Slater, Doz and breakout trans athlete Lia Thomas. | Photo: @sensitiveseashellcollector (Kelly Slater)

Living surf legend Kelly Slater rallies to defense of big wave pal Shane Dorian after he is accused of transphobia on hot-button abortion thread!

A friend in need...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are well aware that the long-simmering issue of abortion has exploded to the forefront of American polemics. A leak out of the Supreme Court earlier in the week, confirmed to be accurate, has suggested that the justices will abandon Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 ruling that protected abortion as a national right.

Passions have run hot for days with all-comers taking to social media, sharing their important opinions including celebrities and extreme sport announcer Sal Masekela.

The latter posted a simple black square with repeating white words reading “men should not be making laws about women’s bodies” adding “It’s pretty simple” as his caption.

Support was near universal with public figures and professional surfers weighing in with an assortment of “raise the roof” emojis, 100 emojis and heart emojis.

Big wave surfer and one-time movie star Shane Dorian also lent his backing though with a slight addendum and shaka emoji.

“Agreed! And they shouldn’t be allowed to compete against them in sports,” referencing the almost equally hot button issue of trans individuals playing games as their chosen gender as opposed whatever nonsense was listed upon a birth certificate.

Uh oh.

Condemnation was swift with @evo_robbie_oh telling Dorian it was “cool sliding in your transphobia” and Masekela, himself, declaring “seems a strange comment on an abortion convo brother.”

Dorian was quick to attempt clarification, replying, “Yeah I can see that. I wasn’t trying to change the subject at all. Women’s rights is the topic and what I said is on that topic. My apologies. Also, what I said isn’t transphobic at all, what someone chooses to hear when they read it is their trip, and that is totally fine.”

Cue living surf legend Kelly Slater. The 11x world champion and current number 13 spared no appeal to comment sense when rallying to his wonderful friend’s defense.

“Explain what part of his comment says anything about him being scared of trans people.”

Slater, who also happens to be godfather to Dorian’s son, continued to have his back, fending off weak jabs here, small parries there, proving himself to be the best sort of pal there is. One who rushes headlong into danger without regard for personal safety.

Bravo and if Dorian and Slater ever choose to revive their acting careers, I would love to see them in a World War II film, together in a fox hole, handsome and brave.

Academy Award material.

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Chris McClanathan
Chris McClanathan
4 years ago

Here is the simple and fair solution…
Four classes of people.

1. Biological male that identify as male.
2. Biological female that identify as female.
3. Biological male that identify as female.
4. Biological female that identify as male.

Problem solved…… You’re welcome.

Mike
Mike
4 years ago

Unfortunately the crazy wants more. I am a… and a trans man will be the first female president of the United States

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
4 years ago

5- Gender fluid

Mac B
Mac B
4 years ago

Exactly when women say it’s my body my choice they are contradicting themselves because while it may be their body their choice – the body inside them isn’t theirs and they are choosing for it denying the baby of my body my choice! Hypocritical statement a kind of oxymoron. It’s flawed logic and selfish. The very act of choosing to abort a child is denying another human their freedom to decide. And yes it is a person. We may use John locke’s definition of personhood which says a person must recognize their self as a person to be a person but that also is absurd and flawed because their are 5 year olds that can’t do that, mentally disabled who can’t and on the flip side some chimps can do it. The real problem lies in mankind’s assumption they have the ability to determine when personhood begins when they don’t it’s impossible. If we say personhood begins at birth or 13 weeks into pregnancy or whatever then your telling me that one billionth of a second before that they are Not a person then BAMM! They suddenly are? And how do you know when the exact moment it turns 13 weeks – you DONT! We Don’t -WHY? Because we are finite humans with limited finite minds incapable of making a decision only made possible by God the One who created us. In the end humans really don’t 100 percent know anything there is no such thing as a bare fact in science they use the scientific theory which is a THEORY that again they ASSUME IS CORRECT and run their tests based on that assumption and if it fits the theory it’s labeled a fact. Science calls being 95 percent confident a fact. So if your comfortable basing the life of your child on some definition written by John locke’s assumptions be my guest but at least recognize the hypocrisy and flawed limited logic behind that decision!

Joseph Morgan
Joseph Morgan
4 years ago

No comment. Wait that’s a comment. D’oh!

Follow the Sun 🌞
Follow the Sun 🌞
4 years ago

Oh yes, I came here for the comments!

J H
J H
4 years ago

No, no, no…Eddie Murphy LOVED the trannies.

He grew up in Freeport, NY and got arrested a few times in Hempstead, NY for soliciting trans hookers.

A family member was the arresting officer on of those occasions.

But Eddie is still one of the greatest so whatever…

SSG
SSG
4 years ago

While I’m super grateful that you’re speaking for me and are concerned about protecting my rights, I think perhaps now is the time to shut the fuck up and listen to actual women. Apart from a really vocal minority of TERFS, we’re nowhere near as intimidated by non-binary people as the people commenting on this thread are.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
4 years ago
Reply to  SSG

Seems like a mainstream lifestyle on the legacy channels

Mike
Mike
4 years ago

Thankfully my 15 year old mother wasn’t marched to Planned Parenthood. All those barrels would have been dodged by some kook.

Mike
Mike
4 years ago

Have you tried my fetus and parsley butter recipe? God save us🤠

NEGATRON
NEGATRON
4 years ago

One day!

toofattosurf
toofattosurf
4 years ago

abortion… its not a matter of doing or not doing it, its about doing it legally or illegally, safe or unsafe, it will be done anyhow…

toofattosurf
toofattosurf
4 years ago

hey kelly, go see the definition on merriam webster, ill wait you ignorant fool…

Magnum
Magnum
4 years ago

Someone will have to resurrect Transworld Surfing, but with a different editorial bent.

K0o_o0K
K0o_o0K
4 years ago

Kelly scouring the interwebs for troll opportunity

https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

K0o_o0K
K0o_o0K
4 years ago

He who earns the most likes shall reign supreme

J H
J H
4 years ago

And apparently anyone who identifies as female.

Billy Hunt
Billy Hunt
4 years ago

It’s not the killing … more so the mindlessness that’s the crime … I appreciate every last one of them muthafuckas

SSG
SSG
4 years ago
Reply to  Billy Hunt

Then try not ejaculating.

Billy Hunt
Billy Hunt
4 years ago
Reply to  SSG

I can see why you’re so angry

J H
J H
4 years ago

In Oregon they now have tampons in the boys bathrooms.

Did they not learn anything from the girl who got raped by a boy in the girls bathroom?

J H
J H
4 years ago

Jack Freestone is kinda pretty even if his eyes are too close together.

J H
J H
4 years ago

Kinda of like a Bris.

J H
J H
4 years ago

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