Current ASP Women’s World Longboarding champ Cori Schumacher says she’ll boycott the 2011 tour, according to a story on Surfer Magazine’s website.
“I have deep political and personal reservations with being a part of any sort of benefit to a country that actively engages in human rights violations,” Schumacher said. . . The current schedule for the Women’s Longboard Tour includes two stops, one in France and the other in China. Schumacher has stated that she will not surf in either event.
A very stand up position to take considering that the entire surf industry makes their products in China, a country that has recently threatened to send foreign journalists home if they try to report on pro-democracy demonstrations.
[Link: Surfer Magazine and Voice of America]
So happy to see an athlete take a justified stand against China.
At last ! A public figure who does not toe the line that all is well with China. Congratulations Cori.
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