{"id":2161983,"date":"2024-01-29T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rip-curl-faces-backlash-for-featuring-transgender-woman-to-promote-womens-surfing\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:08:44","slug":"rip-curl-faces-backlash-for-featuring-transgender-woman-to-promote-womens-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rip-curl-faces-backlash-for-featuring-transgender-woman-to-promote-womens-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip Curl receives criticism for using transgender woman in women&#8217;s surfing promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frip-curl-faces-backlash-for-featuring-transgender-woman-to-promote-womens-surfing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2161983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Surfing retailer Rip Curl has faced backlash from its followers \u2064and subsequently \u200cdeleted\u200c social media posts featuring a transgender woman. The company, known for its swimwear and surf gear, had initially shared photos of \u2063Sasha Lowerson, a transgender surfer, on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-compares-biden-admins-social-media-censorship-to-mafia-style-tactics-as-biden-lawyers-claim-no-proof-of-coercion\/\" title=\"Judge likens Biden administration's social media censorship to mafia tactics; Biden lawyers deny coercion evidence.\">social \u2062media platforms<\/a>. However, after receiving criticism, the posts were taken down. Riley Gaines, a former athlete and advocate for women&#8217;s sports,\u2064 was\u200b quick to \u200bcomment on the situation, highlighting Rip Curl&#8217;s alleged disregard for women. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to removing the posts featuring Lowerson, Rip Curl also deleted all content promoting \u200ba male surfer posing as \u2063a woman after parting ways with Bethany Hamilton. This move\u200c has raised questions about the company&#8217;s treatment of women. Despite\u2062 disabling comments on its Instagram posts, Rip Curl&#8217;s Facebook\u2064 and X accounts still allow for public feedback.\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Lowerson, who identifies as\u200b female despite being \u2064biologically male, is an ambassador for\u200c Athlete Ally, a nonprofit organization that supports LGBTQ equality in sports. Lowerson has spoken out about the challenges faced \u200cby\u200c transgender athletes in terms of legislation and sports \u200dleadership. Despite\u2062 these obstacles,\u200c Lowerson believes it is possible to be an openly trans athlete and advocate for what is right. <\/p>\n<p>Rip \u2062Curl&#8217;s decision to feature Lowerson on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a> followed its separation from Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who\u2064 survived a shark attack\u200c in \u20632003. Hamilton publicly criticized the World Surf League&#8217;s adoption of the International Surfing Association&#8217;s transgender policy, stating\u2064 that she\u2063 would not compete as \u2062long as\u200b transgender athletes were \u200callowed \u200dto participate. <\/p>\n<p>This move by Rip Curl comes less \u2063than a year after Bud Light faced backlash for featuring \u2064transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney in an advertisement. The negative response to the ad resulted in a noticeable decline in sales for the beer brand. <\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner \u2063reached out to Rip \u200dCurl \u200cfor comment on the situation.  <\/p>\n<h2> How have Rip Curl&#8217;s actions, such as deleting the posts featuring Lowerson and parting \u200bways with Bethany Hamilton, raised concerns about the company&#8217;s\u200b stance \u2064on gender equality?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rip Curl, a popular surfing \u2063retailer known for its swimwear and surf gear, has found itself facing \u2064backlash from its followers after featuring\u2062 a transgender woman, Sasha\u2064 Lowerson, on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. In response \u2064to\u2062 the criticism received, the company\u200b swiftly deleted the posts \u200dfeaturing\u2062 Lowerson. \u2063This decision has not only raised questions about Rip Curl&#8217;s treatment\u200d of women but has \u2064also sparked a conversation about\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-rights-group-protests-cifs-transgender-athlete-policy\/\" title=\"Women's rights group protests CIF's policy on transgender athletes.\">transgender\u200c inclusion<\/a> in sports.<\/p>\n<p>Riley \u2063Gaines, a\u2062 former \u2062athlete and\u200b advocate for\u2062 women&#8217;s sports, was quick to comment on the situation, pointing out Rip \u200bCurl&#8217;s alleged disregard\u200c for women. The\u200b company&#8217;s \u2064decision to remove the posts\u200d featuring \u2064Lowerson\u200b and\u200d a male \u2063surfer posing as a\u2064 woman \u2063after parting ways\u2064 with Bethany Hamilton, a\u200d well-known surfer who \u2062survived\u2063 a\u200b shark attack in 2003, has \u200dfueled\u200c concerns about its stance on gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>Despite disabling comments \u2063on \u2063Instagram, Rip Curl&#8217;s Facebook and\u2062 other social media accounts still permit public feedback, allowing individuals to express their opinions on the\u2062 matter. This indicates that the company is\u200c not immune to\u2063 the consequences of its actions and may face further scrutiny from its followers.<\/p>\n<p>Lowerson, who identifies as female despite being biologically male,\u2064 is an ambassador for Athlete Ally, a nonprofit\u2063 organization that supports LGBTQ equality in sports. She has\u200d been vocal about the challenges faced by \u200btransgender athletes in terms \u200bof legislation\u2062 and sports leadership. Despite\u200d these obstacles,\u2064 Lowerson firmly believes in the possibility of being \u200ban \u2064openly trans athlete and advocating for what is right.<\/p>\n<p>Rip Curl&#8217;s decision to feature\u200b Lowerson on\u200d its social media accounts \u2063comes\u200c after its split from Bethany Hamilton, who publicly criticized \u2063the World Surf\u2063 League&#8217;s adoption of the\u2062 International Surfing Association&#8217;s transgender policy. \u200bHamilton announced that \u2063she would not compete \u200das\u2063 long as \u200dtransgender\u200c athletes \u2062were allowed to participate. This development further highlights the ongoing debate surrounding transgender inclusion in sports and the\u200c varying\u2063 perspectives within the surfing community.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this incident \u200dis reminiscent of Bud Light&#8217;s experience less than a year ago when\u200b they \u2062faced backlash for \u200cfeaturing \u200btransgender\u2064 social media \u2062star Dylan\u200d Mulvaney \u2063in an\u200b advertisement. The negative response to the ad had a significant impact on the beer brand&#8217;s sales.<\/p>\n<p>In light of these events, The Washington\u200c Examiner reached out to\u2063 Rip Curl for comment on the situation. \u2062It \u200bremains\u200b to be seen how the company will respond \u200band what actions it \u200bwill take to address the concerns raised by its followers\u200c and advocates for gender equality in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surfing retailer Rip Curl faced backlash from followers and subsequently deleted social media posts featuring transgender surfer Sasha Lowerson. The company, renowned for selling swimwear and surf gear, initially shared the photos on Thursday but later removed them due to criticism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2161983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2161983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2161983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2161983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2161983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}