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> SubscriptionWomen want spot in big wave surf competition in
> California
> 5 December 2015, 8:10 pm
>          SAN FRANCISCO 
>       (AP) -- It was the first set of the day
> at Mavericks, a rock-studded, once-secret surf spot 20 miles
> south of San Francisco, and Andrea Möller was out charging
> big waves with a dozen other women when her surfboard hit
> her in the cheek under her left eye. It was a shock. It
> hurt. And she wasn't happy she had to interrupt her session.
> But the Brazilian-turned-Maui-local had flown to California
> to ride the legendary Mavericks break and that was what she
> intended to do. "I didn't want to get out of the water," she
> said of the last winter incident. She hopped a jet ski for a
> ride to the marina for Super Glue and duct tape. Using her
> skills as a paramedic, she patched her cheek so she could
> keep surfing but get stitches later. Some say women aren't
> quite ready to compete in the invitation-only Titans of
> Mavericks. But the California Coastal Commission recently
> gave a boost to their campaign, telling organizers that they
> better have a plan for including women if they want a permit
> to hold the event next year. The competition is held when
> the surf is just right, between Nov. 1 and March 31. Waves
> can rise to 60 feet. "Women have been progressing at big
> wave surfing for many years, but they always lacked the
> recognition and trust from the man-dominated sport,"
> Möller, 36, said. "Times have changed. There are no more
> reasons to exclude them from any event." Organizers have not
> yet ironed out plans for how to recruit women, how to handle
> them in the heats or whether to make a separate women's
> heat. Commissioner Mark Vargas of Southern California made
> the motion to require the contest to craft a plan for women.
> "They are utilizing a public resource and we are giving them
> permission," he said. "If they are going to use that public
> resource, then there ought to be some sort of consideration
> for equal opportunity or at least transparency for their
> selection process to ensure there is no discrimination."
> Arguments that Mavericks is too tough for women - two men
> have died surfing there - don't hold water with Vargas.
> Participation by women "will encourage the next generation
> of girls to want to become women big wave surfers," he said.
> "If they don't see it, they won't do it." In 1999, Sarah
> Gerhardt, 41, of Santa Cruz became the first woman to ever
> surf the Mavericks break. She has been included in a long
> list of potential contestants but never made the short list.
> No woman has. The organizers, she said, are not really being
> inclusive. "They are gesturing but (women surfers) don't
> actually make it to the top 24 and (will) never be able to
> compete with the men. If there are going to be women in the
> event, they should have their own heat," Gerhardt, a college
> professor, said. But organizers say it's not realistic right
> now to have women compete directly with the men although
> that day is coming. "Our intent is not to put aside a
> special class just for women but have the women go head to
> head with the men," said Cassandra Clark, who is the wife of
> contest founder Jeff Clark, the man who discovered the surf
> spot at age 17. "We have women we are starting to see now,
> and I can't wait to see them surf at that level," she told
> the commission. Still, it may take some time. "At this point
> we haven't seen that kind of performance," Jeff Clark said.
> There also are logistical problems with adding a separate
> women's heat, organizers say. There just isn't time, they
> say, in what already is a daylong contest for two dozen
> surfers riding the same monstrous peak in heats through
> shifts in tides and winds. San Francisco surfer Grant
> Washburn has competed in each of the nine competitions that
> have been held since 1999 and he sees both sides of the
> dilemma. "It would be great for the women, and I totally
> understand the interest," Washburn, 47, said. But he
> understands what organizers are up against when "the call"
> to Mavericks comes - the wave size, wind and swell direction
> need to be just right to summon surfers from all over the
> world. "There's so much to organize already so to add
> (women) could make it impossible," he said. "Even in the
> perfect scenario, we are rushing and we barely get it done."
> --- Associated Press writer Jason Dearen contributed to this
> report.
>
> Town official quits over 'Christmas' tree lighting ceremony
> 5 December 2015, 7:59 pm
>          ROSELLE PARK,
> N.J.        (AP) -- A New Jersey city
> council's decision to add the word "Christmas" to the name
> of its tree-lighting ceremony prompted one council member to
> step down because it "turned it from a non-religious event
> to a religious one." Charlene Storey announced her decision
> just minutes after the Roselle Park council approved the
> change Thursday night, NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1ILdHHf ) reported. Her resignation takes
> effect Jan. 7. Storey, who was raised Catholic but describes
> herself as a non-believer, said the town's decision to
> change the ceremony's name from "A Tree Lighting" to "A
> Christmas Tree Lighting" favors one religion and "cuts
> non-Christians out of the loop." Storey said she regretted
> having to resign but called the issue a matter of principle.
> "I cannot in good conscience continue to be part of a
> council that is exclusionary or to work with a mayor who is
> such," Storey said in her resignation letter. Roselle Park
> Mayor Carl Hokanson praised Storey for her work on the
> council. He said everyone is entitled to their own beliefs,
> but also noted that each town can use whatever title it
> wants to use for the ceremony. "It's not a street, it's not
> a building, it's a Christmas tree," Hokanson said. ---
> Information from:  NJ Advance Media.
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