California Western Law Review Volume 56 Number 1 Article 9 2-15-2020 Making Waves: Using Hawaii’s and California’s Public Trust Doctrines to Bring Gender Equality to Professional Big-Wave Surfing Natalie Holtz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr Recommended Citation Holtz, Natalie (2020) "Making Waves: Using Hawaii’s and California’s Public Trust Doctrines to Bring Gender Equality to Professional Big-Wave Surfing," California Western Law Review: Vol. 56 : No. 1 , Article 9. Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr/vol56/iss1/9 This Comment is brought to you for free and open access by CWSL Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in California Western Law Review by an authorized editor of CWSL Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Holtz: Making Waves: Using Hawaii’s and California’s Public Trust Doctri Holtz camera ready FINAL (Do Not Delete) 2/10/2020 10:22 AM MAKING WAVES: USING HAWAII’S AND CALIFORNIA’S PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINES TO BRING GENDER EQUALITY TO PROFESSIONAL BIG-WAVE SURFING TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 284 I. BACKGROUND ................................................................................. 289 A. Big-Wave Contests ................................................................... 289 B. The North Shore’s Contest Calendar ....................................... 291 C. The North Shore’s Shore Water Rules ....................................