Not since the WSL (World Surf League) became one of the first international sporting organisations to offer equal prize money for women and men, have we heard such debate about equality. This round of opinions follows the decision to allow women surfers to compete at the iconic Banzai Pipeline as part of the professional CT (Championship Tour). It's the first time in history women have had a shot at surfing this spot, in an elite Read More

Arlene Maltman, a former British and European surfing champion, has been appointed as one of the directors of British Surfing, the organisation formed to help Great Britain’s surfing elite reach the summer Olympics in 2020 in Japan. In 2016 the member nations of the Olympic Movement voted in favour of the inclusion of the sport of Surfing in the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020. Surfing was one of five new sports to be included and provides Read More

The Soap Star vs The Perfume Goddess - Is it clean, fresh advertising or will it get up your nose? By Arlene Maltman ‘Giselle surfs’! The surf media is on high alert. The world’s highest paid supermodel, Giselle Bündchen stars in the, elegant Gatsby-esq, Channel No. 5 perfume commercial, beautifully shot by famed director of Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann.  Set in New York City and the Read More