Friday 1 July 2022 10:54 PM Olympic skateboarder's dad says Gen Z are tolerant to a fault when it comes to ... trends now
The father of an Olympic skateboarder is speaking out against transgender women being able to compete in sports, and why he thinks his daughter's generation have become so tolerant that they may be costing themselves opportunities.
Max Wettstein's 17-year-old daughter Bryce is part of one of the first ever Olympic women's skateboarding teams. The sport was accepted into the Games in 2020.
There aren't any transgender athletes on the team just now but that may soon change with an influx of new skateboarders rising through the competition ranks, including Ricci Tres - a 29-year-old trans woman who defeated a 13-year-old girl in New York City to claim first prize.
Ricci served four years in the Navy and had three children as a man before beginning hormone therapy two years ago.
Shiloh Catori, the 13-year-old girl she beat, insists she is 'not upset at all' about the result and believes Ricci and other trans athletes should have a place in competition.
That is the view most commonly held - or at least shared - by her generation.
Max Wettstein's 17-year-old daughter Bryce is part of one of the first ever Olympic women's skateboarding teams. The sport was accepted into the Games in 2020. The pair are shown with Max's wife Donna and their other daughter
Wettstein says his daughters work hard enough as it is to get onto Olympic squads and for equal pay to men without having to compete against biologically-born men in the female category
Max, 52, says it's a dangerous attitude that may cost young, promising athletes more than they think.
'So many people are afraid of being canceled or being labeled a bigot and it's a tough thing to read. Bryce is all about love and she's in the moment.
'But I care. I have two daughters and they compete in three different sports and we're seeing this not just in skateboarding.
As a dad and as a man, I care. I am totally accepting of trans people but there has to be something done when it comes to competition...I personally feel like it's just another way for a biological man to marginalize women
'As a dad and as a man, I care. I am totally accepting of trans people but there has to be something done when it comes to competition' he said.
Wettstein, who previously served in the Navy, said that while he '100
