Women Surfers – SurfArt.com
Featuring a good overview of women’s surf history, this site includes articles on surfing’s Hawaiian roots.

Hang Ten! Documenting the History of Surfing
Exhibit from San Diego State University’s library on the history of surfing includes a “Women in Surfing” timeline and links to galleries, books and collectables.

History of Surfing – Surfing for Life
This section of the companion Web site for the documentary film Surfing for Life gives a historical overview of surfing from the late 1700s to the present.

Legendary Surfers
Massive site profiles pioneering surfers and tells the history of surfing. There’s also a section on “women surfers of the wooden era.”

Making Waves - Isabel Letham
An illustrated biography of Isabel Letham, the first Australian surfer.

North Shore Surf Museum
Features a history of surfing on Oahu’s famed North Shore, where Rell Sunn grew up, and includes links to other surf museums.

Web Sites | Surf Culture

Blue Crush
Companion site to the popular feature film has surfing tips, an interactive game testing surf term knowledge, a guide to the best surf spots, a surf history timeline and a section on surf culture and trends.

Surfline
Comprehensive surfing site has a travel section with maps and resort guides, bulletin boards and streaming video of surfing from around the world. The Surfing A to Z section also has an entry on Rell Sunn and on her hometown of Makaha, Oahu

Surfing Girl Magazine
The online version of this mag contains features on women’s surfing and other action sports, entertainment and surf culture trends.

SGMagazine
The surfing section of this girls’ magazine features interviews with professional women surfers, a photo gallery, contest announcements and message boards.

Surfer Magazine
This magazine’s site has Webcams and surf forecasts, pro tour updates, travel features and more.

International Surfing Museum
The site for this surf museum in Huntington Beach, CA features online exhibits, info on their collections and an events calendar.

Maui Surfer Girls - Links
This page from a girls’ surf camp has loads of links to other surf organizations, museums, magazines and more.

Web Sites | Rell Sunn

“A Young Woman and the Sea” Article on spearfishing written by Rell Sunn and reprinted by the Honolulu Star Bulletin. Rell’s husband, Dave Parmenter, felt that “nothing captured her essence better than this story written by Sunn herself.”

Rell Sunn biography on ehawaii.com

Online tributes to Rell Sunn from friends and community members:
The Queen of Makaha -- Rell Sunn
Rell Sunn The Queen of Makaha by Fred Hemmings
Rell Sunn
Offering of the Ashes – Rell’s Memorial

Web Sites | Breast Cancer

The Breast Cancer Fund
Organization identifies and advocates for elimination of the environmental and other preventable causes of breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Action
Breast Cancer Action’s site includes fact sheets, conference coverage, email alerts and information on a safer, non-toxic home.

Young Survival Coalition (YSC)
International network of survivors and supporters dedicated to issues unique to young women and breast cancer. YSC seeks to educate the medical, research, breast cancer and legislative communities to address breast cancer in women 40 and under.

Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC)
B4BC’s youth-focused mission is to increase awareness about breast cancer, the importance of early detection and the value of a healthy lifestyle.

National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
The largest breast cancer advocacy group in the U.S., NBCC and its sister organization, the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, work to educate and train individuals to be effective activists and to influence the public policies that affect breast cancer research and treatment.

Gilda's Club Worldwide
Named for comedienne Gilda Radner, at Gilda's Club, the focus is on living with cancer. The group provides a community of support for people with cancer and their friends and families.

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
A leading resource for information and education about breast cancer, and an advocate for the needs and concerns of breast cancer patients and survivors, NABCO’s site includes links, a newsletter, fact sheets, info for caregivers and more.

National Cancer Institute
U.S. government site provides information on breast cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, clinical trials and supportive care.

American Cancer Society
Provides information on all forms of cancer and offers numerous brochures and publications for patients and healthcare professionals.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Comprehensive site of covers such topics as risk factors, diagnosis, staging, treatment, after-treatment care and breast cancer financial and insurance issues.

Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization
Web site offers breast cancer information, publications and links to the organizations affiliate chapters.

Books

Carroll, Nick, ed. The Next Wave: The World of Surfing. New York: Abbeville Press Publications, 1991.

Gabbard, Andrea. Girl in the Curl: A Century of Women’s Surfing Seattle: Seal Press, 2000.

George, Sam. The Perfect Day: 40 Years of Surfer Magazine. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001.

Houston, James D. and Ben Finney. Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport. Beverly Hills: Pomegranate, 1996.

Young, Nat. History of Surfing. Clayton, NC: B&G Enterprises, 1998.

Films

American Family Northern California: The Hessons by KQED-TV

Surfing for Life by David L. Brown & Roy Earnest

Swell by Charlotte Lagarde

Zeuf by Charlotte Lagarde

Articles

Hoover, Will. “Women Want Equality on Waves,”
Honolulu Advertiser, December 22, 2002.

Miyake, Neal. “Wahine of the Water,”
AroundHawaii.com.

Regan, James. “Surfing Girls (and Women),”
Reuters, February 20, 2003.

Spurrier, Jeff. “A Generation of Gidgets,”
Atlantic Monthly, April 2002.