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‘Stand out, not up’: bodyboarders, gendered hierarchies and negotiating the dynamics of pride/shame

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Pages 487-506 | Received 06 Jan 2011, Accepted 09 Apr 2012, Published online: 11 May 2012
 

Abstract

In this paper, bodyboarders who surf the breaks of the Illawarra, New South Wales talk about their surfing experiences. We are particularly interested in leisured exclusions. Bodyboarders’ principal concern appears to be territorialisation of surf breaks and the legitimisation of bodyboarding in a sport where they are disavowed a ‘real’ surfing identity based on shortboarders’ desire to claim superiority. The paper explores how bodyboarders’ experiences of pride and shame articulate with understanding of space, self and masculinities. Alongside the physical environment of the surf break, interpersonal relationships between shortboarders and bodyboarders figure heavily in participant’s negotiation and construction of their gendered identities. We argue how individual bodyboarders negotiate the pride/shame nexus has important implication for understanding gender and territorialisation of the surf.

Neste artigo, bodyboarders que surfam as ondas de Illawarra, em New South Wales, falam sobre suas experiências surfando. Estamos particularmente interessados em exclusões de lazer. A principal preocupação dos bodyboarders parece ser a territorialização das arrebentações e a legitimação do bodyboard em um esporte onde são negados uma identidade surfista “real” baseada no desejo de surfistas de reivindicar superioridade. O artigo explora como as experiências de orgulho e vergonha dos bodyboarders se articulam com o entendimento de espaço, identidade e masculinidades. Ao lado do ambiente físico da arrebentação das ondas, relações interpessoais entre surfistas e bodyboarders aparecem de forma relevante nas negociações e construções de identidades de gênero de participantes. Defendemos que a forma com que indivíduos bodyboarders negociam o nexo de orgulho/vergonha tem implicação importante na compreensão de gênero e territorialidade no surfe.

在该文章里, 那些在新南威尔士的伊拉瓦拉冲浪的长滑板冲浪员谈论了他们的冲浪经历。我们特别对其中的休闲参观活动感兴趣。长滑板冲浪员的主要关注焦点是冲浪场所的领土扩张及冲浪板在体育中合法化。因为在体育运动中, 基于短滑板冲浪员要求优越性的愿望, 长滑板往往不被认为是一种‘真正’的冲浪身份。该文章探讨了长滑板冲浪员通过对空间, 自我和男子气概的理解来表达他们的荣辱经历。和冲浪地的物理环境一起, 短板和长板冲浪员之间的人际关系在参与者谈判和建立他们性别身份中起到非常重要的作用。我们认为个别长滑板冲浪员谈判的荣辱关系对理解性别和冲浪的领土扩张具有重要的启示。

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