Captaining a 117-year-old schooner, hand-framing wooden hulls, catching salmon from Alaska to Washington with two crews of sisters, leaving for college, returning home. Being out on the notoriously brutal Pacific Northwest waters takes grit and hard work. But the one thing these women could count on was their all-women crew.
Meet Ilsa, Amber, Emma, and Nellie: four badass women leading the next generation of fishing and boating in their community.
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Color the Water is changing the surf narrative in southern California — from the territorial and exclusive Blue Crush-esque scene to an inclusive community where people of color are stoked to paddle out, catch waves, and connect with their power in the ocean.
Lizelle Jackson is the force behind that change. A former collegiate athlete, it wasn’t until her 20’s that she dove into the sport. Often the sole Black woman surfer on the coast of southern California fighting for every wave, she faced head-on the lack of representation and safe space for people of color in the sport.
Like, not every incredible ski run at sunrise happens organically. And sometimes the bigger picture of a hot springs shoot reveals the photographer’s on someone else’s shoulders. Sometimes the gear just doesn’t fit…and sometimes the weather just doesn’t cooperate. Often we’ve gotta switch gears, gotta improvise. But we’ve always done things a little differently on set, and that’s where our authenticity lies: in our unrelenting drive to try to keep it real. (more…)
If that gets you mad, you’re not alone.
For Lizzy VanPatten, it made her get climbing.
We sat down with Lizzy, a Certified Rock Guide, owner of She Moves Mountains, and T9 model, after an amazing T9 photoshoot at Smith Rock to get her take on climbing, starting her own business, and being a woman in the still very much guys’ world of rock climbing.
Lizzy On: Being Your Own Boss (more…)
