New Documentary ‘Girls Can’t Surf’ Brings the Quest for Equality in 80s-Era Surfing to Cinemas – Concrete Playground

Thanks to seminal documentaries such as The Endless Summer, excellent action flicks like Point Break and even the formulaic cheesiness such as Blue Crush, surfing is no stranger to cinemas. Big waves and big screens go hand in hand quite often, in fact, as seen in everything from beach party flicks like Gidget, surf dramas such as Drift, docos including Morning of the Earth and even the animated likes of Ride Your Wave.

The next addition to the ever-growing surf movie genre: documentary Girls Can’t Surf, which heads back to the 80s and into the backlash by female surfers against the male-dominated industry. Sick of being told that professional surfing wasn’t for them — and being considered a gimmick, sideshow and complete…