"BROADS WHO RIDE BOARDS," BY PHIL JARRATT (1977)

Phil Jarratt's feature on women's surfing ran in the June 1977 issue of Tracks. As surf historian Geoff Cater noted on his website surfresearch.com, "While the use of 'Broads' in the article title was even then disparaging, in the same issue the editor [Jarratt] inaugurated a new page for kneeboarders, under the header 'Cripples Corner'." This version has been slightly edited and shortened. * * *...

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