Just Go Fucking Surfing 2021

Although more women are surfing, their stories are still rarely told. What does the sexy surfer girl image do with women who never felt like they suited this image? How has this influenced their career and self-esteem? For her ethnographic documentary Just Go Fucking Surfing Juul Hesselberth spent three months in Australia, where she followed four female pro surfers who pursue(d) a surfing career. This film moves through the online representations to the lived reality of female athletes.