…”

Section: Engaging With the Marine Environment And Surfingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of a surfing programme designed to increase personal well-being and connectedness to the natural environment among ‘at risk’ young people

Hignett

White

Pahl

et al. 2017

Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Engaging With the Marine Environment And Surfingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of a surfing programme designed to increase personal well-being and connectedness to the natural environment among ‘at risk’ young people

Hignett

White

Pahl

et al. 2017

Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning

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“…Some of that literature is concerned with the woman surfer and her experiences (e.g. Olive, McCuaig, and Phillips 2013), but investigations into women's surfing experiences from their lived perspectives are virtually absent and most experiential conceptualizations are based on male surfers. There is a need for further investigations into women's experiences of surfing and other leisure activities that are placed within masculine cultures.…”

Section: Phenomenology As a Methods For The Study Of Leisure Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Recent studies have examined women's participation in a variety of traditionally male-dominated activities including snowboarding (Thorpe 2005(Thorpe , 2012Sisjord 2009), the martial arts (Velija, Mierzwinski, and Fortune 2013), climbing (Dilley and Scraton 2010), windsurfing (Wheaton 2002), skateboarding (Abulhawa 2008;Bäckström 2013), motorcycling (Joans 2006;Roster 2007) and surfing Wilson 2012a, 2012b;Olive, McCuaig, and Phillips 2013). Leisure pursuits very much related to surfing, such as skateboarding and snowboarding claim growing space within the body of knowledge.…”

Section: Phenomenology As a Methods For The Study Of Leisure Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Presenting phenomenology: faithfully recreating the lived experiences of Surfer Girls

Fendt

Wilson

Jenkins

et al. 2014

Annals of Leisure Research

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Phenomenology offers an appropriate philosophical orientation to investigate people's lived experiences. It is an approach that is now widely acknowledged and applied in the social sciences. Despite its increasing adaptation in diverse contexts, the use of phenomenology in leisure studies remains limited and presents many conceptual, theoretical and applied challenges to researchers. A significant challenge is presenting research findings in ways that faithfully present people's experiences. This paper provides reflexive insights into Laura's (the lead author's) attempts as a current Ph.D. candidate to embrace Heideggerian phenomenology to investigate the experiences of being a surfer. The paper is derived from Laura's thesis process, where she took part in 37 unstructured conversations with women surfers ('Surfer Girls'), and incorporated her own experiences as a woman surfer into the study. In her thesis, Laura presents her findings in the form of 'postcards' to promote women surfer's individuality, and to make their words come to life. Text, visual and other aids are incorporated in ways that enrich the written word, and that set a 'surfing scene' and create a surfing lifeworld for the reader. This paper examines and explains the importance of integrating phenomenological method and analysis to give faithful voice to people's lived experiences, and suggests tools for presenting phenomenological findings. Finally, this paper justifies and promotes the use of phenomenology as an under-utilized means of deepening our understandings of people's leisure experiences.

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“…As far as academic studies are concerned, surfing has been a topic studied in numerous disciplines, as sociology (Irwin, 1973;Ford and Brown, 2012); anthropology (Bolton, 1891;Culin, 1899, Thorne, 1976Rutsky, 1999;Nendel, 2009) 1 ; tourism and economy (Buckley, 2002;Dionisio, Leal & Moutinho); geography (Waitt, 2008) ; philosophy (Kreeft, 2008); theory of religion (Taylor, 2007); or cultural studies (Booth 1999;Evers, 2004;Henderson, 2001;Moser, 2008;Moore, 2010;Olive, McCuaig and Phillips, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Theory of Surfing Expansion: The Beginnings of Surfing in Spain as a Case Study.

Esparza

2016

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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Surfing is today a popular sport which has been studied from many disciplines. Surfing expanded from the U.S. to the rest of the world. With respect to the history of (sport) surfing, there were at least two fundamental topics which need to be explored and developed: I) Explore the genesis of surfing in Europe. II) Develop a theoretical framework on the history of surfing expansion since this field has remained almost neglected up until now. This article is the first attempt to develop a theoretical framework of surfing expansion. In doing so, it will be focused on the genesis of surfing in Europe in general, but concretely on Spain as a case study. The first step was to examine the origins of surfing and its expansion before arriving to Spain (Australia, Peru, Britain, France and Portugal). Later on, it was needed to determine who were the pioneers in Spain, and how, when and where they "discovered" surfing, and thus how, when and where they obtained or made their surfboards. After comparing all the information, it has been possible to formulate a theoretical framework and make a classification according to four types or patterns of surfing genesis, based on the various forms of foreign influence: 1) endogenous genesis (no foreign influence); 2) quasi-endogenous (foreign influence through massmedia, yet pioneers made their own surfboards); 3) exogenous (surfing began as a result of direct contact with foreigners); 4) mixed.Key words: history; surfing; pioneers; foreigners; mass-media; Spain. AbstractCorrespondence/correspondencia: Daniel Esparza Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Email: daniel.esparza@upol.cz El surf es en la actualidad un deporte estudiado desde muy diversas disciplinas. El surf se expandió desde EEUU al resto del mundo. Con respecto a la historia del surf (y del deporte) hay al menos dos aspectos fundamentales que necesitan ser explorados y trabajados: I) Explorar la génesis del surf en Europa; II) Iniciar la creación de un marco teórico sobre la expansión del surf, aspecto éste abandonado hasta el momento. Este artículo se trata del primer intento que se propone tal reto. Así, este trabajo se enfoca en la génesis del surf en Europa en general, y concretamente España como estudio de caso. El primer paso fue examinar los orígenes el surf y su expansión antes de llegar a España (Australia, Peru, Gran Brataña, Francia y Portugal). Posteriormente, se determina quiénes fueron los pioneros en España, y cómo, dónde y cuándo "descubrieron" el surf, y por tanto, cómo , dónde y cuán-do consiguieron o hicieron sus tablas de surf. Una vez comparada toda la información, ha sido posible formular un marco teórico y realizar una clasificación de acuerdo a cuatro tipos de modelo de géne-sis, basado en los diferentes grados de influencia extranjera: 1) génesis endógena (sin influencia extranjera); 2) quasi-endógena (influencia extranjera a través de los mass-media, pero los pioneros se hacen sus tablas); 3) exógena (los extranjeros influyen directamente en el inicio del surf); 4) mixta.

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Women's recreational surfing: a patronising experience

Cited by 81 publications

References 38 publications

Evaluation of a surfing programme designed to increase personal well-being and connectedness to the natural environment among ‘at risk’ young people

Evaluation of a surfing programme designed to increase personal well-being and connectedness to the natural environment among ‘at risk’ young people

Presenting phenomenology: faithfully recreating the lived experiences of Surfer Girls

Towards a Theory of Surfing Expansion: The Beginnings of Surfing in Spain as a Case Study.

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