Surfer Bethany Hamilton says she won’t compete at future World Surf League events if it upholds its new policy on transgender athletes, saying she wants to see a different division created for transgender people to compete in.
Surfer Bethany Hamilton says she won’t compete at future World Surf League events if it upholds its new policy on transgender athletes, saying she wants to see a different division created for transgender people to compete in.
There are different world views and that is part of life,” she wrote. “I may not have the perfect answer. But I do feel the way I do and will continue to stand firm in what I shared here.” In 2003, Hamilton lost her arm in a shark attack while surfing in Kauai, Hawaii, when she was just 13 years old. Despite her injuries she quickly returned to the sport, going on to become a national champion and a popular WSL athlete.
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