If you’ve seen a video recently of a woman in her 50’s, 60’s or 70’s cruising the waves and telling the story of how she came to be a surfer later in life, chances are it’s been shared by the Sassy Silver Surfers community, founded by Inessa Love and Lisa Alfano.

Whilst Inessa’s films on instagram show the beautiful waters of Hawaii, she’s actually originally from Ukraine, an unlikely surf girl destination. What feels more unlikely is that she spent 8 years in Hawaii before turning to surfing at 50, an event that came about after she was divorced and seeking new freedoms.

She didn’t find it easy, but she stuck with it, describing it as ‘opening up her life’. She started a facebook group with Lisa, as a way to seek out people who were surfers in the same age bracket, and the two were surprised that it grew at pace. The group is closed, if you’re not 50 you’re not coming in, but the Instagram account @sassysilversurfers has acted as a route for surfers who aspire to be surfing in their 50’s, but who aren’t there quite yet, to find a route into the community.

Inessa is now hell bent on demonstrating that women in their 50’s and beyond an do anything they want, through the lens of the inspiring stories of the women in the community.

We cover:

• The story of Sassy Silver Surfers coming to life
• Why prioritising yourself is an essential practice
• Surfing post Divorce
• Why 50+ women are so surfing obsessed
• Belonging in the line-up 

Producer: Selma Chalabi

Presenter: Caroline Keylock 

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