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Girls Can't Surf

Film2021108 min7.8/10 on TMDB

Directed by Christopher Nelius

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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.Read moreLess

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.

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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.

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Cast & crew

Pam Burridge
Pam BurridgeCast
Lisa Anderson
Lisa AndersonCast
Wendy Botha
Wendy BothaCast
Jodie Cooper
Jodie CooperCast
Rochelle Ballard
Rochelle BallardCast
Pauline Menczer
Pauline MenczerCast
Jolene Smith
Jolene SmithCast
Jorja Smith Harmon
Jorja Smith HarmonCast
Nick CarrollNick CarrollCast
Jamie R. Brisick
Jamie R. BrisickCast
Ian CairnsIan CairnsCast
Alisa Schwarzstein Cairns
Alisa Schwarzstein CairnsCast
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Anna Howard