What’s next for Girls Who Can’t Surf Good?

For a while now, we’ve been thinking about how to make our group even more useful as we continue to grow. Hosting a group on Facebook has its perks—it helped us grow organically to 74k+ members. Thanks to new admin tools and our eagle-eyed members, managing it has been reasonably easy, keeping the space uncluttered and promo-free.

But we believe we can do more for Girls Who Can’t Surf Good.

We are an inquisitive, eager-to-learn, happy-to-connect bunch. We:

• Have questions: How do we pop up? How do we get out of a surf funk?

• Seek answers: How do we rescue our hair? How long should we wait after an injury before surfing again?

• Want recommendations: What board should we buy? Which surf retreat should we choose? Which instructor can we trust?

• Want to know where to travel: As a beginner surfer? As a solo traveler? As a digital nomad?

• Sometimes, just want to find someone locally to surf with.

• Or sell a new wetsuit that we can no longer return.

• Love hearing other girls’ surf stories—we like knowing we’re not in this alone.

Let’s go! 🚀 Here’s what the future holds

This is a wildly ambitious plan, but absolutely do-able if that’s what we want and are happy to support it.

The Wipeout *Weekly (Newsletter) – Launching March 14, 2025

Here’s what to expect.

✅ A summary of the questions from the group.
✅ 1-2 long-form articles on pressing surf topics (like why on earth can’t I pop up like a normal human?!).
✅ A new surfgirl story (if someone is willing to share!).
✅ Fun, surf-related facts.
✅ A surf destination in focus.

If you ever go off social media for a week, you won’t feel like you’ve missed out. Long-form articles will also be published on the Girls Who Can’t Surf Good blog. You can subscribe today! 

The Directory – Ongoing (Info collection starts late spring)

Keeping the Facebook group promo-free is great, but it also means no way to:

🤝 Find a trusted surf coach at your local break.
🛍️ Discover new surf gear designed for women.
👩‍🦱 Support surf businesses created by women.

A searchable directory of surf-related businesses and organizations—that are recommended by GWCSG—should solve this problem. If you run a surf-related business and want to be included, we’ll have a form for submissions (coming soon!)

The Message Board – Ready by summer

Facebook isn’t going anywhere, but not everyone uses it. And let’s be honest—not every post belongs in a Facebook feed.

🌊 Selling a board? It gets buried in new posts.
🏠️ Looking for a roommate for a surf trip? Same problem.
📍 Want to organize a local surf meetup? Hard to keep track of replies.

A message board, organized by topic and location, will solve these issues. Hosted on our website, using ProBoards (it’s free to use, hurray!) More details coming soon!

The Destinations Database – ETA TBD

Currently, more than 50% of questions in our group are about surf travel.

“Is there surf in Dubai?"
"Where should I stay in Peniche?"
"What’s the best time to surf in Nicaragua?"
"Which surf camp in Sri Lanka is worth it?"

Sure, you can find this info in SEO-optimized "Top Surf Destinations" blog posts—or soon, in Google AI snippets. But we have an opportunity to create a searchable surf destination guide, based on firsthand experiences from our community. Because:

🌎 We will be already featuring beginner-friendly destinations in the newsletter.
📖  We will have a location-specific Directory entries.

🎥 Girls Who Can’t Surf Good – A Documentary (In 10 Years? 🤔)

A personal, long-term dream of Zuz Wilson’s, your admin. Stay tuned.

What’s NOT going to happen

It’s easy to get carried away with all the things Girls Who Can’t Surf Good could become. That’s why we will keep it simple.

🙌 Helpful
If it’s not useful—whether it’s an article, a recommendation, or a new feature—it won’t make the cut.

✨ Positive
Bad things happen. In the lineup. In certain travel destinations. Disagreements exist about where one should or shouldn’t surf. It’s complicated. But we’ll always focus on uplifting and supporting each other.

🤙 Fun
Surfing (especially for beginners) is already intimidating—when it should be fun. You should enjoy surfing, and you should enjoy reading about surfing. And you should not be hit over head with ridiculous surf jargon. You should never feel like you don’t belong here.

So, why is it called Girls Who Can’t Surf Good?

The “good” part
Shouldn’t we say “surf well” instead of “surf good”?

🚫 Nah 🥰

Yes, it’s grammatically incorrect—it’s inspired by Derek Zoolander’s: "Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too." If you haven’t seen Zoolander, I highly recommend it. It’s wonderfully weird.

The “girl” part
Shouldn’t this be Women Who Can’t Surf Good?

🚫 Nah 😊

It’s not “Women Just Want to Have Fun” or “Just a Woman” or “I Kissed a Woman and I Liked It”. And it’s most definitely not: “I’m Just a Woman Standing in Front of a Boy…” (that would be creepy!) Be a girl—whether you’re in your teens, 20s, 40s or 70s.

The “can’t” part
Shouldn’t this be more positive? It’s so… self-deprecating?

🚫 Nah 😜

It’s approachable. It doesn’t have any expectations. It’s not here to judge you. One day, you will say: “I used to be a Girl Who Can’t Surf Good, but no more.” ❤️

The “surf” part

🎯 No notes. 😆

 Now, let’s go surfing!