Girls Can’t Surf - 2020 - 6/10

Documentary charts the rise of women’s professional surfing from the 1980’s onward.
Several females profiled, interviewed, along with some footage.
For a surf documentary, however, this is light on “surf porn”.
Instead, finding sponsors, fighting to get acceptance, the quest for pay,
Financial disparity between the sexes is referenced often.
Reading between the lines, for a multi-billion dollar sport, sponsors seem to reap the benefits.
Paychecks shown simply are not that great.
One year, for example, the champion’s trophy came with zero prize money.
Pioneers blazed the path, watched wistfully as the third generation reaped financial windfalls.