Team
SCA has a super fan. She’s seven and, at home, she has posters of Team
SCA on her wall. As a member of the team, and as a woman in 2014, this
is extremely cool. When I was three, I had posters of horses and “New
Kids on the Block” on my wall. The fact that there is a little girl
already aspiring to be like us means we are doing our job correctly. “This
is not just about going out and winning the Volvo Ocean Race,” Libby
said. “This is about something so much more, it’s about something
bigger. When a seven year old is interested, it’s like ‘wow this is
really big.’ In sailing you’re so focused on crossing the finish line,
but this is about so much more. It’s about changing way we think. If
anything, it will start by changing how see women in sailing.”
What’s
so fantastic is Abby Ehler, Stacey Jackson, Sally Barkow, and Libby
Greenhalgh are becoming household names for young women around the
world. The women of Team SCA are neither the Beyoncés nor the Hilary
Clintons of the world—they’re simply every day women.
Yes,
the women of Team SCA have worked incredibly hard to get to where they
are today, however they enjoy cooking, a trip to the cinema, spending
time with friends and family, eating chocolate, and so on. The women of
Team SCA are real. What the women of Team SCA show all women,
young and old, is that you can go out and achieve your dream—you can
follow in our footsteps.
Sailing
is an international sport that is so often looked at ‘a wealthy man’s
game.’ Sailing is not “mainstream” like basketball, football, or golf.
Sailing is confusing and technical.
However,
the reality is: sailing is something anyone can do—especially if
there’s a ‘learn to sail’ program in your area. Sailing is way cooler
than mainstream sports because the sport sends their athletes into the
front line, 24/7; you don’t see Michael Jordan sleeping on the
basketball court! Sailing, at it’s most pure and simple form, is about
the wind, the sea, and water.
What
I’m getting at here is that sailing is a very cool sport, and little
three year olds are interested in the sailors which means Team SCA has
the power to change the world—through sailing. We have the power to not
only share the love and the joy for the water, but we are role models
who have the power to encourage the little girls out there to achieve
their dreams. Yep, Libby is right, this is something big. (www.teamsca.com)
as
a super fan. She’s seven and, at home, she has posters of Team SCA on
her wall. As a member of the team, and as a woman in 2014, this is
extremely cool. When I was three, I had posters of horses and “New Kids
on the Block” on my wall. The fact that there is a little girl already
aspiring to be like us means we are doing our job correctly.
“This is not just about going out and winning the Volvo Ocean Race,” Libby said. “This is about something so much more, it’s about something bigger. When a seven year old is interested, it’s like ‘wow this is really big.’ In sailing you’re so focused on crossing the finish line, but this is about so much more. It’s about changing way we think. If anything, it will start by changing how see women in sailing.”
What’s so fantast
- See more at: http://teamsca.com/blog/day-5-just-like-you#sthash.vmE8YyNX.dpuf
“This is not just about going out and winning the Volvo Ocean Race,” Libby said. “This is about something so much more, it’s about something bigger. When a seven year old is interested, it’s like ‘wow this is really big.’ In sailing you’re so focused on crossing the finish line, but this is about so much more. It’s about changing way we think. If anything, it will start by changing how see women in sailing.”
What’s so fantast
- See more at: http://teamsca.com/blog/day-5-just-like-you#sthash.vmE8YyNX.dpuf
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