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It’s Here! Like that long awaited swell you’ve been tracking from the South Pacific, the USA Premiere of OUT in the line-up is finally here and we’re stoked to share the details: – Newport Beach Film Festival April 30 at 8:00pm at South Coast Village 3 – San Diego Surf Film Festival May 9 at 9:00pm At […]
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Olive Bowers is not exactly a veteran of the ocean, but at 13 she has enough experience to know what she likes and what she doesn’t when it comes to surfing. Best is catching a clean wave in the summer; worst is some of the sexism that still lingers in the sport. What she encountered […]
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Sydney’s Mardi Gras closed with a bang this year as the country that brought us “It’s Time” in 2011 did it again with “Marry Me”, a look at a gay surfer’s modern day quest for love, to the soundtrack of Macklemore’s “Same Love”. marry me from elvisdifazio on Vimeo.
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We won the Best Surf Film Award at the Byron Bay International Film Festival last night ! Stoked!
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Keala Kennelly recently delivered a fully thought provoking speech on the appeal of big wave surfing at TEDxMalibu. “I was so excited to ride that beautiful wave (Teahupoo). People think that I have no fear but I’m terrified,” she said. “Once you’ve felt something like that and you know it exists, it’s impossible to pretend it’s not […]
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“It started with a Google search. I typed in the words ‘gay’ and ‘surfer’” They’re not the first words spoken in Out In The Lineup but they make a fitting starting point for a review. Because although Out In The Lineup is a documentary it’s also a journey and those words are the embarkation point. They’re spoken by David Wakefield, […]
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Book your ticket for the world premiere of “OUT in the line-up”, a breakthrough documentary about homosexuality in surfing: 20th February 2014 Sydney, Australia Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival – World premiere Screening @ Event Cinemas – George Street (525 George Street, Sydney) Drinks at 6pm – Screening at 7pm 7th March 2014 Byron Bay, Australia Byron […]
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XXL all sports united ‘s new commercial “Airport Love” was created for the sports and outdoor market in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The films message is that sport is for everyone, no matter what team you play for. The film premiered at the same time as the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi. Of many […]
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Michael Sam, an All-American defensive lineman from Missouri and the Associated Press’ SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay in an interview with ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” on Sunday. Sam stated publicly what his teammates and coaches at Mizzou have known since August: “I am an openly, proud gay man.” Sam is eligible […]
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by Steve Dow, Arts writer for SMH. As a child growing up in Santa Barbara, California, in the 1990s, Riley Herman would ride out into the surf on the nose of his dad’s long board, with his father behind him. Once he finished his architecture studies at university, Sydney beckoned, with a surfing culture much […]
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Book your ticket for the world premiere of “OUT in the line-up”, a breakthrough documentary about homosexuality in surfing: 20th February 2014 Sydney, Australia World premiere Screening at Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival @ Event Cinemas – George Street (525 George Street, Sydney)Drinks at 6pm – Screening at 7pm Tickets on sale soon for screenings in other cities
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Will the first All Black to out himself as gay be the bravest man in sport in this country, or will the announcement be received with the acclaim Trevor Mallard’s witty, good natured endorsement of same sex marriage did? Officials in sport all over the world have acknowledged racism as an evil that should be […]
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I get a lot of emails from members looking for a gay friendly schools and surf related businesses around the world. So we have decided to list gay friendly surf shops, surf schools and surf related businesses in each of the main cities where gay surfers travel to. If you want your business to be […]
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Editor’s note: Hudson Taylor, a three-time NCAA All-American wrestler at the University of Maryland, is a wrestling coach at Columbia University and the founder and executive director ofAthlete Ally, a nonprofit organization that educates, encourages and empowers the athletic community to help end homophobia, transphobia and bullying. It is partnered with All Out on the Principle 6 Campaign around the […]
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We did it! And only thanks to YOU, all of our amazing backers. Your generous pledges have ensured that OUT in the line-up will hit screens around the world in early 2014. Thank you so much. For those of you who have ordered copies of the film, we can’t wait to share it with you! We’ll be […]
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We’re about to finish editing and we’re running a Kickstarter campaign for 30 days to raise the funds needed to release the film to YOU! This is an opportunity for you to be part of a world first, to break down stereotypes and promote social change. Please watch our new video, have a look through […]
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A breakthrough film exposing the taboo of homosexuality in surfing A documentary by Thomas Castets & Ian Thomson http://outinthelineup.com/ Duration: 85 minutes running time Format: HD Video / 1920 x 1080p / PAL
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SOCHI, RUSSIA – President Vladimir Putin promised Monday that gay athletes and guests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will feel at ease, seeking to assuage fears fueled by a recent Russian law banning gay “propaganda.” Speaking at a meeting with heads of Russian winter sports federations, which was also attended by visiting IOC President […]
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Raja Shortel (from Maui) died yesterday on Sept 30th 2013 at 5:30 am The Gay Surfers group from Los Angeles organised a paddle out at Topanga Beach (Los Angeles) I met Raja when I travelling to Maui a few years ago and he was an amazing guy, he had 5 jobs at the time, 3 […]
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Comedy-of-errors documentary, 10 years in the making, splashes onto Sydney screen this Friday. Three Australian men – who, when they were boys, took on the challenge of surfing the 7 seas of the world – despite their average abilities – present the real, warts-and-all story of their 2 year journey. With the best intentions of preventing […]
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