Bethany Hamilton is a surfiing God in women's surfing and warrior to protect female sports too. She had a shark bite off her arm when she was a teenager and stil became a world class surfer. So cheating males today don't intimidate her one bit. No pun intended. Surfer Bethany Hamilton says she won’t compete at future World Surf League (WSL) 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.

The WSL recently announced it would be adopting the International Surfing Association (ISA) policy on transgender participation, which requires trans-female athletes to maintain a testosterone level of less than five nmol/L for at least 12 months in order to compete in the women’s division.

In a video posted on Instagram Sunday, Hamilton asks, “Is a hormone level an honest and accurate depiction that someone indeed is a male or female? Is it as simple as this?”

“I personally won’t be competing in or supporting the World Surf League if this rule remains,” she said.

As sports organizations around the world continue to update their guidelines to make it easier for transgender athletes to compete with the gender they choose, those rules are being implemented here in Hawaii. And it's becoming a controversial topic in the volleyball community.

"It's a touchy subject because volleyball is a main sport here," said Tia Thompson, a transgender athlete.

Born a male, Thompson knew at an early age something wasn't right. The Kahuku High grad says she only hung out with girls and liked girl things.

"Because of my religious background with my dad's side and my mom's side, we didn't speak of it, but we knew. As soon as I turned 18 and I moved out, I started transitioning and started taking hormones," Thompson said.