COLDWATER CONVERSATIONS

A journal of women and waves

This is the second issue of Coldwater Conversations, a publication of creative coldwater surfers in the North, 2025. It's a comment on the lack of female representation in surf media.

We are particularly pleased about this issue, because the editor is none other than REBEL SURF Ambassador Malin Sjöstedt.

"I see more and more women defying the cold, surfing icy waves in their 6mm wetsuits, gloves and boots. Yet, surf media still fails to reflect this reality. The biggest platforms in the industry continue to publish a staggering imbalance of men and women in their feeds and magazines.

Four years after the first issue of this magazine was launched, we - the creative, bold women of Nordic surfing, are still carving out space for ourselves:  We’re here to showcase a new generation of Scandinavian surfers redefining what surfing looks like in these frigid waters. My hope is that years from now, we’ll look back and recognize this as a pioneering time. A time when women made waves, took up space, and inspired others to learn, progress, and cheer each other on. We are out here surfing, creating, and connecting with our favorite element - water.

This is our world. Welcome to it. We’re glad to have you here.”

Malin Sjöstedt, editor

Content:

• Seconds of total freedom
• Healthy localism, surf manners and the surf content explosion
• The process of art & design with nature as inspiration
• The difference between cold water and tropical waves
• Held by the Waves: Finding healing, strength, and home in the Ocean
• The similarities of yoga and surf

Featuring: Malin Fränberg, Sara Bjurbäck, Thilde Rasmussen, Elin Fröderberg, Sofia Soori, Malin Sjöstedt.

Art direction and Edit by Malin Sjöstedt.

Limited edition, each copy is signed.

37 pages | 29.5 x 21 cm | english