dont wnat to dig up the sailor silverman thread again but i had the opinion before that trans m2f women should not enter the womens skate contests. was reminded this morning seeing vurtclubs post on instagram about how it should be allowed.
at first glance the obvious thing to everyone is men typically crush women in sports, so i suppose in theory, some man could come in pretending to be female and steal the show.
if you think about it practically though, the world actually looked like this;
there was a red bull contest and the rules definintely were that the person entering just chooses male or female on the form and that would be the contest they are skating. there are no "gender checks" and rules against men competing in womens. this isnt the olympics.
the girl who was defeated and who is super vocal about this loss is not a stylish, influencial skateboarder - as far as "do actual skateboarders care about anything this girl has ever done" the answer is a big big no. i never watched her footage but i have heard there is flat land involved somehow in a street contest run so i'll just leave it at that.
skateboarding is a judged sport (as far as actual paid contests - dew tour, sls, xgames, olympics/world stuff - berrics games of SKATE dont pay shit lol you probably earn more to SHOW UP to SLS than WIN any batb). so that means if someone WAS clearly trying to "cheat" by pretending to be a female - the judges would clown them and possibly not even be let enter. making money in skateboarding has a FUCK TON to do with having a really good image + being well known. I dont think any sponsor would fuck with someone like this (apparently don brown fucks with taylor S which is goofy af) so another L.
the reality is, Marbie isnt gonna come flip the contest game or anything. there is no need to get angry at trans people over skate contest. they already have a hard enough time as it is.
a lot of skaters are actually not interested in contest skating either. i think they are mostly catered to non-skaters. i do watch them for kicks with my family but i am not overly excited by them like i am with seeing a cool video part with an awesome song. i think the contest sponsors are gonna choose who they believe are really marketable people to enter the contest at the end of the day and if they find a way to exploit trans people and make money off it they will definintely do it. its all about maximizing return on their investment.