Gay surfers
Gay Surf Brazil
7th &#; 13 April
Praia do Rosa, South Brazil
GSB18 group
Surfari fun
Surfing Rosa
Yoga by the sea
This girl can
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Beginners lesson Surf School- Florianopolis- Brazil
Gay Surf Brazil is THE LGBT+ surf camp in South America.
This annual event began in as a partnership between Brazil Ecojourneys, a LGBT-owned tour operator, and Gay Surfers, a social media platform for LGBT+ surfers that has been connecting the community and helping to combat homophobia in surfing.
Since then, we&#;ve brought together aspiring and experienced surfers from the LGBT+ community from around the world for a week of &#;surf and enjoyable with friends&#;.
Our surf camp takes place at the gorgeous Praia do Rosa, a beach known throughout Brazil for its natural beauty, perfect waves and rustic-chic vibe.
Gay Surf Brazil is a true immersion in the world of surfing, with surfing classes/sessions, a surf clinic with video analysis, yoga and fitness classes focused on surfing and it is open to a
Long Read: &#;Best Gay Surfer Ever!&#;
Hello sweetheart!
(Editor’s note: Six years ago, I commissioned the noted Fred Pawle to write a story about the surf photographer Paul Sargeant’s misadventures, which had included a sexual assault on a journalist. While that story was back and forthing, and at one point stalled because a former Tracks editor said Sarge would kill himself if it ran, I offered Fred the slightly more uplifting story of surfing’s first openly gay pro, Matt Branson. Openly gay in the sense that long after retirement, he’d come out.
In contrast to the hoops Fred was jumping through to get the Sarge story, Branno answered his phone on the third dial and invited Fred to his home on the Gold Coast for the interview. Arriving with a case of beer on his shoulder – oowee, Branno likes to drink – the pair got boozed and, according to Fred, within ten minutes he’d recorded every significant quote he needed.
As the writing of the story progressed it transpired that, as a teenager, the closeted Branno ha
I’m at a place in my life right now that would have made me panic just a couple of years ago. Shit, if someone even mentioned the word ‘’gay’’ around me, I would go red in the face and start to sweat. I don’t know how I got here, but I’m very happy that I did.
So I want to tell you something. Something that’s a petite part of me. Something that you might not agree with and might think &#;what does this even have to act with surfing?&#; The truth is, it probably has nothing to do with surfing. But I do know my teenage years would have been a lot easier if I could read about a pro surfer who also battled the same demons I struggled with. That alone might have softened the blow. Maybe if I&#;d been able to see just how gay people are accepted in the surf community, I wouldn’t have grown up to be the nervous wreck that I am today. I perceive these things would have made a huge difference to me as a kid, and I believe it can make a difference to the thousands out there today facing the same inner struggles.
Growing up surfing in Ireland couldn&#;t be any further away from the palm tr