Bill10 Testimony

MISC. COM. 949

P.16a Council From; CLK Council Info Sent: Wednesday: December 9, 2020 8:45 AM Subject: Council/Pubhc Hearing Speaker Registration)Testimony Written Testimony

Name Phone 8083817467 Email [email protected] Meeting Date 12-08-2020 Council/PH Council Committee Agenda Item Bill10 Your position on Support the mailer Representing Self Organization Bill 10 My name is Kennelly, I’ma professional surfer and WSL women’s big wave world champion.

When I got my start in pro and wanted to qualify for the WSL

pro tour at 16 years old, I was able to fly to and compete in the events on the of Oahu. The women had qualifying events at Haleiwa and along side the men’s events up until about 10 years ago when all of a sudden the women’s events got canceled but the men’s events remained. For the last decade the women have been completely excluded from the professional surfing competitions on the North Shore Qahu. There are many competitions here in Oahu to help our male athletes AIVnLLe n qualify for the Testimony pro tour, But no qualifying events for our female athletes. This is forcing aspiring female athletes that want to make a career in professional surfing to have to fly to foreign lands at a great expense to them and their families to qualify for the WSL world tour.

Iwas a part of a committee That helped achieve pay parity for femaLe professional surfers. Even though the prize money is now equal in WSL events women are not being given equal opportunities to compete. It’s almost like getting a raise and then being laid off.

I applaud Kym Pine for introducing bill 10 and I hope that you will pass this bill so we can achieve equality for our athletes here in Hawaii.

Thank you, KK

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Name Carol Anne Philips Phone 8087796222 Email [email protected] Meeting Date 12-09-2020 Council/PH Council Committee Agenda Item Bill 10 Your position on Support the mailer Representing Self Organization Dear Council,

Please vote to pass Bill10. Gender equality is the law and should be applicable to access of public resources such as the limited number of surf contest days/time allowed on the North Shore. The Olympic Committee has scheduled, for the first time, surfing to be included as a sanctioned sport. with equal divisions and competitors for both males and females. The stakes have dramatically changed. Gold medals are on the line for both Hawaii and the United States. Tsurigasaki Beach in Chiba, Japan from July 24 to August 9, 2020, is when and where it willall Moving Written Testimony go down. forward we can t afford to not give our wahine an equal opportunity to represent all of us and achieve on this very prestigious world stage the Olympics represents. The North Shore is the undisputed Capitol of professional surfing as such provides invaluable training resources for wold class surfers both from Hawaii and around the world. As such the contest calendar should reflect the laws and values of Hawaii and provide an equal amount of time for women. With all of that said in no way should the number of contest days on the North Shore be expanded?. The North Shore community has very graciously hosted surfing

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Written Testimony

Name Betty Depolito Phone 8087812535 Email banzaib(Whawaii.rr.com Meeting Date 12-09-2020 Council/PH Parks Committee Agenda Item Bill 10 Your position on Support the matter Representing Self Organization

Aloha, I am in support of Bill 10. Equal access for Women in sports and in surfing is the law! Personally I have been denied a surfing permit that equals the Men’s big wave time frame several times. An example of this is the City permitted me an event at for a big wave Women’s event in March and April for about a week. To me that was a slap in the face of every Women surfer. There are absolutely no big waves at those times. Currently my time frame is no better, It’s in October-November where chances are very low. It has been three years and the event has been a no go and I have lost my sponsor because of it. I have been supporting and organizing Women’s events where I can for about 18 years and the sport of surfing has grown for Women. Bill 10 brings light to the fact that Women surfers have been left out by many of the contest organizers and the City in providing equal event opportunities and the chance for them to be Written professionals. Currently there are few events for our Women’s Qualifying surfers who are Testimony trying to qualify for the pro ranks, World Champion Tour and things are not equal. There are only 18 top rated Women that compete and 42 top rated men that surf in the top tier contests. There are other and many flaws in the permit rule system and man)’ promoters that could do better for women surfers. We have to required better and more opportunities and Bill 10 will support equal access. The City dictates who can use our parks for events and they have to be more responsible for equality starting with having an

advisory board that includes Women! I do appreciate what has been accomplished lately by our City staff and our Council and Legislators in moving forward to correct the many problems in this permitting process. Thank You to the entire City staff that has worked on changing things but we have to move forward and quickly and get the rules updated and changed so they represent our entire comniunity. Go bill 10! Testimony Attachment Accept

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