In 2017, Danny Griffiths lost his board off the south coast of Tasmania, but it's now turned up in Townsville.

"He prepared me all this time to be independent some day."

The 63-year-old was attacked by a shark at Main Beach at about 7:00am and received lacerations to her hip, back and buttocks, according to paramedics.

"It was International Women's Day last Monday and I didn't celebrate it."

Interspersed with teenage skatepark celluloid, here's J Dub with a recent edit from a hometown return.

It's easy to forget how stacked the system was against women professional surfers, but 'Girls Can't Surf' reminds us what those '80s women fought for.

On the eve of its cinematic release, the director of 'Girls Can't Surf' chats to Swellnet about the storytelling and the social dynamics and that underpin his latest film.