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Liza Monroy for Assigned Media:
Sasha Jane Lowerson, the only publicly known trans-woman competing in professional surfing, is the first trans-woman to win a female longboarding competition—which also means she has solely borne the brunt of online hatred from trolls who follow the surf world, as well as anti-trans industry figureheads like Bethany Hamilton. Hamilton, the devout Christian champion surfer famed for losing her arm in a shark attack age 13, has been making anti-trans comments publicly since the World Surf League adopted a policy requiring trans-female athletes to maintain a testosterone level of less than five nmol/L for at least 12 months in order to compete in the women’s division. Most recently, Hamilton and swimmer Riley Gaines embarked on a tour to promote their agenda. For a brief moment, a possibility of change flickered: international surf corporation Rip Curl, purveyor of wetsuits, apparel, and swimwear, released a documentary ad featuring Lowerson in the 2024 “Summer Looks Good on You” campaign, a long-running Rip Curl Womens series.
Rip Curl also sponsored Hamilton, at the time. “I didn’t want anything to do with a company that supported someone like that,” Lowerson says of when they first approached her. In thinking about it further, though, she reconsidered. The fact that they had approached her could mean “they’re distancing themselves from those attitudes and that stigma, from misinformation and the spread of hate. So I said yes.” Lowerson has spent over thirty-five years in the industry as a longboarder, including as a sponsored surfer. Longboarding uses a board typically longer than 9 feet where the sport is more about style, flow, and grace and allows for more of a platform for the dance than the fast, highly maneuverable shortboards typically seen in pro-surfing. She’s currently an Ambassador for Athlete Ally, an organization working for LGBTQI+ inclusion in sport, and to end transphobia and homophobia.
In her video, the phenomenal longboarder discusses how surfing has influenced her life and the joy she finds in riding waves. “I believe it’s the only sport where we get to perform on a changing platform, a moving dance floor,” she says. The video, an artful mini-documentary focused on Lowerson’s love of her sport, appeared online on January 24th of this year. On January 29th, Hamilton tweeted “Male-bodied athletes should not be competing in female sports,” targeting Lowerson. Then, on January 31st, six days after Lowerson’s ad was posted, Rip Curl pulled the ad, appeasing the anti-trans side. They released this statement soon after their decision:
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The head of the campaign, Lowerson says, “told me, ‘we’re removing the post for your safety, Sasha.’ And I turned around and said to him, ‘that’s bullshit, you’re doing this for brand protection.’ I’m not stupid; my safety’s not a consideration. I’m so disappointed for believing that a major corporation as big as Rip Curl would stick by this sort of campaign with someone of a diverse gender. It was stupid to think they cared. I feel so hurt from that.” Rip Curl made a decision not to support and stand behind the athlete. Lowerson points out other situations that have included trans-women in previously only cis- woman spaces - the modeling industry in particular, she says, “Victoria’s Secret - they were the first to put trans women on the catwalk. Their response to backlash was after having one trans woman on the catwalk, the next time there were three and the time after that, five. There’s trans women on more catwalks than ever in fashion shows these days.” The affair left Lowerson with unanswered questions. Why didn’t the surf industry respond more like the modeling industry? Why didn’t Rip Curl double down, start featuring more trans-surfers? “I have not had a financial sponsor in so many years,” Lowerson says.
Brennan of Surf Equity is concerned that the trend towards “prohibiting trans athletes from competition has been growing.” She senses “frustration across all these different sports that at some points things were moving in a more positive direction, and now it's just really awful. There's a lot of anger, frustration, and heartbreak, and people coming together on the question of what to do. Activists and lawyers who work in that space are just running into so many roadblocks. I tried to understand the psychology of why we are in this situation. There's a fear of getting involved in the politics of it because that can result in death, frankly. Pretty severe consequences to activists being public. There are just so many considerations.” In the aftermath of the ad’s removal, Lowerson traveled to California and connected with surfboard shaper Mando, owner of Mando Surf Co in the Monterey Bay area, who is nonbinary. They’re launching two key collaborations: releasing a Sasha Jane signature model surfboard under the Mando label, and working on the soon-to-be nonprofit, GNDR Surf.
Trans female surfer Sasha Jane Lowerson was all set to do an ad for Rip Curl… only for it to be scuppered, thanks to anti-trans extremists such as Bethany Hamilton and Riley Gaines.
#Transgender Sports#Transgender#Rip Curl#Bethany Hamilton#Riley Gaines#Sasha Jane Lowerson#World Surf League#Surfboarding#LGBTQ+#Athlete Ally#Mando Surf Co#Mando#Surf Equity
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Patsy ❤️🩹 6157 http://www.steveb29.com/2024/09/patsy-6157.html
#jttlpgroup#Positive Images#Nature 🏞️🌳#Ocean 🌊#Patsy ❤️🩹#Surfboarding#Transportation 🏎️🏍️🚤#Waterways 🌊💦🤿
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Book 4 Mystery
The recent tweel cards got me wondering... just where did Yuu sit during the ride back to NRC in book 4?
And after analyzing the design I came to the conclusion that we must've been playing Floyd Leech Pro Surfer 3
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#my art#twisted wonderland#twst#floyd leech#twst grim#oc#shiokawa mayu#twst yuu#twst mc#floyd leech x yuu#floydmayu#SORTA??#hes just having fun being yippee#hang on tight grimmy#(hes fighting for his life)#i like how my most recent files are named#floydsuffering and floydsurfing#side by side#how ethical is it to use your schoolmate as a surfboard#asking for a friend
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chandler bailey
#love#passion#desire#couple#romantic#sea#swimming#on ig#etherealuploads#etherealarte#summer#photography#surfing#surfer girl#surf#surf life#waves#surfboard#sand#beach life#beach baby#beachlife#beach babe#beach#beaches#seaside#summer vibes#coquette summer#summer aesthetic#hot girl summer
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Eat Sleep Surf Repeat Vintage Surfer Retro Surfing T-Shirt
Get yours now: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/47128022-eat-sleep-surf-repeat-vintage-surfer-retro-surfing
#eat sleep surf repeat#surfers#surfing#surf#surfing lover#surfboard#surfboards#surfboarding#surfboarder#surfboarders#floating#summer#summer vacation#summer lover#beach#ocean#vintage#family#retro#family matching#tshirt#humor#family trip#family reunion#vacation
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River in Munich.
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🌅 + 🍑 = 💛
#gayboy#art#gayhot#men#gay#gay art#surf paradise#surfboard#peachy butt#sexy peachy bum 🍑#lgbtq#gayman#gay love#gayguy#gay men#men wearing underware#tatto men#boy#gay boys
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Photographed by Ola Rindal for for Stockholm Surfboard Club S/S 25
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I guess he'd love go surfing
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he was a- surfer boy?
#stardew valley#stardew sam#sdv sam#my art#me chanting in the background 'it doesnt have to be rendered it doesnt have to be rendered it doesnt have to be rendered-'#ouououugh#MISTER APE I AM ON MY HANDS AND KNEES BEGGING YOU TO GIVE HIM THE SURFBOARD#sdv
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pink summer-themed moodboard
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#png#pngs#pink#pinkcore#pink aesthetic#beach#beachcore#beach aesthetic#summer#summercore#summer aesthetic#surfer girl#surfboard#Barbie#seashells#sea
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what is charles doing. he lands in Australia and we get a video of him and his friends screwing around in a skate park, and then he goes surfing. but lets review what 'charles surfing' actually is.
what is going on here bc it ain't surfing
the photos are also in SUCH GOOD QUALITY?
please stick to driving
UPDATE: we got the 2024 photos. he has not improved :D
#charles leclerc#scuderia ferrari#f1#cl16#leclerc#what is he doing#im so concerned for him#someone put him back in a car get him off the surfboard
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