New South Wales, Australia: Why every woman should try surfing

By Tatyana Leonov
Updated January 27 2015 - 2:13pm, first published 1:57pm
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull
Sally Fitzgibbons Photo: Red Bull

Lee Winkler of Lee Winkler's Surf School on the Coffs Coast tells me women are more intuitive when it comes to catching waves. "They just get when to stand up," he says. I can get up on my knees (although Lee stresses that's a bad surfing habit) and I can sometimes jump up into a standing position. Remaining standing… it depends on the wave.

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