Ode to North She surf clubWe encourage each other
North She, photographer Charlotte Grandury
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Dear North She surfers,
An ode to you like-minded Amsterdam women, who 3 years ago I actually did not know I would find you. Or rather that we would find each other. Because she who loves surfing in the North Sea, but does not live by the sea in Amsterdam, meets mostly men in the water.
Yet we needed to connect, to connect with other girls who also like to brave the North Sea I all its forms. We encourage each other and offer each other space to try exciting new things anyway:
“That fast board is totally your thing!”
“Surfing at 2 degrees is not so bad!”
“You can catch that 1.5-meter wave just fine!”
“I think you can do it!”
“And you can just ignore all those growling guys!”
We slide off the waves, fall, paddle back again, wrap ourselves well in the neoprene, and most of all can laugh about the whole thing.
An ode to you all as I hope we can find each other at the North She surf club for a long time to come.
