Kelly Slater added, “Make a trans division and we don’t have this confusion.”
Leagues like WSL and sponsors like Red Bull will you now stand up to this now instead of harming women’s sports?” Women’s sports is not a backup plan where you can’t win a trophy (And $) in the men’s division. “Stay out of women’s sports where you miraculously win after being an average performing man. Surfing’s reactionary core was laid bare when Momentum Generation funnyman and Kelly Slater bandmate Peter King waded into the trans-athlete improblio saying, To still be made to be that guy that I’m not, it’s shattering,” “I’ve been hiding in this male shell up… for 42 years. “Trans-girls aren’t going to take over the world, we just want to be included, we’re humans too,” Lowerson said. Sasha Jane Lowerson, a forty-four-year-old Fly-In-Flight-Out worker in Australia’s lucrative mining biz, was one of Australia’s leading male longboarders, even winning the men’s longboard div as Ryan Egan, before transitioning a couple of years ago and joining the women’s side of the draw. Two months after her commanding win at the Western Australian longboard titles in May, Lowerson surfed with a remarkable grace to win the 23rd Lavan Whalebone Longboard Classic at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach. Only one month ago, it appeared surfing’s first transsexual competitor Sasha Jane Lowerson was on an unstoppable roll, adding yet another trophy to a mantlepiece already groaning with trophies.
"I just finished fourth in the Australian titles and nothing but the sound of crickets!" Hopefully an hour thirty, at least, we can enjoy something. Safran’s other credits include “Suicide Squad” and “Peacemaker.” “Duke lived a life of compassion and inclusion as he embraced the true meaning of ‘Aloha.’” The untitled film will “explore this iconic and gentle man as the legendary swimmer, trailblazer and the undisputed father of modern-day surfing,” according to producers. “To now have the opportunity to tell it with the respect that it deserves, in collaboration with Jason, Chris and the Carlsons, is truly a gift.”Īdded Eric Carlson, “We are all proud to be working with Malama Pono to tell the incredible true story of Duke Kahanamoku, one of America’s most overlooked heroes.” “Duke’s story is one that has fascinated me for years,” Safran told Variety. venture that has managed IP rights to Kahanamoku’s legacy since 1999. Momoa, (producer Peter) Safran and the (producers Susan and Eric) Carlsons are working with Don Love, the California investor who runs the Malama Pono Ltd. Trademark rights to Kahanamoku’s name have been the subject of long-running legal disputes with members of his extended family and various business ventures. How he broke records and won gold medals as an Olympic swimmer, surfed around the world, was Honolulu sheriff for almost thirty years, etc. You, of course, know at least some part of the “Father of Surfing’s” story.
Thankfully, Hawaiian heartthrob has just been announced to star as the Duke Kahanamoku in an upcoming biopic. What are we, hardened surf fans, going to think about once the World Surf League’s 2022 season wraps in a matter of weeks? John John Florence’s knee? Gabriel Medina’s internal garden? Filipe Toledo’s gallbladder? Did you know the Chinese consider the pear-shaped organ to be the determiner of courage?īut none will soak up as much time as it should leaving us idle and depressed.