A teacher, a surfboard, and the patriarchy drowning in her wake.
The film profiles Mayra Agulair, a teacher in a tiny rural fishing village in Baja, Mexico, who becomes the first Mexican woman surfer in her area. Told in Spanish with English subtitles using mainly Mayra's voice, the film shows how she has gone on to inspire both her students and other local women to take up the sport and follow their dreams.
Cinematography
Those Baja coastlines will ruin your vacation standards forever.
Direction
Mayra's own voice carries every frame — no narrator needed.
Director
Paul Ferraris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Surfing in Mexico has long been dominated by expat communities and wealthy tourists; Mayra's story represents a rare documented case of local Mexican women claiming the sport as their own.
Directors Ferraris and Silva spent years documenting Baja surf culture before finding Mayra — the film was originally planned as a broader survey until her voice demanded the spotlight.
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