Surf City 2021: Women surfers call for more support

BORONGAN CITY, Philippines – Two strong women competitors hope to clinch titles in Surf in the City 2021 while calling for more support for women in the sport.

Twenty-one-year-old Emmalyn Ponte of Lanuza, Surigao del Sur and 41-year-old Lolit “Mocha” Edusma of Daet, Camarines Sur hope to change the notion that women surfers are weaker. ,” Ponte said. “Pero ibinibigay naman namin iyong best namin. Maraming magaling na women surfers. Maraming may future. Madadaan naman iyon sa skills ng isang tao, hindi sa masculinity.”

The young surfer is advocating for women surfers to be given the same opportunities given to men surfers.Challenges for women surfers For Edusma, one of the challenges women encounter in the surfing industry is the lack of training support in the grassroots surfing communities.Maraming challenge, kailangan talagang mag train kami nang sobra. Although, noon wala pa talagang ganon na nagtre-train sa aming mga babae. Ngayon pa lang talaga nagsimula ang mga ganitoEdusma also noted that more work has to be done to encourage young girls to go into surfing.Marami na ang nahihikayat.

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