I have been doing a bit of longboard riding recently, the wind has been fickle and its loads of fun. I came across the Longboard Girls Crew website which has done great things to promote their sport. It would be great if windsurfing was so proactive.
"In LGC we believe in doing things differently, focusing more on the heart and helping others and we know we’re not alone. We know there are many, many people who believe in this as much as we do and are working towards change.We’ll keep working relentlessly supporting every girl we know who shreds, is learning or is just curious through our web & social media channels; giving conferences and lectures about the role of women in Action Sports; developing big audiovisual projects produced by and featuring women with high technical & performance level, reinforcing our role in the scene and now also providing products addressed specifically to women focusing on our physical needs and on the fun, the sweat & the passion for the sport rather than on the looks.Back when we started LGC, there were not many women skating, let along racing and competing. Today, not only there are many girls doing it but the level has raised extraordinarily and it keeps on going. If you have 200 girls worldwide into longboarding, probably and by statistics only one or two will have the raw skill or patience to achieve a PRO level. If you have 20.000 that number will grow considerably. That’s another reason why we need to keep working. Getting more girls into the sport means not only more girls having fun, but more girls that will reach media exposure and become role models to other women, showing that we can do anything we like to, no gender-labeled.These apply to every sport and we work and promote supporting all the female movements out there doing the same thing, so let’s keep doing this together!"
