But opposition! "Women’s sports is not a backup plan where you can’t win a trophy (and $) in the men’s division."
Through the middle of last year surf fans were gifted the rare sight of a transgender woman tearing hell through the women’s long boarding league over there in Western Australia.
Sasha Jane Lowerson, a svelte forty five year old with terrific arms, transitioned into womanhood in 2020 shortly after winning the men’s longboard div as Ryan Egan and didn’t look back, adding a new trophy ever other weekend it seemed to a mantlepiece already groaning with trophies.
“Trans-girls aren’t going to take over the world, we just want to be included, we’re humans too,” Lowerson said. “I’ve been hiding in this male shell up… for 42 years. To still be made to be that guy that I’m not, it’s shattering,”
A feel-good story for the times.
Surfing’s reactionary core was laid bare, however, when Momentum Generation funnyman and Kelly Slater bandmate Peter King waded into the trans-athlete imbroglio saying,
“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?”
Kelly Slater added, “Make a trans division and we don’t have this confusion.”
Of course, when Lowerson failed to win the Australian longboard title, the media was conspicuously silent.
“It’s pretty amazing the message that you guys the media send to us all!” Lowerson wrote in an Instagram DM. “I just finished fourth in the Australian titles and nothing but the sound of crickets! Listen, I am happy that there isn’t disgusting skewed opinions being published about my inclusion. However, I’m sure as two well-educated men that you two are, both of you can surely see the irony of what I’m pointing out right now! The press love to chant about how it’s only unfair when we (trans-athletes) win!”
Now, the World Surf League, has tentatively opened the door to trans-women competing so long as they’ve been a gal for at least twelve months and their hormone levels are real low ie less than 5 nanomoles per liter continuously for the previous 12 months (biological men hover between 10 and 35, bio-gals under three), although the WSL won’t be doing the testing.
Instead, each athlete will supply their own supporting documents.
“The WSL is working hard to balance equity and fairness and it’s important for a policy to be in place,” the WSL’s newly anointed Chief of Sport Jessi Miley-Dyer told the oft-controversial adult learner surfer website The Inertia. “We recognize that the policy may need to evolve over time as we get feedback and see new research in the field.”
Now, again, one more time, and more importantly, and since we couldn’t agree last two times, what are your favourite tranny-themed movies?
Or, perhaps closer to home, describe your favourite encounter with this exotic species?
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They don’t realize that they’re about to destroy centuries of historical achievements made by women, all in the name of sheer ideological narcissism.
Western civilization is now heading for cognitive self-destruction through “collective psychosis”, while the rest of the world laugh and pity us all.
im looking forweard to when Mike Tyson comes back for a womans heavy weight title,
Western civilization is now heading for cognitive self-destruction while the rest of the world laugh and pity us all.
Ms.
Meh. I learned to wait a half hour for a 2 foot set, and I still get bored and antsy spending 2 minutes brushing my teeth. 🤣
The Illusion of Choice.
I recently changed medical providers and the check list I had to fill out was ridiculous. I refused to fill out certain sections.
You need a new job man. Employers are so uber sensitive, that sucks, so do something for yourself.
Does the love of one’s family, obviously the highest of values, somehow preclude ever being able to laugh?
I would suggest there’s more profundity to be found in Monty Python films than in all the gratuitously serious material ever produced.
Surfing, itself, is destroyed as an experience when taken seriously, at least when exclusively taken seriously. Can you imagine anything more pointless than paddling out, catching a wave, only to paddle out again to the same place?
It’s objectively sillier than catch-and-release fly fishing. Each requires a lifetime of practice, arcane knowledge, and frustration, while netting nothing at the end of a season. But at least with fly fishing, you learn to catch a meal if you’re ever actually hungry. The skills acquired for surfing are not good for anything.
You’re not the first, and you won’t be the last. But nonetheless, I have long marveled at the utter lack of self-awareness required for someone to bitch that someone might not take our Sysiphean time suck of an obsession seriously enough.
Thanks for the comparison between fly fishing and surfing as I have done both since it was a kid. IMO you don’t end up with nothing, you end up with more skill, knowledge and a lifetime of priceless memories.
Yes. But only if you value things just for how they feel in the moment.
This is true of humor, and these experiences. It’s not all to be judged according to some “serious” metric.
LOL… you know he’s pissed it’s “only” 11.
“He?” You’re misgendering Kellie.
What next? You’re going to call her by her dead name, “Kelly?”
Geez, what a transphobe.
The concept of “dead name” has no valid scientific basis and is purely ideological, all this pseud-science was already debunked and exposed by serious scientists, and it’s only kept alive by radical ideologues and victims of this psychotic ideology.
All true. But it’s still ride to shout, “Hey, Kelly!” instead of “Hey Kellie!”
Vince Boudreau:
If a man builds a thousand bridges…
If you died today, you’d be remembered as someone who has no sense of humor, and totally misunderstands the point of creativity.
And most likely, nobody would care.
But it’s not too late to save yourself.
You have been microaggrevied!
Qué “Lola” by the kinks. Wise words. Maybe play at the comp
Why does modern pro surfing seem like a once beautiful sativa gone dog balls now?
Haha good one.
There actually IS a transgender league of athletes.
It’s called the “fantasy League”!
Here’s how it works….
In the “fantasy League”, you can do whatever you want. Be whatever you want.
There are no rules!
It’s pretty sweet.
The future is now!
Dez you no photo credit for pic of Sasha? Sure looks like your stick she holding!
A thread only BG could produce. Outstanding work everyone.
Best tranny film? Boys don’t cry. For sure.
Favorite interaction: front row forward (linebacker for the yanks) sized Trans lady at my work exiting the female dunny’s and saying my name and “G’day mate” in that deep deep, but estrogen lightened rasp,and giving a wink. Hmm. More questions than answers. A very nice lady though.
Dad bods world tour? That 1 arm racist fat cunt prob win the title?
ah , how about this…Mickey and Marvin actually taped up Taj and his girlfriend at the V land house…as Taj had been sent by QS to toughen up…….minute he was released, they bolted for the airport , left all his boards , came home and signed with Billabong!
Now that’s a story
“BG is not enhancing his reputation”
Strongly disagree. Different genre, still mastery.
And now youre one of his Johns