Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Outrage in Australia as Rip Curl dumped Bethany Hamilton to choose transgender, Sasha Lowerson, to advert swimsuit while surfing the ocean in new promo ad.
Another supporter of Ms Lowerson said: ‘She’s a talented surfer and made it to where she is on her specific journey. Why don’t you ask her questions about who she is and her life story before you cast her off and get pissy?’
In a previous interview with Daily Mail Australia, Ms Lowerson revealed she had been hesitant to compete as a trans surfer due to ‘fears of rejection and even the threat of violence’.
Silverman hit the headlines when she lost a skateboarding contest to a transgender woman. She argued that allowing transgender women to compete against biological females in sports is unfair due to potential physical advantages. Silverman’s stance has been met with both support and opposition, with some people applauding her for standing up for women’s rights and others criticizing her for being transphobic.
A small sample of the 2200 replies to Riley Gaines’ post on X.
6 months from now: Rip Curl announces that it is laying off half of its staff..
How are the advertising team not getting fired for this , how many companies have been damaged and they still use the larping blokes in their campaigns. I thought they had to know trends , not watching hard enough
They could not have made their contempt for women clearer. Ms Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a 2003 shark attack but returned to professional surfing, threatened to boycott the World Surf League in February last year after a ruling allowing trans athletes to compete in women’s competitions.
Rip Curl is just the latest Aussie brand draw the ire of fans over gender issues, after Seafolly was slammed last year for working with non-binary influencer Deni Todorovič and Moana Bikini featured a male model in a swimsuit this week.
Ms Lowerson, a professional surfer, first appeared in a Rip Curl social media post in August last year where she detailed how surfing in WA had shaped her life.
