“Women’s sports is not a back-up plan.”
Some of surfing’s biggest stars, including Kelly Slater, have pushed back against transgender women competing in the gal’s div of sporting events, marking a profound shift in the prevailing winds of progressive tastes.
A little more than a week after Sasha Jane Lowerson won her second Western Australian log title, winning the men’s division as Ryan Egan three years previous, and after it was revealed trans-skater Lillian Gallagher had dominated a Red Bull event in Nebraska, both Kelly Slater and Peter King have come out against trans-women competing in women’s sports.
King, the former Momentum Generation pro surfer from La Jolla in California, and bandmate of Kelly Slater’s short-lived musical act The Surfers, wrote on Instagram.
“Nobody hates transgenders. Do you thing. Stay out of women’s sports where you miraculously win after being an average performing man.
“Women’s sports is not a backup plan where you can’t win a trophy (And $) in the men’s division.
“Leagues like WSL and sponsors like Red Bull will you now stand up to this now instead of harming women’s sports?”
King’s argument falls flat when applied to multiple division winner Lowerson, of course, although works a litter better when framed against the career trajectories of New Zealand Olympian Laurel Hubbard and swimmer Lia Thomas.
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Mine are Boy Meets Girl and Tangerine, the trailers of both you can examine below, as well as various scenes on adult channels.
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I wonder what kellys take on school shootings is, in light of the (yet another) tragedy in Texas today?
genuinely curious about that given his recent takes.
The Surfers? That goes easily top 5 lamest band names ever, even if it was supposed to be a joke. PK was in another band and they had a song called Wasteland on one of those surf videos of the time. It was pretty good for Christian Rock.
..that was a whole lot of fun, what 40+ years ago? Oh my god I’m old!
PK is right. Common sense is not very common these days.
No he’s not right.
Had he said “stay out of ‘assigned female at birth’ sport” that’d be a different, equally stupid conversation. He didn’t. He said “stay out of women’s sport”. Why should they? They’re women.
Ok
I’m glad I was able to change your mind.
Totally. You just won the internet today!
Breakfast on Pluto (Voltaire’s Candide retold in 1970’s Ireland and London starring a young Cillian Murphy before he became Thomas Shelby) Transamerica (great road movie) and The Crying Game (that famous scene) are some my favorite movies of the genre! Two of the three are partly set in Ireland – is that a coincidence?
Notice you never see females transitioning to males competing in men’s sport. If they are they we don’t hear about it because they aren’t making a big deal about it.
They’re losing.
They stay in womens sport.
Let us not forget Lou Reeds celebration of transgender skills
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Nor Van the Man’s classic from Astral Weeks
I’d like that pic recreated with how they look today
Nope.
Just ban sports altogether.
Ban’em.
All fun, no competition.
Do whatever activities you like, but any organisation to create a race etc is verboten.
The best wrestler is the one having the most fun.
Right Sam?!?
It’s pretty simple, just create a TG division. Problem solved.
Great idea that no-one has thought of.
First of all: how many competitors do you think there are at an average surf or skate comp? The answer on average is going to be zero, so if you’re trans and want to enter a comp, you’re going to be competing against… yourself, I guess? That works for geniuses like Peter King who genuinely seem to think that men are transitioning to win some dumb trophy.
Secondly, the way to include trans competitors is to segregate them and deny their identity? Great solution.
We segregate the men and the women. We segregate divisions by age. How is having a trans-male or trans-female division any different?
A man can call themself a woman all they want and vice versa, I could not care less – good on ya, fully support it and gladly stick up for the right to make that choice. But physiologically a man that became a woman is simply different than a woman (and vice versa). That is an inarguable fact.
… wait, so you’re all for transwomen being women up until the point that you have to start treating them as such? Because that’s not how it works.
Trans competitors have been allowed to compete in the Olympics since 2004. Since they’re just dudes in dresses looking to win women’s sporting events, how many medals have they won? It’s gotta be a lot, right?
Whatevs – you just want to argue about nonsense. No thanks…
Come on dude, you haven’t even brought up bone density yet!
…what was the scratch and sniff one he did?
Silence of the lambs?
The Crying Game.
Personal fave… https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
You know, there was a famous composer, Phillip Glass. He didn’t have kids but felt as if he should, so he publicly adopted some, as a TRANSPARENT.
Thanks folks.
I’ll be here all week.
Ask the waiter for some sausage. Your wife already did before you got here.
THIS is why I read BG!!
I think we all ought spare a thought for the trangender athletes that switch to female competition…and still suck
Thats got to hurt
‘Yentl’, the Barbra Streisand masterpiece about the cross-dressing trainee Rabbi (that you’re surely fond of Derek, and possibly had an influence on your youth), is worthy of a mention even though it’s not your usual old tranny show…
Seems like perfect timing to resurrect Transworld Surf
many moons ago trans women revolutionised the world of porn. now they’re bringing the heat to women’s sport. once we can put a baby in them you ladies are obsolete. imagine the hand eye co-ordination!
seriously though this video will Make you wet your pants.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
I don’t get what all the fuss is about. men are the best thing currently happening in women’s sports.