While she heartily welcomes improving career options for female surfers, in a way this quiet achiever is also thankful she was able to surf at a time when the sport was in its infancy.Maybe I was more happy where I was at that time because you experience the 60s which was when we were all learning what surfing was," she said.
"It was just a whole lot of fun and I think everyone around you was having fun so there was no aggro in the water.But perhaps a little bit more media attention would have been welcomed. "You'd get three or four pages of expansive description of what was going on in the men's event and there'd be one line at the bottom and it would say 'and Couper won again' and that was it," she laughed.Inspiring the next generation of female surfers
Reigning world champion Stephanie Gilmore has four Bells wins under her belt and said Couper was an inspiration. "She's won more than any other person on the planet, even more than Kelly Slater, and it is so cool to think that was the beginning of female competitive surfing," Gilmore said.
Education Education Latest News, Education Education Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »