This measure would recognize April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Womens Surf Day.

This measure would recognize April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Womens Surf Day.

This measure would recognize April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Womens Surf Day.

WHEREAS, Surfing was first introduced in California in 1885, and surf culture sprouted in 1886 in Santa Cruz and became popular in the 1960s after the first West Coast Surfing Championship in Huntington Beach, giving it the nickname Surf City. However, the acceptance of women participating in the sport of surfing was slow to develop; and

WHEREAS, Due to the growth of surf culture and its close identity with the State of California, surfing became the official sport of California pursuant to the enactment of Assembly Bill 1782 of the 20172018 Regular Session (Chapter 162 of the Statutes of 2018), and the Legislature, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 122 of the 20172018 Regular Session (Chapter 68 of the Resolutions of 2018) declared September 20, 2018, and every year on that date thereafter, as California Surfing Day; and

WHEREAS, Women have been surfing since the 17th century, but even in the 1950s and 1960s were not accepted as serious athletes, and they experienced discrimination and exclusion from professional surfing tours; and

WHEREAS, Women surfers in the State of California led the effort to open professional surfing to women when the California Golden Girls became the first womens professional surf team in the 1970s and 1980s, thus raising the recognition of women as serious athletes and accomplished surfers; and

WHEREAS, At the Association of Surfing Professionals 1977 World Tour, 24 men competed for a total prize purse of $16,000, while 12 women competed for one-tenth as much$1,600. It took until 2019 for the World Surf League to decide that female competitors should be paid equally to their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, Despite their growing presence, champion women surfers continued to experience discrimination and receive little attention, few opportunities to compete, and unequal compensation, thus creating barriers to the advancement of women in the sport; and

WHEREAS, In 2019, the World Surf League became the first American sports organization to implement equal pay for male and female athletes, due in part to the professional women surfers in California who paved the path to recognition through perseverance, and a longstanding fight against gender inequality, harassment, and exclusion to expand opportunities for women in the sport of surfing to compete; and

WHEREAS, Today, women make up approximately 35.2 percent of the 3,400,000 surfers in the United States and approximately 300,000 of the over 1,000,000 surfers on the west coast; and

WHEREAS, Women surfers have earned their place in surf lineups, crushing surf at Californias iconic surf breaks, including Trestles, Huntington Beach, Rincon, Mavericks, Swamis, La Jolla, Oceanside, Malibu, Santa Cruz Beach, Salt Creek, Zuma, Venice Beach, The Wedge, and Pacific Palisades; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Womens Surf Day, honoring women surfers and the challenges they have overcome to carve out a place for themselves in this sport while celebrating past, present, and future women surfers in their athletic abilities and strengths, and thereby encouraging future generations to grab a board, paddle out, join the lineup, and shred waves because the waves are inclusive of all its inhabitants; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

WHEREAS, Surfing was first introduced in California in 1885, and surf culture sprouted in 1886 in Santa Cruz and became popular in the 1960s after the first West Coast Surfing Championship in Huntington Beach, giving it the nickname Surf City. However, the acceptance of women participating in the sport of surfing was slow to develop; and

WHEREAS, Due to the growth of surf culture and its close identity with the State of California, surfing became the official sport of California pursuant to the enactment of Assembly Bill 1782 of the 20172018 Regular Session (Chapter 162 of the Statutes of 2018), and the Legislature, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 122 of the 20172018 Regular Session (Chapter 68 of the Resolutions of 2018) declared September 20, 2018, and every year on that date thereafter, as California Surfing Day; and

WHEREAS, Women have been surfing since the 17th century, but even in the 1950s and 1960s were not accepted as serious athletes, and they experienced discrimination and exclusion from professional surfing tours; and

WHEREAS, Women surfers in the State of California led the effort to open professional surfing to women when the California Golden Girls became the first womens professional surf team in the 1970s and 1980s, thus raising the recognition of women as serious athletes and accomplished surfers; and

WHEREAS, At the Association of Surfing Professionals 1977 World Tour, 24 men competed for a total prize purse of $16,000, while 12 women competed for one-tenth as much$1,600. It took until 2019 for the World Surf League to decide that female competitors should be paid equally to their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, Despite their growing presence, champion women surfers continued to experience discrimination and receive little attention, few opportunities to compete, and unequal compensation, thus creating barriers to the advancement of women in the sport; and

WHEREAS, In 2019, the World Surf League became the first American sports organization to implement equal pay for male and female athletes, due in part to the professional women surfers in California who paved the path to recognition through perseverance, and a longstanding fight against gender inequality, harassment, and exclusion to expand opportunities for women in the sport of surfing to compete; and

WHEREAS, Today, women make up approximately 35.2 percent of the 3,400,000 surfers in the United States and approximately 300,000 of the over 1,000,000 surfers on the west coast; and

WHEREAS, Women surfers have earned their place in surf lineups, crushing surf at Californias iconic surf breaks, including Trestles, Huntington Beach, Rincon, Mavericks, Swamis, La Jolla, Oceanside, Malibu, Santa Cruz Beach, Salt Creek, Zuma, Venice Beach, The Wedge, and Pacific Palisades; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Womens Surf Day, honoring women surfers and the challenges they have overcome to carve out a place for themselves in this sport while celebrating past, present, and future women surfers in their athletic abilities and strengths, and thereby encouraging future generations to grab a board, paddle out, join the lineup, and shred waves because the waves are inclusive of all its inhabitants; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

WHEREAS, Surfing was first introduced in California in 1885, and surf culture sprouted in 1886 in Santa Cruz and became popular in the 1960s after the first West Coast Surfing Championship in Huntington Beach, giving it the nickname Surf City. However, the acceptance of women participating in the sport of surfing was slow to develop; and

WHEREAS, Due to the growth of surf culture and its close identity with the State of California, surfing became the official sport of California pursuant to the enactment of Assembly Bill 1782 of the 20172018 Regular Session (Chapter 162 of the Statutes of 2018), and the Legislature, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 122 of the 20172018 Regular Session (Chapter 68 of the Resolutions of 2018) declared September 20, 2018, and every year on that date thereafter, as California Surfing Day; and

WHEREAS, Women have been surfing since the 17th century, but even in the 1950s and 1960s were not accepted as serious athletes, and they experienced discrimination and exclusion from professional surfing tours; and

WHEREAS, Women surfers in the State of California led the effort to open professional surfing to women when the California Golden Girls became the first womens professional surf team in the 1970s and 1980s, thus raising the recognition of women as serious athletes and accomplished surfers; and

WHEREAS, At the Association of Surfing Professionals 1977 World Tour, 24 men competed for a total prize purse of $16,000, while 12 women competed for one-tenth as much$1,600. It took until 2019 for the World Surf League to decide that female competitors should be paid equally to their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, Despite their growing presence, champion women surfers continued to experience discrimination and receive little attention, few opportunities to compete, and unequal compensation, thus creating barriers to the advancement of women in the sport; and

WHEREAS, In 2019, the World Surf League became the first American sports organization to implement equal pay for male and female athletes, due in part to the professional women surfers in California who paved the path to recognition through perseverance, and a longstanding fight against gender inequality, harassment, and exclusion to expand opportunities for women in the sport of surfing to compete; and

WHEREAS, Today, women make up approximately 35.2 percent of the 3,400,000 surfers in the United States and approximately 300,000 of the over 1,000,000 surfers on the west coast; and

WHEREAS, Women surfers have earned their place in surf lineups, crushing surf at Californias iconic surf breaks, including Trestles, Huntington Beach, Rincon, Mavericks, Swamis, La Jolla, Oceanside, Malibu, Santa Cruz Beach, Salt Creek, Zuma, Venice Beach, The Wedge, and Pacific Palisades; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Womens Surf Day, honoring women surfers and the challenges they have overcome to carve out a place for themselves in this sport while celebrating past, present, and future women surfers in their athletic abilities and strengths, and thereby encouraging future generations to grab a board, paddle out, join the lineup, and shred waves because the waves are inclusive of all its inhabitants; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

Date of Hearing: May 4, 2023

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES

James Ramos, Chair

SBPCA Bill Id:SCR 45

Author:(Blakespear) – As Introduced Ver:

SENATE VOTE:

SUBJECT: Women’s Surf Day.

SUMMARY: Recognizes April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Women’s Surf Day. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1. Surfing was first introduced in California in 1885, and surf culture sprouted in 1886 in Santa Cruz and became popular in the 1960s after the first West Coast Surfing Championship in Huntington Beach, giving it the nickname “Surf City.” However, the acceptance of women participating in the sport of surfing was slow to develop.
2. Women have been surfing since the 17th century, but even in the 1950s and 1960s were not accepted as serious athletes, and they experienced discrimination and exclusion from professional surfing tours.
3. Women surfers in the State of California led the effort to open professional surfing to women when the “California Golden Girls” became the first women’s professional surf team in the 1970s and 1980s, thus raising the recognition of women as serious athletes and accomplished surfers.
4. Despite their growing presence, champion women surfers continued to experience discrimination and receive little attention, few opportunities to compete, and unequal compensation, thus creating barriers to the advancement of women in the sport.
5. Today, women make up approximately 35.2 percent of the 3,400,000 surfers in the United States and approximately 300,000 of the over 1,000,000 surfers on the west coast.
6. In 2019, the World Surf League became the first American sports organization to implement equal pay for male and female athletes, due in part to the professional women surfers in California who paved the path to recognition through perseverance.

FISCAL EFFECT: None

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

None on file

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800

 THIRD READING 

Bill No: SCR 45

Author: Blakespear (D), et al.

Introduced: 3/22/23

Vote: 21

SUBJECT: Women’s Surf Day

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST:

This resolution recognizes April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Women’s Surf Day, honoring women surfers and the challenges they have overcome to carve out a place for themselves in this sport while celebrating past, present, and future women surfers in their athletic abilities and strengths, and thereby encouraging future generations to grab a board, paddle out, join the lineup, and shred waves because the waves are inclusive of all its inhabitants.

ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1. Surfing was first introduced in California in 1885, and surf culture sprouted in 1886 in Santa Cruz and became popular in the 1960s after the first West Coast Surfing Championship in Huntington Beach, giving it the nickname “Surf City.” However, the acceptance of women participating in the sport of surfing was slow to develop.
2. Due to the growth of surf culture and its close identity with the State of California, surfing became the official sport of California pursuant to the enactment of Assembly Bill 1782 of the 2017–2018 Regular Session (Chapter 162 of the Statutes of 2018), and the Legislature, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 122 of the 2017–2018 Regular Session (Chapter 68 of the Resolutions of 2018) declared September 20, 2018, and every year on that date thereafter, as “California Surfing Day.
3. Women have been surfing since the 17th century, but even in the 1950s and 1960s were not accepted as serious athletes, and they experienced discrimination and exclusion from professional surfing tours.
4. Women surfers in the State of California led the effort to open professional surfing to women when the “California Golden Girls” became the first women’s professional surf team in the 1970s and 1980s, thus raising the recognition of women as serious athletes and accomplished surfers.
5. At the Association of Surfing Professionals’ 1977 World Tour, 24 men competed for a total prize purse of $16,000, while 12 women competed for one-tenth as much—$1,600. It took until 2019 for the World Surf League to decide that female competitors should be paid equally to their male counterparts.
6. Despite their growing presence, champion women surfers continued to experience discrimination and receive little attention, few opportunities to compete, and unequal compensation, thus creating barriers to the advancement of women in the sport. Today, women make up approximately 35.2 percent of the 3,400,000 surfers in the United States and approximately 300,000 of the over 1,000,000 surfers on the west coast. Women surfers have earned their place in surf lineups, crushing surf at California’s iconic surf breaks, including Trestles, Huntington Beach, Rincon, Mavericks, Swamis, La Jolla, Oceanside, Malibu, Santa Cruz Beach, Salt Creek, Zuma, Venice Beach, The Wedge, and Pacific Palisades.

This resolution recognizes April 8, 2023, and every April 8 thereafter, as Women’s Surf Day, honoring women surfers and the challenges they have overcome to carve out a place for themselves in this sport while celebrating past, present, and future women surfers in their athletic abilities and strengths, and thereby encouraging future generations to grab a board, paddle out, join the lineup, and shred waves because the waves are inclusive of all its inhabitants.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 3/29/23)

None received

OPPOSITION: (Verified 3/29/23)

None received

Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520

3/29/23 15:16:44

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