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    Equal Pay For Equal Shreds: World Surf League Will Award Same Prizes To Men And Women

    The league had come under fire for the pay gap in its prize money. "I honestly didn't see it coming," said Carissa Moore, a three-time world champion.
    by Laurel Wamsley Sep 07, 2018 3 minutes
    U.S. surfer Lakey Peterson is carried up the beach after claiming victory in a World Surf League event in Australia in March. The league says it will start paying the same prize money to men and women.

    Surfing's governing body has announced that it will give equal prize money to male and female athletes in all of its events, starting next year.

    "This is a huge step forward in our long-planned strategy to elevate women's surfing and we are thrilled to make this commitment as we reveal our new 2019 schedule," World Surf League CEO Sophie Goldschmidt said in . "This is the latest in a series of actions the League has undertaken to showcase our female athletes, from competing on the same quality

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