Backlash: Surfing Corp. Rip Curl Drops Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton, Promotes Transgender Surfer
“Athletes in male bodies should not participate in women’s sports. Period” Christian Athlete Bethany Hamilton soul surfer fame I have written X Tuesday. Rip Curl, the surfing company founded in Australia in 1969, announced on Thursday that it is a transgender company, in a now-deleted Instagram post as part of the company’s “Meet Western Australia’s […]
Australian Surfing Co. Rip Curl Slammed for Hiring Male-Born Trans Model as Female Brand Ambassador
Australian surfing company Rip Curl is attracting attention after appointing a male-born transgender model as one of its new female brand ambassadors. The move comes just months after the wetsuit brand fired Bethany Hamilton, the surfer who famously lost an arm in a shark attack, for criticizing male athletes competing as women. On January 24, […]