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Wahine magazine was the world's first surfing lifestyle consumer magazine for girls and women. It was founded in 1994 in Long Beach, Calif. by editor Elizabeth Glazner and publisher Marilyn Edwards. The independent quarterly circulated internationally through 2001.

Wahine helped identify a burgeoning segment of the surf industry market by featuring images and stories of female surfers of all ages. It premiered at the 1995 U.S. Open of Surfing beach festival in Huntington Beach, and won the 1996 Maggie Award for Best New Consumer Publication. It's first issue featured a surf travel excursion to Baja California with four-time Association of Surfing Professionals champion Freida Zamba; a Q&A with then ASP World Championship Tour leader Lisa Andersen; an interview with the creator of the 1994 surf documentary "Surfer Girls;" a surfable swimsuit fashion layout; a tutorial by Huntington Beach pro surfer Kim "Danger Woman" Hamrock entitled "How To Read A Wave," plus articles on health and fitness and a listing of surfing events open to females.

During its publishing tenure, Wahine featured profiles of such surfing legends as Rell Sunn, Jericho Poppler, Margo Oberg and Layne Beachley; dedicated an issue to the 40th anniversary of "Gidget," and followed the womens' pro surfing tour as it established events in places like Hawaii's North Shore, Fiji's Tavarua and Tahiti.

"During its 7-year run Wahine became the Bible for female surfers," wrote Jeff Spurrier in the April 2002 Atlantic."It presented a unique G-rated blend of soft-pedal feminism, ecology, waterwomen's history, and Endless Summer schmaltz, appealing both to mature women surfers and to pre-teens getting their toes on the nose for the first time. Thanks to Wahine, a generation of surfers came into the water unaware that 'surfing like a girl' could be pejorative."A Generation of Gidgets

The magazine gradually broadened its coverage and adopted the tagline "A Girls' Guide to Surf, Skate, Snow and Go-Go" after adding managing editor Arrissia Owen Turner. Later articles included the first published history of women in skateboarding, a profile on the first professional female skateboarder Cara Beth Burnside, as well as features on professional snowboarders including Michelle Taggert. The music section was also expanded to include more CD reviews and features on female-centric bands such as The Muffs, The Angoras and more.