Except the stuff about men being better than women, toxic masculinity sounds a lot like men gatekeeping other men (and themselves) 🤔 thanks for the long answer!
A decent custom made surfboard, two very good but stock surfboards or 3-10(maybe more?) used surfboards.
Or take 500 for a cheap flight to a surf destination and 500 for a board, which can get you a very good new one or 2-5 used surfboards.
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